Impact of work-family support on job burnout among primary health workers and the mediating role of career identity: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In China, medical workers in the primary sector shoulder the task of providing people with the basic medical and public health services, and are the "gatekeepers" of the public health. This study aims to analyze the current situation of job burnout among primary health workers of China, and shed light on the effect of work-family support and career identity on job burnout among them and their relationships. This may provide a new perspective for primary health care institutions and health administrative departments so as to formulate policies to "attract, retain and stabilize" primary health workers.

Methods

A multi-stage sampling method was adopted to select 8,135 primary health workers from 320 primary health care institutions in a province of central China. A de

SUBMITTER: Yang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9998699 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature