Assessments Of Intention To Turnover And Associated Factors Among Health Professionals Working In Hospitals In Central Oromia Ethiopia

Background: Human resources for Health are a center point in improving global healthrnproblems. A health sector especially in developing countries is characterized by a high turnoverrnby internal as well as external brain drain. The quality of health care depends on number,rnknowledge, skill and commitment without forgetting the importance of other resources by whichrnto serve. Without sufficient numbers of adequately trained, supported and appropriatelyrnmotivated health workers, there is a significant risk of not achieving national and global healthrngoals. However, turnover of health workers critically affects the health system particularly inrncountries with limited resources. There is little information on intention to turnover amongrnhealth professionals working in hospitals in Central Oromia regional state. Aim of this study is tornassess turnover intention and associated factors among health professionals working in CentralrnOromia Hospitals.rnMethods: Cross sectional study design using quantitative research method was applied. Torncollect data, structured questionnaire were used in six randomly selected Hospitals. A total ofrn408 sample sizes were used for the study. Factor analysis was used for all Liker scalerninstruments to identify factors representing each of the scale using Epi-info version andrntransferred for analysis to SPSS version 21.0.rnResults: Three Hundred seventy-one (91%) of health professionals are participated in the study.rnOut of the respondents (75.5%) had intention to turnover. Among variables: job factor 0.55rn(95%CI, (0.44 – 0.69), working environment 1.89 (95% CI 1.51 – 2.39), and organizational factorrn1.89 (95% CI, (1.51 – 2.39) had statistically significant association with intention to turnover ofrnhealth professionals working in Central Oromia Hospitals.rnConclusion: The overall intention to turnover among health professionals was high. Workingrnenvironments: (Coworker relation, work pressure, etc…), job related factors: (Work load, naturernof work, working schedule, etc…), and organizational factors: (Leaders, payment, work placerncondition, etc…) have statistically significant association with intention to turnover of healthrnprofessionals working in Central Oromia Hospitals. The Federal Ministry of Health needs tornstrengthen human resources for health management especially at Hospital level in collaboratingrnwith regional state governments through implementing different retention strategies (like: BPR,rnBSC, Transfer Policy, Promotion Policy,…etc).

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