Is it all about the money? A qualitative exploration of the effects of performance-based financial incentives on Zimbabwe's voluntary male medical circumcision program

Caryl Feldacker; Aaron F. Bochner; Amy Herman-Roloff; Marrianne Holec; Vernon Murenje; Abby Stepaniak; Sinokuthemba Xaba; Mufata Tshimanga; Vuyelwa Chitimbire; Shingirai Makaure; Joseph Hove; Scott Barnhart; Batsirai Makunike

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174047

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Is it all about the money? A qualitative exploration of the effects of performance-based financial incentives on Zimbabwe's voluntary male medical circumcision program

Caryl Feldacker ,

* E-mail: cfeld@uw.edu

Affiliations International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Aaron F. Bochner,

Affiliation International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA United States of America
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Amy Herman-Roloff,

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Marrianne Holec,

Affiliation International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA United States of America
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Vernon Murenje,

Affiliation International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Harare, Zimbabwe
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Abby Stepaniak,

Affiliation International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA United States of America
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Sinokuthemba Xaba,

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Mufata Tshimanga,

Affiliation Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Project (ZiCHIRe), Harare, Zimbabwe
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Vuyelwa Chitimbire,

Affiliation Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH), Harare, Zimbabwe
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Shingirai Makaure,

Affiliation Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Project (ZiCHIRe), Harare, Zimbabwe
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Joseph Hove,

Affiliation Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH), Harare, Zimbabwe
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Scott Barnhart,

Affiliations International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Batsirai Makunike

Affiliation International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Harare, Zimbabwe
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Is it all about the money? A qualitative exploration of the effects of performance-based financial incentives on Zimbabwe's voluntary male medical circumcision program

Caryl Feldacker,
Aaron F. Bochner,
Amy Herman-Roloff,
Marrianne Holec,
Vernon Murenje,
Abby Stepaniak,
Sinokuthemba Xaba,
Mufata Tshimanga,
Vuyelwa Chitimbire,
Shingirai Makaure

Published: March 16, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174047

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