Table 4 Challenges to implement primary health care principles in community health worker programs
CHALLENGES | Level of agreement |
|---|---|
Poor leadership and Governance | 93.3 |
Inadequate resource allocation | 93.3 |
Poor understanding of community needs | 92.9 |
Sustainable funding | 86.7 |
Geographic location | 80 |
Political commitment | 80 |
Intersectoral collaboration | 80 |
Inadequate human resource for health | 80 |
Understanding of PHC by the senior decision makers | 80 |
Top-down approach | 80 |
Adopting national approaches with flexible context-specific strategies | 78.6 |
Non-involvement of critical stakeholders in non-health sectors | 73.3 |
Misunderstanding of role of CHW as "doctor" | 53.3 |
Taking CHW programs outside the bio-medical framework | 50 |