Assessment Of The Major Factors For Health Workers Motivation For Staying At Peripheral Level Of The Health System In Government Health Service Delivery Institutions In Oromia Region.

Background: It’s important to note that human factors, socioeconomic strata, labor marketrndemand and supply, policies and procedures play role in human resource management. Thernchallenges of human resource management have many dimensions stretching from recruitment tornseparation. One of this is the prediction of human motivation factors. rnHuman resources for health are always the center point of health care. The quality of carerndepends on the number, knowledge, skills and commitment without forgetting the importance ofrnother resources by which to serve. Low health workers density is very detrimental to healthrnoutcomes. That is why supply and retention strategies are being issues of critical importance. rnObjective: To assess the major factors for health workers’ motivation for staying at peripheralrnlevel of the health system in government health service delivery institutions in Oromia region. rnMethods: cross-sectional descriptive study using quantitative approach supplemented withrnqualitative research. Structured questionnaire, focus group discussion/key informants’ interviewrnand record review were used. rnResults: Age, marital status, location of the health facility and compulsory service year, werernfactors having strong association with the length of stay in peripheral health facilities. Other pullrnand push factors were also identified. rnDiscussion, conclusion and recommendation: As assessed by this study, those aged above 30rnyears, married couples, and those with longer service years motivated to stay longer than thernyounger, singleton and junior counterparts respectively. Proprietorship, achieved education,rnexpected sponsorship and /or family responsibility could be the cause of settlement. Those whorndispelled early might left intentionally to arrange for further studies, to search for better pays andrnto head marital plans. Frustrations from extended service years ahead and discomforts from lackrnof facilitated conditions for standard could be a cause of exit from posting for seniorrnprofessionals as do in other African countries. rnHuman resource policies, guidelines and procedures should pay special consideration to theserncenter pieces of the health system in development and application of sensible interventions tornremove bottlenecks of HRH management thereby monitoring and evaluation of the outcomes.

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