Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania
Abstract Background Decentralization is implemented at the local level to increase community participation in improving service delivery. Majority of developing countries are implementing Fiscal decentralization in primary healthcare through various approaches such as Direct Health Facility Financin...
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| description | Abstract Background Decentralization is implemented at the local level to increase community participation in improving service delivery. Majority of developing countries are implementing Fiscal decentralization in primary healthcare through various approaches such as Direct Health Facility Financing, among other things, to empower Community governance structures to govern Primary Health Facility operations to improve the responsiveness of health service delivery and achieve Universal Health Coverage. One of the primary functions of these governance committees is to oversee health workers in their health facilities. Aims This aimed at assessing how empowered governance committees govern health workers in their facilities under fiscal decentralization. Methods To collect data for this study, an explanatory qualitative design with phenomenology traditions was used. To select the area of study, health facilities, and participants, a purposeful sampling procedure was used. Data were gathered through interviews and Focus Group Discussions to explore committee participation in governing health workers in primary care. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Result The findings of the study suggest that community governance committees’ participation in governing health workers under fiscal decentralization remains limited. Majority of the committees have found to have low limited participation in governing different aspects of health workers. The majority of the committees have discovered that hiring casual workers such as security guards and cleaners is more important than other functions. Conclusion The study implies that lower and middle‐income countries’ willingness to implement fiscal reforms at the local level and empower communities to take the lead in governing health workers still there are very limited specific powers granted to them to govern health workers. Therefore, capacity building to the governance actors is critical if we are to achieve the benefit of fiscal decentralization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2c3572304ae45f6af463c01369707282024-04-05T11:41:32ZengWileyHealth Science Reports2398-88352024-02-0172n/an/a10.1002/hsr2.1866Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from TanzaniaAnosisye Mwandulusya Kesale0Department of Local Government Management, School of Public Administration and Management Mzumbe University Morogoro TanzaniaAbstract Background Decentralization is implemented at the local level to increase community participation in improving service delivery. Majority of developing countries are implementing Fiscal decentralization in primary healthcare through various approaches such as Direct Health Facility Financing, among other things, to empower Community governance structures to govern Primary Health Facility operations to improve the responsiveness of health service delivery and achieve Universal Health Coverage. One of the primary functions of these governance committees is to oversee health workers in their health facilities. Aims This aimed at assessing how empowered governance committees govern health workers in their facilities under fiscal decentralization. Methods To collect data for this study, an explanatory qualitative design with phenomenology traditions was used. To select the area of study, health facilities, and participants, a purposeful sampling procedure was used. Data were gathered through interviews and Focus Group Discussions to explore committee participation in governing health workers in primary care. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Result The findings of the study suggest that community governance committees’ participation in governing health workers under fiscal decentralization remains limited. Majority of the committees have found to have low limited participation in governing different aspects of health workers. The majority of the committees have discovered that hiring casual workers such as security guards and cleaners is more important than other functions. Conclusion The study implies that lower and middle‐income countries’ willingness to implement fiscal reforms at the local level and empower communities to take the lead in governing health workers still there are very limited specific powers granted to them to govern health workers. Therefore, capacity building to the governance actors is critical if we are to achieve the benefit of fiscal decentralization.https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1866community governing committeesfiscal decentralizationgovernancehealth workersuniversal health coverage |
| spellingShingle | Anosisye Mwandulusya Kesale Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania Health Science Reports community governing committees fiscal decentralization governance health workers universal health coverage |
| title | Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania |
| title_full | Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania |
| title_short | Do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization?—An explanatory qualitative study from Tanzania |
| title_sort | do community health committees participate in governing health workers in primary healthcare facilities under fiscal decentralization an explanatory qualitative study from tanzania |
| topic | community governing committees fiscal decentralization governance health workers universal health coverage |
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