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Lessons in CHW Recruitment and Retention: The Rise and Fall of the Barefoot Doctor in Rural China
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programsChronic disease management and prevention
Public health or related public policy
Learning Objectives:
Describe the historical trajectory of the development and demise of the Barefoot Doctor in Rural China.
Identify the current issues of incentivizing Village Doctors in rural China.
Evaluate how incentives utilized for health worker recruitment and retention in other contexts can be applied to Village Doctors in China.
Keyword(s): Community Health Workers and Promoters, Rural Health
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the sole investigator of this research.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.