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dc.contributor.authorTwineamatsiko, A-
dc.contributor.authorMugenyi, N-
dc.contributor.authorKuteesa, YN-
dc.contributor.authorLivingstone, ED-
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-31T17:43:20Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-31T17:43:20Z-
dc.date.issued2023-10-17-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Andrew Twineamatsiko https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6715-9390-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Nathan Mugenyi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-5139-
dc.identifierORCID iD: Ejalu David Livingstone https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1828-6046-
dc.identifier83-
dc.identifier.citationTwineamatsiko, A. et al. (2023) 'Factors associated with retention of health workers in remote public health centers in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study', Human Resources for Health, 21, 83, pp. 1 - 9. doi: 10.1186/s12960-023-00870-0.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27488-
dc.descriptionAvailability of data and materials: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article as Additional file 1 (dataset), available online at: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1186%2Fs12960-023-00870-0/MediaObjects/12960_2023_870_MOESM1_ESM.dta .en_US
dc.description.abstractCopyright © The Author(s) 2023. Background: Health worker retention in remote and hard-to-reach areas remains a threat in most low- and middle-income countries, and this negatively impacts health service delivery. The health workforce inequity is catastrophic for countries like Uganda that still has a low health worker to patient ratio, and remote areas like Lira District that is still recovering from a long-term civil war. This study explores factors associated with retention of health workers in remote public health centers in Lira district in Northern Uganda. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study with quantitative methods of data collection was used among health workers namely; doctors, clinical officers, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and, laboratory technicians. The study utilized a structured questionnaire with closed ended questions to obtain quantitative information. Results: Most of the respondents were females (62.90%), married (84.62%), with certificate level (55.74%), and nurses as qualification (36.60%) as well as attached to Health Center 3 level (61.28%). Significant individual factors associated with retention included having a certificate as highest level of education, staying with family, and working at facility for 6 or more years. The health system factors were good physical state of facility, equipment availability, availability of sundries, feeling comfortable with rotations, receiving adequate support from staff, feeling valued and respected by colleagues at workplace and access to incentives while career factors were job satisfaction, job motivation, promotion, and further training on scholarship. Conclusion: The study established that indeed several individual and social demographics, health system and career-related factors are significantly associated with retention of Health workers in the rural public health facilities and these are critical policy recommendations for establishing retention guidelines in a national human resources for health manual.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study had no funding.en_US
dc.format.extent1 - 9-
dc.format.mediumElectronic-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBiomed Central (part of Springer Nature)en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © The Author(s) 2023. Rights and permissions: Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subjecthealth workersen_US
dc.subjecthealth worker retentionen_US
dc.subjecthard-to-reach areasen_US
dc.titleFactors associated with retention of health workers in remote public health centers in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00870-0-
pubs.volume21-
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)-
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