Perceived needs of health tutors in rural and urban health training institutions in Ghana: Implications for health sector staff internal migration control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The population of Ghana is increasingly becoming urbanized with about 70% of the estimated 27 million people living in urban and peri-urban areas. Nonetheless, eight out of the ten regions in Ghana remain predominantly rural where only 32% of the national health sector workforce works. Moreover, the rural-urban disparities in the density of health tutors (staff responsible for pre-service training of health professionals) are enormous. This paper explores perceived needs of health tutors in rural and urban health training institutions in Ghana.

Methods

This is a descriptive qualitative study conducted in the Greater Accra and Northern regions of Ghana. The Study used the deductive thematic and sub-thematic analysis approaches. Five health training institutions wer

SUBMITTER: Alhassan RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628878 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature