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dc.contributor.authorLincoln, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorGallego, Gisselle
dc.contributor.authorDew, Angela
dc.contributor.authorBulkeley, Kim
dc.contributor.authorVeitch, Craig
dc.contributor.authorBundy, Anita
dc.contributor.authorBrentnall, Jennie
dc.contributor.authorChedid, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, Scott
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-03
dc.date.available2014-04-03
dc.date.issued2013-11-26
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2123/10264
dc.description.abstractBackground: People with disability living in rural areas are vulnerable to the loss of access to allied health services due to a critical shortage of allied health professionals (AHPs). This study aimed to investigate recruitment and retention issues of importance to AHPs providing services to people with disability in rural New South Wales, Australia. Method: Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 97 purposively sampled service providers in the disability sector. Interviews and focus groups were digitally recorded and transcribed. A modified grounded theory approach using thematic analysis and constant comparison was used to analyse the data. Results: Three major themes relating to recruitment and retention were identified: (a) flexible recruitment, (b) retention strategies that work, and (c) challenges to retention. Conclusions: AHPs in the disability sector identified some of the same issues influencing recruitment and retention as AHPs in the health, education, and private sectors. Several unique issues were also identified that will assist policymakers to improve recruitment and retention of AHPs employed in the disability sector in rural areas.en_AU
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherJournal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilityen_AU
dc.subjectdisability workforceen_AU
dc.subjectruralen_AU
dc.subjectallied healthen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectWobbly Huben_AU
dc.subjectTherapyen_AU
dc.subjectRetentionen_AU
dc.subjectRecruitmenten_AU
dc.titleRecruitment and retention of allied health professionals in the disability sector in rural and remote New South Wales, Australiaen_AU
dc.typeArticleen_AU
dc.contributor.departmentFaculty of Health Sciencesen_AU


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