Self-Efficacy of the Community Health Agent, Importance of Motivation and Empowerment.

Introduction: The community health agent plays an essential role as a link between the community and health institutions; the effectiveness of their work is crucial in promoting health, prevention, and detection of diseases. Motivation and empowerment could affect the performance of the community agent in carrying out his work.

Objective: To determine if work motivation and empowerment are factors associated with the self-efficacy of the community health agent.