"If I had known, I would have applied": poor communication, job dissatisfaction, and attrition of rural health workers in Sierra Leone.

CONCLUSIONS: HCWs in Sierra Leone lacked accurate information about entitlements, policies, and procedures, and this was a driver of rural HCW job dissatisfaction and attrition. System-oriented, low-cost initiatives can address these underlying structural causes in Sierra Leone. These issues likely apply to other countries facing HCW retention challenges and should be considered in development of global HCW retention strategies.
PMID: 30249253 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Rural Remote Health - September 24, 2018 Category: Rural Health Authors: Narayan V, John-Stewart G, Gage G, O'Malley G Tags: Hum Resour Health Source Type: research