Job satisfaction and relevant factors among village health personnel in Puan county

Objective To explore the level of job satisfaction among village health personnel(VHP)and to analyze relevant factors of job satisfaction at Puan county,Guizhou province. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a self-administered questionnaire among 149 VHP in January 2010 at Puan county,Qianxi'nan autonomous prefecture of Buyi and Miao minorities,Guizhou province. Results The score of general job satisfaction was 3.44±0.62.The score of welfare and income,working condition,and job characteristics was 2.76±0.76,2.92±0.80,and 3.32±0.70,respectively, which were lower than the score of general job satisfaction(P<0.01).The general job satisfaction could be predicted by working load,training chance,position promotion,medical service compensation criterion,VHP medical insurance,village clinic medicine,and working performance,with the crude coefficients of 0.16,0.21,0.19,0.12,0.12,0.08,and 0.09 (P<0.01),respectively.Training chance,supervisor reward,social security,job fulfillment,income,and gender had obvious effects on the general job satisfaction,with the odds ratios of 32.48,31.70,8.20,5.72,5.55,and 4.32,respectively.The Cox and Snell R2 was 0.53 and the modelχ² was 112.26(P<0.01). Conclusion The level of general job satisfaction is low for VHP.The general job satisfaction is influenced by training chance,supervisor reward,social security,job fulfillment, income,and gender.