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    Job Satisfaction and its Determinants among Midwives Working in Government Hospitals and Health Centers under Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau , Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia,2015.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2015-06) Tamru Eyasu; Cherie Amsale(Phd)
    Background: Job satisfaction of midwives has been and becoming a growing concern to health service organizations in both developed and developing countries. Objectives: This study was conducted to assess job satisfaction and its determinants among midwives working in government hospitals and health centers under Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Methodology: Institution based cross-sectional study with quantitative methods were conducted among midwives working in Addis Ababa government hospitals and health centers under Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau, Ethiopia, from March to April 2015. A total of 234 midwives were recruited from three randomly selected government hospitals and from 46 health centers found in six randomly selected sub-cities. A structured, pre tested, anonymous questioners were used to collect data and the data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine factors affecting job satisfaction. RESULT: From 234 eligible respondents 221 midwives participated in this study which makes a response rate of 94.44%. The overall mean job satisfaction was 52.9%. Significant determinant of job satisfaction were found to be Sex [AOR=4.70 (95%CI: 1.36-12.37)], working unit [AOR=0.04 (95%CI:(0.001-0.45)], Educational status [AOR=5.74(95%CI: 1.48-40.47)], Marital status [AOR=3.48 [1.01-11.97)], supervision [AOR=4.33 (95%CI: 1.53-20.22)], standard of care[AOR 4.80, (3.38-50.10)]and work load [AOR 8.94, (95%CI 2.37-22.65)]. Midwives were least satisfied from salary, extrinsic reward and professional opportunity subscales while they were most satisfied from coworker relation and the standard of care they provided to clients. Conclusion & recommendation: Half of midwives in the study population were satisfied with their job. Heath organizations and other stake holders should consider the factors that contribute to job dissatisfaction and try to reduce them by implementing innovative strategies to increase job satisfaction.