Abstract
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to analyse the factors associated with the intention of Indonesian nursing students to work in rural areas.DesignThis was a cross-sectional study. The instrument used was a self-developed questionnaire consisting of 13 questions.The data were analysed using the χ2 statistics test and binary logistic regression with a level of significance <0.05.SettingThe study was conducted at a public nursing school located in urban Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, in December 2017.ParticipantsA total of 714 nursing students from four different programmes were involved.ResultsThis study found that almost 60% of nursing students were reluctant to work in rural areas. Of the three variables which were significant in the χ2 analysis, only two were significant following the logistic regression test, namely the class programmes of undergraduate regulars (OR=2.274; 95% CI 1.326 to 3.900), profession regulars (OR=2.262; 95% CI 1.110 to 4.607) and rural place of origin (OR=1.405; 95% CI 1.036 to 1.906).ConclusionThe education programme and place of origin were associated with the intention of nursing students to work in rural areas. Therefore, the recruitment of prospective nurses should consider these factors by considering the local context.
Subject
Family Practice,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reference42 articles.
1. Early implementation of WHO recommendations for the retention of health workers in remote and rural areas;Buchan;Bull World Health Organ,2013
2. WHO
. Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention: global policy recommendations, 2010. Available: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44369/9789241564014_eng.pdf?sequence=1 [Accessed 26 Apr 2019].
3. World Health Organization
. Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention: global policy recommendations, 2010. Available: http://www.searo.who.int/nepal/mediacentre/2010_increasing_access_to_health_workers_in_remote_and_rural_areas.pdf [Accessed 10 Sep 2018].
4. Nursing shortages in the rural public health sector of India;Saikia;JPSS,2018
5. Re-thinking approaches to undergraduate health professional education: interdisciplinary rural placement program;Dalton;Collegian,2003
Cited by
9 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献