Basic public health service personnel allocation in five regions of Guizhou province / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate basic public health service personnel allocation in five regions of Guizhou province, providing reference and strategies for the construction of grass-roots disease prevention and control system in Guizhou province and the training of grass-roots public health service talents in colleges and universities.Methods:According to the topographical features of Guizhou province, stratified random sampling was completed in five regions including Guiyang, Zunyi, Liupanshui, Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Questionnaires and on-the-spot symposiums were conducted among basic public health service personnel from 20 township health centers and 20 community health service centers.Results:Women (82.7%), 25-35 years of age (41.7%), working years < 5 years (65.7%), and junior professional titles (59.7%) accounted for a higher proportion of the staff in the five regions. Basic public health service personnel in Guiyang had the highest percentage of undergraduate education (47.5%) and those in other regions had the highest percentage of a junior college education. 40.3% and 26.4% of basic public health service personnel were devoted to nursing and clinical specialties, and only 3.2% of basic public health service personnel were devoted to general practice and preventive medicine. The number of public health practitioners (assistants) per 10,000 residents was 0.05, and 43.5% of public health practitioners had multiple duties.Conclusion:The professional structure of public health personnel is not reasonable at the grass-roots level in Guizhou province. There is an extreme shortage of public health practitioners (assistants), the professional title is low, staffing is inadequate, and staff loss is serious.