Rural Health Worker Retention Tools

Carol Bales — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:13:56 +0000

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CapacityPlus

October 2013 (All day)

Provides an overview of CapacityPlus’s tools for attracting and retaining health workers in rural and remote areas.

Why Would I Go There? Motivating Workers to Take and Keep Jobs in Rural Areas

Sarah Dwyer — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:17:59 +0000

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Rachel Deussom and Wanda Jaskiewicz

December 2012 (All day)

Why Would I Go There?

Given the complexity of the social, professional, and economic factors that influence motivation, how do institutions make rural job postings more attractive? While many recognize that salary is an important factor, other characteristics of a job—such as better living or working conditions, supportive supervision, opportunities for continuing professional development, career advancement, networking, and even public recognition—can improve a worker’s sense of purpose and productivity. Identifying and offering the right incentive package to workers can result in a win-win situation, with benefits for both the worker and the community served. To address this issue of job attraction and retention in the health sector, CapacityPlus has helped ministries of health and NGOs answer these questions by using a rapid discrete choice experiment, a rigorous survey method that identifies the trade-offs that workers would be willing to make between specific job characteristics. Garnering statistical evidence of what motivates workers provides policy-makers with the needed information to develop more cost-effective job incentive strategies. This article originally appeared in the December 2012 issue of Monthly Developments Magazine (www.monthlydevelopments.org).

Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit

Rural Health Worker Retention Tools

Why Would I Go There? Motivating Workers to Take and Keep Jobs in Rural Areas