Table 1 Components of educational intervention

First

Importance of urban informal sector workers in Bangladesh

To make the participants understand the potential of contribution to economy and collectively meeting challenges of health

Power point presentation and discussion

The main facilitator

Case study on Golam Kibria, an informal sector worker who got sick and its consequence on health, economy and family

To make understand the importance of good health on economy and family

Group discussion

Group moderator

Current healthcare facilities of workers and its quality of service

To understand the current situation of healthcare access and quality of care for the workers under intervention and their level of satisfaction

Group discussion

Group moderator

Second

Current mechanism of healthcare financing, healthcare triangle, concept and utility of health insurance

To put into context of sustainable and self-dependent healthcare financing

Power point presentation and discussion

Main facilitator

Insurance game

To make understand the risk-sharing mechanism

Game

Group moderator

Roll-play

To distinguish the service and payment difference between non-insured and insured patients

Short drama

Jointly by educators

Types of health insurance and its merits and demerits

To make understand the merits and demerits of different types of insurance (private for profit, NGO and community based)

Discussion

Group moderator

Third

History of social health insurance and recent development in low and middle income countries

To put the participants into global context and finding the position of Bangladesh

Power point presentation with discussion

Main facilitator

Occupational cooperatives and/occupational solidarity

To understand the possibilities and challenges of using occupational cooperative/ solidarity for developing health insurance

Group discussion

Group moderator

Open discussion (questions and answers)

To understand if the sessions could successfully meet the goals and to clarify any issues to the workers

Discussion

Main facilitators and all moderators