Salaried and voluntary community health workers: exploring how incentives and expectation gaps influence motivation

• Main Authors: Hermen Ormel (Author), Maryse Kok (Author), Sumit Kane (Author), Rukhsana Ahmed (Author), Kingsley Chikaphupha (Author), Sabina Faiz Rashid (Author), Daniel Gemechu (Author), Lilian Otiso (Author), Mohsin Sidat (Author), Sally Theobald (Author), Miriam Taegtmeyer (Author), Korrie de Koning (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background The recent publication of the WHO guideline on support to optimise community health worker (CHW) programmes illustrates the renewed attention for the need to strengthen the performance of CHWs. Performance partly depends on motivation, which in turn is influenced by incentives. T...