Authors: Maryse C Kok, Sumit S Kane, Olivia Tulloch, Hermen Ormel, Sally Theobald, Marjolein Dieleman, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Jacqueline EW Broerse and Korrie AM de Koning
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many factors intersect to influence CHW performance. However, research seldom focuses on the implications of context for CHW or programme performance. Understanding the socio-cultural, economic, and political context in which CHW interventions operate is an important precondition for the design of successful interventions.
The authors conducted a systematic review with a narrative analysis on contextual factors influencing performance of CHWs, to contribute to the evidence-base on how these influence CHW or CHW program performance. The authors make recommendations on the inclusion of context as an important element in CHW programme design and future research.
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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Motivation/incentives, Performance management, Policy
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2015
Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
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