The Factors that Attract Healthcare Professionals to and Retain Them in Rural Areas in South Africa


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Rose A, van Rensburg-Bonthuyzen EJ

Series/Journal Title:

South African Family Practice

Volume:

1

Issue:

1

Pages:

7

Description:

Attracting healthcare professionals (HCPs) to rural areas and retaining them there remains a challenge. Current retention strategies focus on the factors that cause people to leave rural areas, but these strategies continue to fail to retain HCPs in these areas, and the situation in which there is a lack of quality and inadequacy of the type of health services is perpetuated. The literature describes factors that attract healthcare workers to work in rural areas, and this study contributes to a deeper understanding of this. [from abstract]

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Geographic Focus

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