A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.

A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The shortage of health professionals in rural areas is a global problem. The urban and rural maldistribution of doctors results in severe problems regarding access to and performance of health care services. Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenging task for a number of reasons, ranging from...

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Main Authors: Shakeel Anjum, Naveen Karbhari, P. Parthasarathi Reddy, Monica M, Yadavrao, Cauvery K
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
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spelling ukm-71012016-12-14T06:43:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7101/ A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India. Shakeel Anjum, Naveen Karbhari, P. Parthasarathi Reddy, Monica M, Yadavrao, Cauvery K, The shortage of health professionals in rural areas is a global problem. The urban and rural maldistribution of doctors results in severe problems regarding access to and performance of health care services. Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenging task for a number of reasons, ranging from personal preferences to difficult work conditions and low remuneration. The objective of the study was to understand the factors influencing medical and dental intern’s choice to work in rural PHC’s as a basis for designing policies to redress geographic imbalances in health professional’s distribution. A total of 385 dental and medical interns in Andhra Pradesh provided a unique contingent valuation data in a cross sectional survey conducted in 4 medical and 4 dental colleges in Andhra Pradesh, using a questionnaire concerning their preferences, related incentives to work in various rural and remote primary health centres of Andhra Pradesh state, India. The response rate of the study was 89 %, (n= 344), with only 24% of interns expressing their willingness to serve in rural/remote primary health centres.Most of the interns stressed for increase in salary, better accommodation and infrastructure of the hospitals as the factors for increasing their retention in remote rural areas. Although most Indian students are motivated to study medicine and dentistry by the desire to help others, this does not translate into willingness to work in rural areas. Efforts from the government to build intrinsic motivation during medical and dental training to serve in these deprived areas should be in focus with addition to improved working and living conditions and better remuneration. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-07-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7101/1/vol_3_no_2_2013_42.pdf Shakeel Anjum, and Naveen Karbhari, and P. Parthasarathi Reddy, and Monica M, and Yadavrao, and Cauvery K, (2013) A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Public Health Research, 3 (2). pp. 318-324. ISSN 2232-0245
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description The shortage of health professionals in rural areas is a global problem. The urban and rural maldistribution of doctors results in severe problems regarding access to and performance of health care services. Retaining doctors in rural areas is a challenging task for a number of reasons, ranging from personal preferences to difficult work conditions and low remuneration. The objective of the study was to understand the factors influencing medical and dental intern’s choice to work in rural PHC’s as a basis for designing policies to redress geographic imbalances in health professional’s distribution. A total of 385 dental and medical interns in Andhra Pradesh provided a unique contingent valuation data in a cross sectional survey conducted in 4 medical and 4 dental colleges in Andhra Pradesh, using a questionnaire concerning their preferences, related incentives to work in various rural and remote primary health centres of Andhra Pradesh state, India. The response rate of the study was 89 %, (n= 344), with only 24% of interns expressing their willingness to serve in rural/remote primary health centres.Most of the interns stressed for increase in salary, better accommodation and infrastructure of the hospitals as the factors for increasing their retention in remote rural areas. Although most Indian students are motivated to study medicine and dentistry by the desire to help others, this does not translate into willingness to work in rural areas. Efforts from the government to build intrinsic motivation during medical and dental training to serve in these deprived areas should be in focus with addition to improved working and living conditions and better remuneration.
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author Shakeel Anjum,
Naveen Karbhari,
P. Parthasarathi Reddy,
Monica M,
Yadavrao,
Cauvery K,
spellingShingle Shakeel Anjum,
Naveen Karbhari,
P. Parthasarathi Reddy,
Monica M,
Yadavrao,
Cauvery K,
A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.
author_facet Shakeel Anjum,
Naveen Karbhari,
P. Parthasarathi Reddy,
Monica M,
Yadavrao,
Cauvery K,
author_sort Shakeel Anjum,
title A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.
title_short A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.
title_full A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.
title_fullStr A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.
title_full_unstemmed A Cross Sectional Study of Intern’s Willingness to Serve in Rural Primary Health Centres of Andhra Pradesh, India.
title_sort cross sectional study of intern’s willingness to serve in rural primary health centres of andhra pradesh, india.
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7101/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7101/1/vol_3_no_2_2013_42.pdf
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