Turnover intention and associated factors among public health workers during the fight against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province

FANG Ying-ying; DU Zhi-cheng; LIN Xiao; GU Jing; HAO Yuan-tao

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FANG Ying-ying, DU Zhi-cheng, LIN Xiao, GU Jing, HAO Yuan-tao. Turnover intention and associated factors among public health workers during the fight against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 803-807. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.010

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FANG Ying-ying, DU Zhi-cheng, LIN Xiao, GU Jing, HAO Yuan-tao. Turnover intention and associated factors among public health workers during the fight against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 803-807. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.010

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FANG Ying-ying, DU Zhi-cheng, LIN Xiao, GU Jing, HAO Yuan-tao. Turnover intention and associated factors among public health workers during the fight against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 803-807. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.010

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Turnover intention and associated factors among public health workers during the fight against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.010

FANG Ying-ying¹,
DU Zhi-cheng^{1, 2},
LIN Xiao^{1, 2},
GU Jing^{1, 2},
HAO Yuan-tao^{1, 2, 3
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1.
Department of Medical Statistic, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
2.
Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute, Center for Health Information Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510300, China
3.
Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness & Response, Beijing 100191, China

FANG Ying-ying and DU Zhi-cheng contributed equally to the article

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81973150

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Corresponding author: HAO Yuan-tao, E-mail: haoyt@bjmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-11-04
Rev Recd Date: 2022-02-21

Available Online: 2022-07-19

Publish Date: 2022-07-10

Abstract

Abstract

Objective To realize the current situation and influencing factors of turnover intention among public health workers fighting against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province, explore the moderating effect of social support, and provide evidence for improving the stability of epidemic prevention team. Methods A self-constructed online questionnaire was used to investigate the personnel of Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and primary health care institutes in Guangdong Province. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine the associated factors of turnover intention and the moderating role of social support. Results A total of 2 168 participants were collected, of which 632(29.15%) had turnover intention. Anti-epidemic public health workers with senior title, working in CDC, having a fixed establishment, sleeping ≥ 6 h, showing more job satisfaction and reporting higher leadership/colleague/relative support had lower turnover intention, while those working overnight and working overtime on rest days were more likely to report turnover intention. The interaction term "job satisfaction × family support" had a negative moderating effect on the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. Conclusions A relatively high turnover intention is reported among public health workers during the fight against COVID-19 in Guangdong Province. Improving the incentive mechanism, increasing job satisfaction and providing more support to primary health workers may reduce their turnover intention.
- Turnover intention,
- Social support,
- Job satisfaction

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