Table 3 Health workers attitude to strikes in Nigeria
SN | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Support of strike by health workers | |||
Support for strike | |||
1 | Yes | 65 | 43.6 |
2 | No | 56 | 37.6 |
3 | Undecided | 28 | 18.8 |
Total | 149 | 100 | |
Suggested common causes of strikes in Nigeria (participants free to name more than one) | |||
Common causes of strike | |||
1 | Leadership/management | 138 | 92.0 |
2 | Demand for higher salaries and wages | 123 | 82.0 |
3 | Infrastructure | 95 | 63.3 |
4 | Inter-personal issue | 92 | 61.3 |
5 | Funding | 68 | 45.3 |
6 | Inadequate workers | 67 | 44.7 |
7 | Inadequate tools | 44 | 29.3 |
8 | Inadequate training | 13 | 8.7 |
9 | Disagreement on some issues | 12 | 8.0 |
10 | Politics | 6 | 4.0 |
11 | Patient load | 2 | 1.3 |
12 | Mass sack | 2 | 1.3 |
13 | Others | 1 | 0.7 |
Most common causes of strikes in Nigeria | |||
Most important causes | |||
1 | Leadership/management | 65 | 43.3 |
2 | Inter-professional issues | 33 | 22.0 |
3 | Demand for higher salaries/wages | 26 | 17.3 |
4 | Funding | 17 | 11.3 |
5 | Inadequate tools | 1 | 0.7 |
6 | Disagreement on some issues | 1 | 0.7 |
7 | Infrastructure | 1 | 0.7 |
8 | No response | 6 | 4.0 |
Total | 150 | 100.0 | |
Common implication of strikes in the health sector | |||
Implications | |||
1 | Disruption of healthcare | 145 | 96.7 |
2 | High referral to private hospitals | 99 | 66.0 |
3 | Patients loss to follow-up | 84 | 56.0 |
4 | High private hospital cost | 26 | 17.3 |
5 | Mismanagement by quacks | 26 | 17.3 |
Suggested solution to recurrent strikes in health industry | |||
Suggested solutions | |||
1 | Strengthen health system | 124 | 82.7 |
2 | Motivate health workers financially and professionally | 74 | 50.7 |
3 | Carry workers along in decision making | 65 | 43.3 |