Developing a district level supportive supervision framework for community health workers through co-production in South Africa
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Date
2021
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BMC
Abstract
One of the key challenges of community health worker (CHW) programmes across the globe is
inadequate supervision. Evidence on effective approaches to CHW supervision is limited and intervention research has
up to now focused primarily on outcomes and less on intervention development processes. This paper reports on
participatory and iterative research on the supervision of CHWs, conducted in several phases and culminating in a coproduced district level supportive supervision framework for Ward Based Outreach Teams in a South African district.: Drawing on a conceptual framework of domains of co-production, the paper reflects on the implications of
the research process adopted for participants, generation of research knowledge and recommendations for practice, as
well as lessons for research on the supervision of CHWs.
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Keywords
Community health workers, Support, Supervision, Co-production, Participatory research
Citation
Assegaai, T. et al. (2021). Developing a district level supportive supervision framework for community health workers through co-production in South Africa. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06350-2