Factors affecting motivation and retention of primary health care workers in three disparate regions in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Kenya alike identify a well-performing health workforce as key to attaining better health. Nevertheless, the motivation and retention of health care workers (HCWs) persist as challenges. This study investigated factors influencing motivation and retention of HCWs at primary health care facilities in three different settings in Kenya - the remote area of Turkana, the relatively accessible region of Machakos, and the disadvantaged informal urban settlement of Kibera in Nairobi.

Methods

A cross-sectional cluster sample design was used to select 59 health facilities that yielded interviews with 404 health care workers, grouped into 10 different types of service providers. Data were collected in November 2011 us

SUBMITTER: Ojakaa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4097093 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature