Fostering Collaboration and Sense of Belongingness between Community Health Stakeholders and PHC Workers to Promote Health Extension Delivery in Yobe State, Nigeria

The study examined fostering Collaboration and Sense of Belongingness between Community Health Stakeholders and PHC Workers to promote Health Extension Delivery in Yobe State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were To; examine how are the forms of collaborative responsibilities between health extension workers and community health stakeholders during health service project delivery, determine the extent of fostering sense of belongingness between health extension workers and community health stakeholders during health service project delivery, examine implication of sense of belonging between health extension workers and community health stakeholders on promoting health service project delivery, examine differences in the opinion of community health stakeholders about sense of belonging and collaboration on promoting health services project delivery in PHCCs Yobe State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The total population of the study was (360) comprised of 157 health extension workers and 203 community health stakeholders. The sample size of 108 was drawn population of 157 health extension workers and 132 from population of community health stakeholders for the study. The two set instruments for data collection used in the study were; Collaboration and Sense of belonging for Community Health Stakeholder Respondents Questionnaire (CSCHSRQ) and Collaboration and Sense of belonging for Primary Healthcare Worker Respondents Questionnaire (CSPHCWQ). The instruments were validated through content and face validity by six experts. The reliability of 0.870 for the research instrument was established through the use of test and re-test method. Descriptive Statistics of mean and standard deviation and simple frequency count percentages counts using (Statistical Package for Social Science) SPSS were used to determine the differences between independent and dependent variables. The findings, under forms of collaborative responsibilities indicated positive outcomes among four domains, the findings in sense of belongingness between community health stakeholders and PHC workers indicated positive outcomes among four domains, the findings on implication of sense of belongingness between community health stakeholders and PHC workers revealed low outcomes among four domains and lastly the findings revealed differences on opinion among community health stakeholders in three domains The findings, under forms of collaborative responsibilities indicated positive outcomes among four domains. It is recommended based on findings that Yobe state management of PHC should pay special attention to raise more internal and external forces for collective community awareness campaign to foster collaboration and sense of belongingness among community members to promote health extension service delivery.