title: Interventions to improve motivation and retention of community health workers delivering integrated community case management (iCCM): stakeholder perceptions and priorities.
abstract: Despite resurgence in the use of community health workers (CHWs) in the delivery of community case management of childhood illnesses, a paucity of evidence for effective strategies to address key constraints of worker motivation and retention endures. This work reports the results of semi-structured interviews with 15 international stakeholders, selected because of their experiences in CHW program implementation, to elicit their views on strategies that could increase CHW motivation and retention. Data were collected to identify potential interventions that could be tested through a randomized control trial. Suggested interventions were organized into thematic areas; cross-cutting approaches, recruitment, training, supervision, incentives, community involvement and ownership, information and data management, and mHealth. The priority interventions of stakeholders correspond to key areas of the work motivation and CHW literature. Combined, they potentially provide useful insight for programmers engaging in further enquiry into the most locally relevant, acceptable, and evidence-based interventions.
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Strachan
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Källander
authors.forename: Augustinus H A
authors.initials: AHA
authors.lastname: Ten Asbroek
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
authors.forename: Sylvia R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Meek
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.forename: Lesong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Conteh
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tibenderana
authors.forename: Zelee
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D003153:Community Health Services; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000523:psychology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010465:Perception; D000078329:Workforce