Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Health Care Nursing (가정간호학회지)

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Health Service Delivery and Attitudes toward Multi-cultural Clients of Community Health Practitioners

보건진료 전담공무원의 다문화대상 보건의료서비스 제공실태와 다문화 인식 조사

  • Kim, Jin Hak (Korea Human Resources Development Institute for Health & Welfare) ;
  • Song, Min Sun (Department of Nursing, Konyang University)
  • 김진학 (한국보건복지인력개발원) ;
  • 송민선 (건양대학교 간호대학)
  • Received : 2016.03.14
  • Accepted : 2016.05.31
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate health service delivery and attitudes, toward multi-cultural clients amongst community health practitioners (CHPs). Methods: A survey was conducted among 242 CHPs from December 10-22, 2015. The collected data were analyzed using chi-square test, t-test, and ANOVA using SPSS 18.0. Results: General awareness of multi-culturalism varied significantly by CHPs age and language ability. Additionally, utilization of services in accordance with the location of community health centers (CHCs) was significantly higher in rural areas than urban areas CHCs in post-partum maternal & neonate care giver service (in maternal child health), management of health educational programs and management of physical exercise (in implementing healthy life style) and networking resources in & outside of CHCs (in management of chronic disease). Conclusion: CHPs deliver health-care services to multi-cultural clients, but have not received sufficient training or education to serve these clients effectively. CHPs who received multi-cultural and foreign language training had more positive experiences with multi-cultural clients. This supports the needs for developing educational programs to enhance multi-cultural understanding amongst CHPs.

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