Assessment of the Effect of Years of Experience on the Level of Task Performance by Primary Health Care Workers in Enugu State

Ezenduka, Pauline; Ndie, E C; Ehiemere, Ijeoma O.

doi:10.9734/bjast/2016/21379

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“…Structured task performance questionnaire developed Ezenduka et al [7] was modified and used for data collection on the effect of professional designation on task performance. A pilot study was done in one of the LGA that was not selected for the study.…”

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Effect of Professional Designation on the Level of Task Performance by Community Health Workers in Enugu State

Chubike¹,

P.O²,

J³

2016

JHS

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Abstract:The study aimed at assessment of level of task performance of Primary Health Care Worker (PHCWs) according to their professional designations in selected Local Government Areas (LGA) in Enugu State. Descriptive survey research was used. 291 PHCWs were randomly selected from 9 LGA using a multistage method. Questionnaire was used to collect data and the instrument was validated using test-retest method with correlation coefficient of 0.79. The findings show that Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) performed higher than Environmental Health Officer (EVO) and Community Health Officers (CHOs) in the area of health education concerning prevailing health problems and method of control. They scored 66.09% as against 52.8% and 60.61% for EVO and CHEW respectively. The result showed that the professional designation has no significant effect (P < 0.05) on the level of task performed by PHCW and their levels of task performance were low. It was recommended that public Health physicians and Nurses should be involved in the PHC in Enugu State to provide the right supervision to the PHCW.

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confidence: 99%