Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in supporting health systems, and in improving the availability and accessibility to health care. However, CHW programs globally continue to face challenges with poor performance and high levels of CHW attrition. CHW programs are often underfunded and poorly planned, which can lead to loss of motivation by CHWs. The study aims to determine preferences of CHWs for job incentives with the goal of furthering their motivation and success.

Methods

Relevant incentive attributes were identified through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with CHWs, non-governmental organization CHWs, CHW supervisors, and policy-level stakeholders. Based on seven attributes (eg, training, workload, stipend) we developed a di

SUBMITTER: Agarwal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7956012 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature