Authors: Yoshito Kawakatsu, Tomohiko Sugishita, Junya Tsutsui, Kennedy Oruenjo, Stephen Wakhule, Kennedy Kibosia, Eric Were and Sumihisa Honda
Several African and South Asian countries are currently investing in new cadres of community health workers (CHWs) as a major part of strategies aimed at reaching the Millennium Development Goals. However, one review concluded that community health workers did not consistently provide services likely to have substantial effects on health and that quality was usually poor. In addition, it suggested that all stakeholders need to focus on weak points in the functionality of the CHW program and ultimately the CHWs’ performance.
The objective of this research was to assess the CHWs’ performance in Western Kenya and describe determinants of that performance using a multilevel analysis of the two levels, individual and supervisor/community.
Download Resource
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Millineum Development Goals/MDG and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Performance management, Supervision
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2015
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Kenya
Publisher May Restrict Access: No