Home Institution
Emory University
Publication Date
Fall 2017
Abstract
Across the field of global health, there have been many attempts to cater to the health needs of the most marginalized populations. Community health workers (CHWs) are individuals that live in the communities they serve and are typically low-‐income women with little to no formal education. After a period of training by their program, they enter their communities equipped as a bridge between the community and the health system. Although CHWs do play a substantial role in health delivery and education, the structure of CHW programs varies widely, but a common characteristic of these programs is that the CHWs are usually unpaid. So, why do they do it? The implications of CHWs’ motivations are critical, as they may predict the sustainability and effectiveness of the health programs they serve. This qualitative case study explores one successful CHW program in an attempt to understand what motivates Village Health Workers (VHWs), and how that contributes to the success of CRHP’s model of community-‐based health and development.
Disciplines
Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Asian Studies | Civic and Community Engagement | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Family, Life Course, and Society | Health Policy | Medicine and Health | Public Health | Regional Sociology | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Hadera, Selaem, "When Knowledge Flows: A Case Study of Village Health Workers’ Motivations in Jamkhed" (2017). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2745.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2745
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Alternative and Complementary Medicine Commons, Asian Studies Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Health Policy Commons, Medicine and Health Commons, Regional Sociology Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Program Name
India: Public Health, Policy Advocacy, and Community