债券奖学金计划对农村卫生设施人员配备的贡献
1Umthombo Youth Development Foundation, Hillcrest, Durban, South Africa. gavin@umthomboyouth.org.za.
概括
大多数Umthombo青年发展基金会 (UYDF) 的毕业生返回农村医疗保健工作. 通过奖学金对农村学生的投资有效地支持农村公共医疗保健设施 (PHCFs) 的人员配置.
科学领域:
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
- 医疗保健劳动力发展工作人员
- 医学教育 医学教育
背景情况:
- 农村出身是从事在农村地区的医疗保健专业人员 (HCP) 的一个已知的因素.
- 南非 (SA) 投资招聘和培训农村医疗保健的农村学生.
- 关于这些倡议的毕业生长期农村实践的SA文献有限.
研究的目的:
- 确定Umthombo青年发展基金会 (UYDF) 支持的农村出身的毕业生在农村公共卫生保健设施 (PHCF) 就业的持续时间.
- 评估UYDF支持的毕业生对南非农村医疗保健工作人员的长期贡献.
主要方法:
- 回顾性描述性研究分析了405名UYDF毕业生的工作记录.
- 计算每个毕业生在农村PHCF工作的年数.
- 用总和百分比呈现的描述性统计分析.
主要成果:
- 90%的UYDF毕业生在农村PHCF工作.
- 在社会工作者 (85%),眼科医生 (80%),语言治疗师,护士 (72%) 和牙科治疗师 (70%) 中观察到高保留率 (≥5年).
- 听力学家 (13%),医生 (14%),药剂师 (29%),牙医和职业治疗师 (28%) 的保留率较低 (≥5年).
- 总体而言,54%在农村PHCF工作了≥3年,38.5%在农村PHCF工作了≥5年.
- 与医生相比,盟友卫生专业人员通常在农村PHCF工作时间更长.
结论:
- 青年基金会奖学金计划在农村医疗卫生服务中心的人员配置方面取得了成功,超过90%的毕业生在农村实践.
- 农村学生的债券奖学金对于长期的农村医疗保健人员是有效的.
- 诸如有限的专业发展和农村地区的资助职位等挑战可能会降低该倡议的整体有效性.
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