J Agric Med Community Health.  2018 Jun;43(2):114-124. 10.5393/JAMCH.2018.43.2.114.

Historical Review of Modern Public Health Nursing

• Lee BS
• Han YR
• Yang SJ

• KMID: 2436359
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5393/JAMCH.2018.43.2.114

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study is to examine the modern history of public health(PH) and suggest a way forward for PH nursing(PHN).
METHODS
This paper is a review article that derives results from literature review.
RESULTS
In the period of beginning (up to 1944), PHN began as the PH Department was created in the Hygiene Bureau in 1908 and tasks about nurses were legislated. PHN was limited to infectious disease tasks and performed mostly by missionaries. In the period of foundation formation (1945 to 1961), the Republic of Korea was founded, and PH policies and tasks were defined with the establishment of the central government organization and the applicable laws. In the period of foundation establishment (1962 to 1979), the Regional PH Act was amended, and as a result, PH Centers(PHCs) spread across the country. In the period of foundation expansion (1980 to 1994), the PH referral system of PHCs, PH Units, and Primary Health Care Post was established. In the period of organization in each area (1995 to 2005), PH programs reflecting changes in disease structure and public needs for the quality of life. A regional health care plan was launched. In the period of funtion expansion (2006 to present day), Centers for support health living were established.
CONCLUSIONS
In the future, PH nurses need to have a macroscopic perspective that views PH through the overall PH system, and to expand from the existing healthcare concept to the national and global healthcare one.

Keyword

public health; public health nursing

MeSH Terms

Communicable Diseases
Delivery of Health Care
History, Modern 1601-
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Hygiene
Jurisprudence
Missionaries
Primary Health Care
Public Health Nursing*
Public Health*
Quality of Life
Referral and Consultation
Republic of Korea