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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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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spelling	okr-10986-113712021-04-23T14:02:55Z Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy Chowdhury, Sadia 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 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 MOTHERS' EDUCATION HEALTH EDUCATION ORAL REHYDRATION DIARRHOEAL DISEASES INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TEACHING METHODS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS MONITORING CRITERIA 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. 2012-08-13T14:53:15Z 2012-08-13T14:53:15Z 2001-08 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 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 235 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	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 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 MOTHERS' EDUCATION HEALTH EDUCATION ORAL REHYDRATION DIARRHOEAL DISEASES INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TEACHING METHODS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS MONITORING CRITERIA
spellingShingle	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 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 MOTHERS' EDUCATION HEALTH EDUCATION ORAL REHYDRATION DIARRHOEAL DISEASES INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TEACHING METHODS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS MONITORING CRITERIA Chowdhury, Sadia Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy
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relation	Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 235
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author	Chowdhury, Sadia
author_facet	Chowdhury, Sadia
author_sort	Chowdhury, Sadia
title	Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy
title_short	Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy
title_full	Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy
title_fullStr	Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy
title_full_unstemmed	Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy
title_sort	educating for health : using incentive-based salaries to teach oral rehydration therapy
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	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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Educating for Health : Using Incentive-Based Salaries to Teach Oral Rehydration Therapy

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