Table 1.
Attributes and attribute levels included in the DCE
| Attribute | Description | Attribute level | Coding |
| Recognition | Defined as any form of mechanism that help CHV be recognised at either community or facility level. This was described either as an award system or given priority in various community meetings | Recognition at community level (recognition during public meetings) | 0 (ref.) |
| Recognition at facility (priority for service provision for them and their families, opportunity to work at facility as volunteer, and acknowledgement of CHV referrals and feedback) | 1 | ||
| Award mechanism for the best performing CHVs (certification, provision of gifts, wall of fame and opportunities for exchange visit) | 2 | ||
| Income-generating activities | Provision of seed money/Grant KES 100 000/CU | 0 (ref.) | |
| Some form of seed money to support income-generating activities that are locally relevant | Provision of seed money/Grant KES 150 000/CU | 1 | |
| Monthly stipend | Financial renumeration that is payable on monthly basis | KES 2500* | Continuous |
| KES 4000 | |||
| KES 5500 | |||
| Transport | Any form of support that will facilitate CHV movement from one place to another. It could be bicycles or motorcycles | Bicycles for CHV | 0 (ref.) |
| Motorcycles for CHV/CU | 1 | ||
| Motorcycle for community health extension workers and bicycle for CHV | 2 | ||
| Tools of trade | Availability of supplies ranging from commodities for promotive preventive activities for example, drugs, job aids or IEC materials, items that identify CHV in communities or safety gears such as raincoats to support during bad weather | Supplies and commodities+non-pharmaceutical+job aids/IEC materials | 0 (ref.) |
| Supplies and commodities+non-pharmaceutical+job aids/IEC materials+identification (badges and branded jacket/bag) | 1 | ||
| Supplies and commodities+non-pharmaceutical+job aids/IEC materials+identification (badges and branded jacket/bags)+safety gears (raincoats, gumboots and umbrella) | 2 |
*US$1=KES 100.
CHV, community health volunteer; CU, community unit; DCE, discrete choice experiment; IEC, information, education and communication.