Status quo and countermeasures analysis of the construction of health personnel in township health centers in Jiangsu Province

Abstract

Objective To learn the status of health care personnel construction of primary health institutions in Jiangsu province. Methods In July 2015, cluster sampling method was adopted in which 14 areas from Jiangsu province were selected, then one or more township health centers from each area were selected , and a total of 23 hospitals were selected. Personal interview were applied to administrators, the medical staff and residents respectively. A self-made questionnaire was performed in medical personnel from different departments. The method of descriptive statistics was used to collect data of rural health care personnel in primary health institutions. Results A total of 521 questionnaires were collected. In the town hospitals, the average age of the health professional staff was 37 years old. 68.33% (356 people) of the staff had college diploma or technical secondary school diploma and 35.12% (183 people) of them had junior title. There were 10.94% (57 people) and 14.01% (73 people) of the staff had no title and no physician practice qualification respectively. Conclusion Grass-roots health personnel construction task is still formidable. Further efforts are needed to improve the educational system of health talents. And the incentive mechanism should be improved to strengthen the attraction and stability of grass-roots health personnel. Strengthening education and training for the existing staff is also needed to intensify the ability to primary health care. Key words: Jiangsu Province; Township health center; Health professionals; Status analysis