Motivation and incentive preferences of community health officers in Ghana: an economic behavioral experiment approach

Sakiko Shiratori1, Enoch Oti Agyekum2, Akira Shibanuma3, Abraham Oduro4, Sumiyo Okawa3, Yeetey Enuameh5,6, Junko Yasuoka3, Kimiyo Kikuchi3, Margaret Gyapong7, Seth Owusu‐Agyei5, Evelyn Ansah8, Abraham Hodgson8, Masamine Jimba3
1Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
2Japan International Cooperation Agency Health Section, Accra, Ghana
3Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
4Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
5Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana
6Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
7Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana
8Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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