Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy

Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy

In Bangladesh an education program aimed at teaching mothers how to prepare and use oral rehydration solution to treat diarrhea relied on output-based incentives to ensure that the teaching was effective. The program tied field workers' pay to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chowdhury, Sadia
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	EDUCATION PROGRAMS MOTHERS' EDUCATION HEALTH EDUCATION ORAL REHYDRATION DIARRHOEAL DISEASES INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TEACHING METHODS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS MONITORING CRITERIA CHILD CARE DEATHS DEHYDRATION DIARRHEA DIARRHOEA DISEASE DISEASE RESEARCH DISSEMINATION DOCTOR EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE GENDER GENDER BIAS HEALTH RESEARCH HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS ILLNESS INCOME INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS INTERVENTION LAWS MARKETING MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER MOTHERS OFFICIAL POLICY ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY ORT POPULATION DIVISION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER QUALITY CONTROL RADIO RURAL AREAS SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE WATER SANITATION SPECIALIST STERILE EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELEVISION TREATMENT TUBING WOMAN WORKERS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/16253103/educating-health-using-incentive-based-salaries-teach-oral-rehydration-therapy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11371

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/16253103/educating-health-using-incentive-based-salaries-teach-oral-rehydration-therapy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11371

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