Strengthening the community health worker programme for health improvement through enhancing training, supervision and motivation in Wakiso district, Uganda

Gibson, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1220-8680, Musoke, D, Mukama, T, Ssemugabo, C, Atusingwize, E and Ndejjo, R, 2019. Strengthening the community health worker programme for health improvement through enhancing training, supervision and motivation in Wakiso district, Uganda. BMC Research Notes, 12: 812.

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Abstract

Objective: The objective of the project was to strengthen the community health worker (CHW) programme in Ssisa sub-county, Wakiso district, Uganda by providing a coherent, structured and standardized training, supervision and motivation package so as to enhance their performance.

Results: The project trained all 301 CHWs who received non-financial incentives of t-shirts, gumboots and umbrellas, and 75 of them received solar equipment to support lighting their houses and charging phones. Twenty-four of the CHWs who had coordination roles received additional training. Three motorcycles were also provided to enhance transportation of CHW coordinators during their work including supervision. By end of the project, the CHWs had conducted 40,213 household visits, carried out health education sessions with 127,011 community members, and treated 19,387 children under 5 years of age. From the project evaluation, which used both quantitative and qualitative methods, 98% of the CHWs reported having improved competence in performance of their roles. In addition, the CHWs were highly motivated to do their work. The motorcycles were instrumental in supporting the work of CHW coordinators including monthly collection of reports and distribution of medicines. The project demonstrated that by improving training, supervision and motivation, performance of CHW programmes can be enhanced.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	BMC Research Notes
Creators:	Gibson, L., Musoke, D., Mukama, T., Ssemugabo, C., Atusingwize, E. and Ndejjo, R.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	18 December 2019
Volume:	12
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1186/s13104-019-4851-6 DOI 1260236 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	03 Jan 2020 12:01
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2020 10:28
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/38917

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