What do Health Workers say About Rural Practice?

Adequately staffed rural health services improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes, yet this is lacking in rural Ghana. We used a descriptive qualitative design to understand the contextual issues that affect rural practice, in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Sixty-eight in-depth interviews were...

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Autores principales:	Eunice Okyere, Paul Ward, Kissinger Marfoh, Lillian Mwanri
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Nursing RT1-120
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:da569f0b51ae4106ac2e456700a314642021-11-30T23:34:26ZWhat do Health Workers say About Rural Practice?2333-393610.1177/23333936211054812https://doaj.org/article/da569f0b51ae4106ac2e456700a314642021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211054812https://doaj.org/toc/2333-3936Adequately staffed rural health services improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes, yet this is lacking in rural Ghana. We used a descriptive qualitative design to understand the contextual issues that affect rural practice, in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Sixty-eight in-depth interviews were conducted with healthcare workers and analysed thematically. Four themes were identified: types of postings to rural settings, healthcare workers’ perceptions of their rural postings, perceived enablers and motivators for rural practice, and perceived challenges and barriers to rural practice. While adequate supervision and family proximity are needed to improve the feelings of loneliness, isolation and neglect in rural areas, challenges and barriers such as inadequate security, unstable electricity supply, language barrier, lack of equipment and transport/ambulance have been identified to have negative influence on healthcare workers. The findings highlight the need for healthcare managers to improve fairness and transparency in the posting and reshuffling processes of healthcare workers.Eunice OkyerePaul WardKissinger MarfohLillian MwanriSAGE PublishingarticleNursingRT1-120ENGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research, Vol 8 (2021)
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description	Adequately staffed rural health services improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes, yet this is lacking in rural Ghana. We used a descriptive qualitative design to understand the contextual issues that affect rural practice, in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Sixty-eight in-depth interviews were conducted with healthcare workers and analysed thematically. Four themes were identified: types of postings to rural settings, healthcare workers’ perceptions of their rural postings, perceived enablers and motivators for rural practice, and perceived challenges and barriers to rural practice. While adequate supervision and family proximity are needed to improve the feelings of loneliness, isolation and neglect in rural areas, challenges and barriers such as inadequate security, unstable electricity supply, language barrier, lack of equipment and transport/ambulance have been identified to have negative influence on healthcare workers. The findings highlight the need for healthcare managers to improve fairness and transparency in the posting and reshuffling processes of healthcare workers.
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What do Health Workers say About Rural Practice?

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