scholarly journals Job Satisfaction and Associated Factors among Health Care Staff in Township Health Centers—— A Cross-Sectional Survey in Rural Central China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuyu Chen ◽  
Hui Yao ◽  
Li Ran ◽  
Wenwen Wu ◽  
Yupeng Zhang ◽  
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Abstract Background:Township health centers play a cornerstone role in the work of primary health care in China while it’s development is largely limited by the brain drain. Job satisfaction is closely related to brain drain, investigating the relevant factors of job satisfaction can provide strategies to reduce brain drain. The aim of this study was to explore job satisfaction and associated factors among health-care staff in township health centers in Huangpi District. Methods: This research was conducted in Huangpi, China. Convenience sampling methods and self-administereded questionnaires were used. 1370 of valid samples were collected with 97.72% effective rate. Descriptive statistics are used to describe sociodemographic information. The Pearson Chi-square statistical was used to test the binary association between job satisfaction and another categorical variable. All the sociodemographic information was applied to the binary logistic regression model using the stepwise selection method. Results: The mean age was 36.98 (SD=9.84), Factors that affect job satisfaction include educational background (χ2= 7.99, p=0.046), monthly income (χ2= 51.43, p<0.001), hire form (χ2=7.64, p=0.049), hours worked per week (χ2=33.48, p<0.01), parent have had a stable job (χ2= 10.67, p<0.01). Conclusions: Government and management should consider the impact of current policies on job satisfaction to reduce staff’s personal job dissatisfaction, Reducing staff workload, increasing salary and overtime benefits, and promoting the fairness of wage distribution are potential strategies to ameliorate low levels of job satisfaction.

2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Levin ◽  
Eric N. Gebbie ◽  
Kristine Qureshi

The federal pandemic influenza plan predicts that 30% of the population could be infected. The impact of this pandemic would quickly overwhelm the public health and health-care delivery systems in the U.S. and throughout the world. Surge capacity for staffing, availability of drugs and supplies, and alternate means to provide care must be included in detailed plans that are tested and drilled ahead of time. Accurate information on the disease must be made available to health-care staff and the public to reduce fear. Spokespersons must provide clear, consistent messages about the disease, including actions to be taken to contain its spread and treat the afflicted. Home care will be especially important, as hospitals will be quickly overwhelmed. Staff must be prepared ahead of time to assure their ability and willingness to report to work, and public health must plan ahead to adequately confront ethical issues that will arise concerning the availability of treatment resources. The entire community must work together to meet the challenges posed by an epidemic. Identification and resolution of these challenges and issues are essential to achieve adequate public health preparedness.


2020 ◽  
pp. 107755872097258
Author(s):  
Deb Mitchell ◽  
Lisa O’Brien ◽  
Anne Bardoel ◽  
Terry Haines

This longitudinal qualitative study examines staff experience of disinvestment from a service they are accustomed to providing to their patients. It took place alongside a disinvestment trial that measured the impact of the removal of weekend allied health services from acute wards at two hospitals. Data were gathered from repeated interviews and focus groups with 450 health care staff. We developed a grounded theory, which explains changes in staff perceptions over time and the key modifying factors. Staff appeared to experience disinvestment as loss; a key difference to other operational changes. Early staff experiences of disinvestment were primarily negative, but evolved with time and change-management strategies such as the provision of data, clear and persistent communication approaches, and forums where the big picture context of the disinvestment was robustly discussed. These allowed the disinvestment trial to be successfully implemented at two health services, with high compliance with the research protocol.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Goetz ◽  
Michael Marx ◽  
Irmgard Marx ◽  
Marc Brodowski ◽  
Maureen Nafula ◽  
...  

Background. Job satisfaction and working atmosphere are important for optimal health care delivery. The study aimed to document working atmosphere and job satisfaction of health care professionals in Kenya and to explore associations between job satisfaction, staff characteristics, and working atmosphere.Methods. Data from the integrated quality management system (IQMS) for the health sector in Kenya were used. Job satisfaction was measured with 10 items and with additional 5 items adapted to job situation in Kenya. Working atmosphere was measured with 13 item questionnaire. A stepwise linear regression analysis was performed with overall job satisfaction and working atmosphere, aspects of job satisfaction, and individual characteristics.Results. Out of 832 questionnaires handed out, 435 questionnaires were completed (response rate: 52.3%). Health care staff indicated high commitment to provide quality services and low levels regarding the adequacy and functionality of equipment at their work station. The aspect “support of the ministry of health” (β= 0.577) showed the highest score of explained variance (32.9%) regarding overall job satisfaction.Conclusions. IQMS which also evaluates job satisfaction and working atmosphere of health care staff provides a good opportunity for strengthening the recruitment and retention of health care staff as well as improving the provision of good quality of care.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasreen Khan ◽  
Sofia Khurshid

Workplace stress is a world-wide concern and has been a subject of researchers, academicians, authorities and decision makers’ interest. It has evidently been considered to be causing poor performance, reduced employee morale, lack of autonomy, job insecurity and to greater extent the employee's wellbeing. Employees in healthcare and hospitality sector work in 24*7 work schedule due to the demanding nature of the industry. Empirical evidences have indicated that employee experience high stress on account of work overload and long working hours taking a toll on their mental and physical well-being. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of workplace stress on employee well-being among staff employees in the health care sector and hospitals in UAE. A total of 150 employees working at staff level in health care centers and hospitals in UAE were surveyed. The results showed that workplace has negative impact on employee well-being and the impact was found to be weak. The findings of the study suggest that an increase in workplace stresses will reduce wellbeing of employees. The researchers recommend that in order to reduce the impact of stress on employee well-being organizational support, family support and social support is essential.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad A. Abdul Wahed

The purpose of this project is to investigate and find the impact of work condition ,salary and job security on job motivation among health care staff and to determine the level of Motivation of health workers to their workplace and to provide the recommendations. Finding of this study all the three factors has a positive and significant affect to job motivation, job security with highest affect then other factors, hospital should pay more attention to job security and provide a good work condition.


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