Authors: Jackline O Aridi, Sarah A Chapman, Margaret A Wagah and Joel Negin
The varied performance of Community Health Worker (CHW) programmes in different contexts has highlighted the need for implementation of research that focuses on programme delivery issues. This paper presents the results of process evaluations conducted on two different models of CHW programme delivery in adjacent rural communities in the Gem District of Western Kenya. One model was implemented by the Millennium Villages Project (MVP), and the other model was implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH) as part of Kenya’s National CHW programme.
The author’s comparative analysis seeks to explore how common implementation barriers were handled by the respective programmes, which were located in adjacent villages with similar socioeconomic, demographic and health attributes. As a result of this analysis, the authors aim to make their recommendations relevant to CHW policy-makers and programme managers working within the Kenyan national system.
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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Performance management, Policy, Program Evaluation
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2014
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Kenya
Publisher May Restrict Access: No