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BACKGROUND: A large proportion of Australians are affected by mental illness each year, and treatment gaps are well known. To meet current and future demands and enable access to treatment that is safe, effective, and acceptable, a robust and sustainable mental health workforce is required. Factors reported to attract people to work within the mental health sector include aspiring to help others, having an interest in mental health and human behavior, the desire to make a difference and do something worthwhile, personal lived experience, recognition, and value of discipline-specific roles. However, despite the various reasons people enter the public mental health workforce, recruitment and retention continue to be ongoing challenges. To date, there has been limited investigation into understanding which factors are most relevant to the current Victorian workforce. Furthermore, a comparison to health care workers outside of mental health is also needed to better understand the specific needs of staff within the mental health sector.
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore factors related to attraction, recruitment, and retention of the public mental health workforce in Victoria, Australia.
METHODS: The study is a multisite, mixed methods cross-sectional study to be conducted at 4 public hospital services within Victoria, Australia: 2 in metropolitan and 2 in regional or rural locations. Current, previous, and nonmental health workers will be asked to complete a 20-25-minute web-based survey, which is developed based on previous research and offered participation in an optional 30-60-minute semistructured interview to examine personal experiences and perceptions. Both aspects of the project will examine factors related to attraction, recruitment, and retention in the public mental health workforce. Differences between groups (ie, current, past, and nonmental health workers), as well as location, discipline, and health setting will be examined. Regression analyses will be performed to determine the factors most strongly associated with retention (ie, job satisfaction) and turnover intention. Qualitative data will be transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed to identify common themes.
RESULTS: As of May 2023, we enrolled 539 participants in the web-based survey and 27 participants in the qualitative interview.
CONCLUSIONS: This project seeks to build on current knowledge from within Australia and internationally to understand role and service/system-related issues of attraction, recruitment, and retention specifically within Victoria, Australia. Seeking up-to-date information from across the health workforce may provide factors specific to mental health by illuminating any differences between mental health workers and health care workers outside of mental health. Furthermore, exploring motivators across health care disciplines and locations to enter, stay in, or leave a role in public mental health settings will provide valuable information to support how the sector plans and develops strategies that are fit for purpose.
UNASSIGNED: DERR1-10.2196/48855.
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore factors related to attraction, recruitment, and retention of the public mental health workforce in Victoria, Australia.
METHODS: The study is a multisite, mixed methods cross-sectional study to be conducted at 4 public hospital services within Victoria, Australia: 2 in metropolitan and 2 in regional or rural locations. Current, previous, and nonmental health workers will be asked to complete a 20-25-minute web-based survey, which is developed based on previous research and offered participation in an optional 30-60-minute semistructured interview to examine personal experiences and perceptions. Both aspects of the project will examine factors related to attraction, recruitment, and retention in the public mental health workforce. Differences between groups (ie, current, past, and nonmental health workers), as well as location, discipline, and health setting will be examined. Regression analyses will be performed to determine the factors most strongly associated with retention (ie, job satisfaction) and turnover intention. Qualitative data will be transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed to identify common themes.
RESULTS: As of May 2023, we enrolled 539 participants in the web-based survey and 27 participants in the qualitative interview.
CONCLUSIONS: This project seeks to build on current knowledge from within Australia and internationally to understand role and service/system-related issues of attraction, recruitment, and retention specifically within Victoria, Australia. Seeking up-to-date information from across the health workforce may provide factors specific to mental health by illuminating any differences between mental health workers and health care workers outside of mental health. Furthermore, exploring motivators across health care disciplines and locations to enter, stay in, or leave a role in public mental health settings will provide valuable information to support how the sector plans and develops strategies that are fit for purpose.
UNASSIGNED: DERR1-10.2196/48855.
摘要：
背景：每年有很大一部分澳大利亚人受到精神疾病的影响，和治疗差距是众所周知的。为了满足当前和未来的需求，并能够获得安全的治疗，有效,并且可以接受,需要一个强大和可持续的精神卫生劳动力。据报道，吸引人们在精神卫生部门工作的因素包括渴望帮助他人，对心理健康和人类行为感兴趣，渴望有所作为，做有价值的事情，个人生活经验，认可,以及特定学科角色的价值。然而,尽管人们进入公共精神卫生工作队伍的原因有很多，招聘和保留仍然是持续的挑战。迄今为止,关于哪些因素与当前维多利亚州劳动力最相关的调查有限。此外，还需要与精神健康以外的医护人员进行比较，以更好地了解精神卫生部门工作人员的具体需求。
目的：本研究旨在探讨与吸引力相关的因素，招募,保留维多利亚州的公共精神健康劳动力，澳大利亚。
方法：这项研究是一项多点研究，混合方法横断面研究将在维多利亚州的4家公立医院服务中进行，澳大利亚：大都市2个，区域或农村地区2个。Current,以前,非精神卫生工作者将被要求完成20-25分钟的网络调查，它是根据以前的研究开发的，并提供参与可选的30-60分钟的半结构化访谈，以检查个人经历和看法。该项目的两个方面都将研究与吸引力有关的因素，招募,并保留在公共精神卫生工作者队伍中。组间差异(即，电流,过去,和非精神卫生工作者)，以及位置,纪律,和健康环境将被检查。将进行回归分析，以确定与保留率最密切相关的因素(即，工作满意度)和离职意向。定性数据将被逐字转录和主题分析，以确定共同的主题。
结果：截至2023年5月，我们在基于网络的调查中招募了539名参与者，在定性访谈中招募了27名参与者。
结论：该项目旨在利用澳大利亚内部和国际上的现有知识来了解角色和服务/系统相关的吸引力问题，招募,特别是在维多利亚州的保留，澳大利亚。通过阐明精神卫生工作者与心理健康以外的卫生保健工作者之间的任何差异，从整个卫生工作者中寻求最新信息可能会提供特定于心理健康的因素。此外，探索跨医疗保健学科和地点进入的动机，呆在里面,或在公共心理健康环境中发挥作用将提供有价值的信息，以支持该部门如何计划和制定适合目的的战略。
■DERR1-10.2196/48855。
目的：本研究旨在探讨与吸引力相关的因素，招募,保留维多利亚州的公共精神健康劳动力，澳大利亚。
方法：这项研究是一项多点研究，混合方法横断面研究将在维多利亚州的4家公立医院服务中进行，澳大利亚：大都市2个，区域或农村地区2个。Current,以前,非精神卫生工作者将被要求完成20-25分钟的网络调查，它是根据以前的研究开发的，并提供参与可选的30-60分钟的半结构化访谈，以检查个人经历和看法。该项目的两个方面都将研究与吸引力有关的因素，招募,并保留在公共精神卫生工作者队伍中。组间差异(即，电流,过去,和非精神卫生工作者)，以及位置,纪律,和健康环境将被检查。将进行回归分析，以确定与保留率最密切相关的因素(即，工作满意度)和离职意向。定性数据将被逐字转录和主题分析，以确定共同的主题。
结果：截至2023年5月，我们在基于网络的调查中招募了539名参与者，在定性访谈中招募了27名参与者。
结论：该项目旨在利用澳大利亚内部和国际上的现有知识来了解角色和服务/系统相关的吸引力问题，招募,特别是在维多利亚州的保留，澳大利亚。通过阐明精神卫生工作者与心理健康以外的卫生保健工作者之间的任何差异，从整个卫生工作者中寻求最新信息可能会提供特定于心理健康的因素。此外，探索跨医疗保健学科和地点进入的动机，呆在里面,或在公共心理健康环境中发挥作用将提供有价值的信息，以支持该部门如何计划和制定适合目的的战略。
■DERR1-10.2196/48855。
