Health Care Worker Survey Tool
Many health workers around the world report wanting more training on disability and some have reported a lack of comfort providing care to patients with disabilities. Training can play a critical role in filling these skills gaps for health care workers to improve access to quality health care for people with disabilities.
To help understand existing training initiatives and the disability training needs of health workers, we have developed the Health Care Worker Survey tool.
This tool aims to measure a settings’ existing disability training initiatives and the training needs of health care workers. Ministries of Health, health facilities, and other organisations developing and implementing training programmes should use this tool to tailor disability training to the local context and better meet the disability training needs of health workers. The tool takes about 10-15 minutes to administer and consists of 27 questions about participants demographic background, prior training, and training needs related to disability. It is aimed to have health care workers as sole participants, and should not include team leads or administrative workers of health facilities.
We have piloted the tool in one country and look forward to hearing from others who wish to use it in their own settings. Please contact info@themissingbillion.org with the heading ‘HCW survey’ to receive the tool and more information on how to use it.
You can also have a look at sample survey results:
In addition to these tools, MBI Fellow, Sara Rotenberg, has completed her PhD in disability training for health workers, including developing a framework for a standardised curriculum and training evaluation. Please contact Sara (srotenberg@themissingbillion.org) if you would like more information or these tools.
Previous Missing Billion Surveys
Community Health Worker Survey Results – March 2023
In March 2023, the Missing Billion collaborated with the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC) to survey Community Health Workers (CHWs) in sub-Saharan Africa about their needs for disability training. 322 CHWs from across sub-Saharan Africa responded to the survey. Most CHWs saw people with disabilities in their practice and felt confident providing care for these patients. However, 75% said they had never received training about disability and nearly all (99%) said they wanted more training about disability.
Using the results of this survey, we are looking at developing tools and pilot programmes to train CHWs about disability. Please contact info@themissingbillion.org with the heading ‘CHW training’ to be in touch with funding or partnership opportunities.