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The relative importance of material and non-material incentives for community health workers: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Western Kenya

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  • Saran, Indrani
  • Winn, Laura
  • Kipkoech Kirui, Joseph
  • Menya, Diana
  • Prudhomme O'Meara, Wendy

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Motivating community health workers (CHWs), many of whom are volunteers, is important for the sustainability of integrated community case management programs. Given the limited budgets of many of these programs, and the increasingly important role played by CHWs, it is crucial to not only identify important motivators driving their engagement, but also which incentives could have the greatest impact on CHW motivation in their role. In this study, we aimed to assess CHWs' relative preferences for material and non-material incentives.

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  • Saran, Indrani & Winn, Laura & Kipkoech Kirui, Joseph & Menya, Diana & Prudhomme O'Meara, Wendy, 2020. "The relative importance of material and non-material incentives for community health workers: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Western Kenya," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 246(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:246:y:2020:i:c:s027795361930721x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112726
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