Assessing community health workers' time allocation for a cervical cancer screening and treatment intervention in Malawi: a time and motion study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) are essential field-based personnel and increasingly used to deliver priority interventions to achieve universal health coverage. Existing literature allude to the potential for detrimental effects of multi-tasking CHWs. This study objective was to assess the impact of integrating cervical cancer screening and prevention therapy (CCSPT) with family planning (FP) on time utilization among CHWs.

Methods

A time and motion study was conducted in 7 health facilities in Malawi. Data was collected at baseline between October-July 2019, and 12 months after CCSPT implementation between July and August 2021. CHWs trained to deliver CCSPT were continuously observed in real time while their activities were timed by independent observers. We use

SUBMITTER: Chinkhumba J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508781 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature