17–22 Similar studies were conducted specifically on nurses.
23–25 In addition turnover intention of anesthesia professionals was also conducted.
26 To the best of our knowledge, there has been no research conducted on health extension workers in the study area, and it is rare at the country level. So, this study would help elucidate the specific needs of health extension workers in particular contexts and inform the design of more effective HRH interventions.
In 2015, the Ethiopia Health Transformation Plan indicated that equity in healthcare delivery and guaranteeing the availability of health care to all is the first among the four agendas.
5 This could be delivered when Health Extension Workers are committed and stable in their workplace. Therefore, this study aimed to determine magnitude of turnover intention and to identify factors associated with turnover intention among HEWs in the Illubabora zone. The study findings will be used by different levels of government to d
W = margin of error
By considering a 10% non-response rate, the sample size was 422 households. However, due to the use of a multistage sampling procedure, the final sample size was 844.
Regarding the sampling procedure, four kebeles (the smallest administration unit) from each town were selected randomly, and the study households were selected by using a systematic random sampling technique (k≈40) (Figure 1). After selection, the household head (father or mother) or, if he or she was unavailable, a household member aged ≥ 18 years was approached for an interview. In the qualitative study, there were 18 participants, 9 from the key informants (the town communication personnel, religious leaders, the town administrator, the town health bureau personnel, and volunteers of COVID-19 prevention and control task force, etc.) and the rest 9 from the general population.