ArticleReproductive health2022
"My motivation was to save": a qualitative study exploring factors influencing motivation of community healthcare workers in a cervical cancer screening program in Dschang, Cameroon.
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- Interventions involving community health workers and their effect on cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Acceptability of home-based HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening among users and providers in the West region of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
- Indonesian Midwives' Readiness to Upscale the Secondary Prevention of Cervical Cancer within Primary Health Clinics: A Qualitative Study of Midwives Across Three Provinces.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2026Article
- Financial motivation models for community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Global health action · 2025Article
- Champions to enhance implementation of clinical and community-based interventions in cancer: a scoping review.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- Disparities in cervical cancer screening programs in Cameroon: a scoping review of facilitators and barriers to implementation and uptake of screening.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCervical cancer is a major public health issue among women in Cameroon and uptake of screening programs remains a challenge in many low- and middle-income countries. Community healthcare workers can play an important role in promoting cervical cancer services. This study aimed to explore factors affecting the motivation of community healthcare workers in a cervical cancer screening program in Dschang, Cameroon.
methodsA qualitative approach including 11 in-depth individual interviews with community healthcare workers was used. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and coded using thematic analysis assisted by ATLAS.ti software.
resultsFour women and seven men aged between 21 and 77 years old were interviewed. Community healthcare workers had high motivation. Factors affecting motivation were divided into individual and environmental level, based on a theoretical framework. Factors with a positive influence on motivation were mainly on the individual side while impeding factors were mainly associated with the environmental level.
conclusionsKey interventions to improve motivation among community healthcare workers include: (i) more training and supportive supervision; (ii) evaluation of remuneration systems by workload; and (iii) provision of job-enabling resources such as uniforms, cellphone cards and transport.
trial registrationGeneva Cantonal Ethics Committee on Human Research (No. 2017-01110) and the Cameroonian National Ethics Committee for Human Health Research (No. 2018/07/1083/CE/CNERSH/SP).
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