Balancing workload, motivation and job satisfaction in Rwanda: Assessing the effect of adding family planning service provision to community health worker duties

Balancing workload, motivation and job satisfaction in Rwanda: Assessing the effect of adding family planning service provision to community health worker duties

Friday, January 1, 2016Dawn Chin-Quee, PhD, MPH, MA

Human resource shortages, particularly in rural areas, have prompted developing country governments to turn to community health workers (CHWs), a group that normally provides a range of health care services. This paper describes the findings of a pilot project that found no adverse effects on workloads by adding family planning services to CHW duties. The findings will pave the way to scale up community-based family planning services to all health districts in Rwanda.

Reprod Health 2016 Jan; 13 (Article No.2): 7p. [Journal Impact Factor: 1.883] Chin-Quee D, Mugeni C, Nkunda D, Uwizeye MR, Stockton LL, Wesson J. RwandaFamily planningHealth and access to careHIV and AIDSHealth