Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Retention of health workers in Malawi: perspectives of health workers and district management | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Research Retention of health workers in Malawi perspectives of health workers and district management Ogenna Manafa 1 Eilish McAuliffe1 Fresier Maseko2 Cameron Bowie2 Malcolm MacLachlan1 3 and Charles Normand1 Open Access Address 1Centre for Global Health Trinity College University of Dublin Dublin Ireland 2College of Medicine University of Malawi Blantyre Malawi and 3School of Psychology Trinity College University of Dublin Dublin Ireland Email Ogenna Manafa - ogenna3@ Eilish McAuliffe - Fresier Maseko - fmaseko@ Cameron Bowie - cbowie@ Malcolm MacLachlan - mlachlan@ Charles Normand - normandc@ Corresponding author Published 28 July 2009 Received 13 November 2008 Human Resources for Health 2009 7 65 doi 1478-4491-7-65 Accepted 28 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 65 2009 Manafa et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Shortage of human resources is a major problem facing Malawi where more than 50 of the population lives in rural areas. Most of the district health services are provided by clinical health officers specially trained to provide services that would normally be provided by fully qualified doctors or specialists. As this cadre and the cadre of enrolled nurses are the mainstay of the Malawian health service at the district level it is important that they are supported and motivated to deliver a good standard of service to the population. This study explores how these cadres are managed and motivated and the impact this has on their performance. Methods A quantitative survey measured health workers job satisfaction .
