Assessment of Working Environment and Satisfaction Among Health Care Workers In Sengerema District Mwanza, Tanzania

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ABSTRACTBackgroundJob satisfaction is currently considered to be a measure that should be included in quality improvement programs thus it is very important to assess it among healthcare workers who are mostly exposed to work stress thus this research is going to have different consideration on health care workers working on hard-to-reach areas and low-level facilities since there is lack of enough evidence and limited studies done under this area.MethodsThis was a cross section study conducted among healthcare workers found in sengerema and it was conducted from 27/02/2023 to 10/03/2023 whereby it include 356 health care workers employed and working at sengerema district as participants found in the health facilities Statistical method used was descriptive analysis by assessing frequency of variables in terms percentages. The results were presented in form of tables and bar graphs.ResultsA total of 356 health care professionals were included in the study, female participants were more occupying 55.6% while the male were 44.4%. In the study more of the participants were married than those single with percentages of 68.5% and 31.5% respectively. Most of the health care workers were at the dispensary level were satisfied at their job (55%0 but among the health care workers working at the health center most of them were not satisfied (52%). But among married workers most of them were not satisfied with their job (50.5%) as compared to single workers who were most satisfied (56%).ConclusionBased on our research, the prevalence of job satisfaction among health care workers in Sengerema district is generally high by 53.9% which shows that most workers are satisfied with their jobs. Most health care workers have good relationship with each other and can depend on each other and they get their benefit as health care workers.