J Nurs Acad Soc.  1988 Aug;18(2):153-161.

A Study on the Health Services Provision of Community Health Practitioners

• Kim YI

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the level of the services provision of community health practitioners (CHP) and to find out the influence factors on the services provision of CHP. In this study the dependent variables were the level of community health services (CHS), maternal and child health services(MCH), family planning services(FPS), primary care services(PCS) and the ratios of preventive health services(PHS). And independent variables were predisposing, community demographic and task factors. For this analysis, atepwise regression was used. Data collected for the study on reorganization of health centers organization in 1985 was partly used. The findings of this study can be summarized as follows : First, total variance of independent variables for CHS, MCH, FPS, PCS and PHS are shown 62.5 percent, 58.3 percent, 41.8 percent, 17 percent and 61.9 percent respectively. Second, the most important variables which explain CHS, MCH, FPS. PCS and PHS was ratios of household contacted(R2=0.289), marital status(R2=0.177), marital status(R2=0.167), ratios of household contacted(R2=0. 119)and management of preventive health services(R2 =0.203) respectively. The independent varivbles used in this analysis presen -ted that the explnining for the provision of preventive health service are more influenced than primary care services. In summary this analysis suggests that the level of preventive health services provision of CHP is low and the provision of primary care services compared with preventive health services are occurred independentely. In the future, the strategies for active preventive services by CHP must to be strengthened.

MeSH Terms

*Community Health Nursing
Community Health Services/*supply & distribution
Humans
Korea
Preventive Medicine
Primary Health Care