The State of Human Resources of Community Health Service and Countermeasures in Guangzhou City

Objective To investigate the state of human resources of community health service in Guangzhou and explore countermeasures.Methods All community health service(CHS) centers and stations were investigated by using a self-designed questionnaire.Results There was 10.7 CHS staff per ten thousand residents,the ratio of doctor to nurse was l: 0.78,and the age of most of health personnel in CHS was below 40 years old,the percentage was 66.45%.The educational level was quite low,secondary technical school and junior college was principal part in the staff.The percentage of undergraduate,the secondary technical school and the junior college were 25.68%,32.08% and 36.42% respectively And the percentage of the senior,the medium and the junior professional title were 6.07%,22.42%,39.68% respectively.Conclusions The state of health personnel in community health service in Guangzhou was not optimistic the problems include imbalance of doctor nurse ratio,lack of public health doctors,the unreasonable structure of professional title,the low-level qualifications.The countermeasures should be taken to adjust the allocation of health personnel and to ensure the sustainable development of community health service.