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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Summary: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 fast-cycle feedback on performance against output indicators. Monitoring results show that the approach worked: the mothers learned effectively. Over 10 years the program reached 12 million households.

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