Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

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The COVID-19 Correspondence Work Experience of Community Health Practitioners: Jae Hyun Ha, Hyun Ju Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2022;33(2):139-152. Published online June 30, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.2.139

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This study aims to describe and understand the meaning and nature of community health practitioners’ coping with COVID-19. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 community health practitioners from August to October 2021, to describe and understand the nature of their coping with COVID-19. The collected data were examined and described based on Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Results 16 theme clusters and five categories were derived from the community health practitioners’ experience of coping with COVID-19. The categories derived were: a war that began without notice, a variety of correspondence tasks assigned, struggling to fulfill given roles, correspondence tasks becoming more systematic, and a fight that has not yet ended. Conclusion Community health practitioners handled various response tasks related to COVID-19, and faithfully fulfilled their professional roles while performing the primary task of medical care. Hence, attention is required on issues related to the establishment of the national emergency healthcare system and improvement of professional competence of community health practitioners even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Furthermore, it is necessary to make ceaseless efforts to address those issues and, in order to do so, social interest and institutional support are needed.

Job Competencies and Educational Needs Perceived by New Community Health Practitioners: Hyun Kyung Kim, Young Eun, Kyung Ja June, Ae Young So, Hee Gerl Kim, Mi Ran Eom, Yeon Yi Song, Eun Suk Choi, Ji Yeon Park, Hyoung Suk Kim; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2014;25(2):85-96. Published online June 30, 2014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2014.25.2.85

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PURPOSE
This study was performed to identify job competencies and needs for job education perceived by new community health practitioners.
METHODS
This study used a qualitative research design. Eight new community health practitioners participated in this study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using content analysis.
RESULTS
Five job competencies were identified in this study, including primary care, public health management, interpersonal relationship, teaching and counseling, and leadership. The contents of job education that they needed were management of major symptoms and chronic diseases, understanding and prescription of medications, emergency responses and care, management of endemic diseases, planning and management of public health programs, writing official documentsand computer works, and leadership training. The learning methods they preferred were connecting theory and practice, situation- or case-based learning, skill- or practice-based learning, and increased opportunities of clinical practice.
CONCLUSION
The findings of this study provided the direction of job education for new community health practitioners. Job education for new community health practitioners needs to consider the job competencies and educational needs identified in this study.

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Na Bee Yoon, Hyeon Kyeong Lee, Haesun Lee, Sang Woo Park
Research in Community and Public Health Nursing.2023; 34: 32. CrossRef
Effects of Nursing Professionalism and Job Stress on the Problem Solving Ability of Community Health Practitioners
Min Sun Song, Nam Young Yang, Jin Hak Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2020; 26(3): 274. CrossRef
A Design for and Evaluation of a Critical Thinking Class for New Community Health Practitioners
Ji Yeon Park, MinGyu Seo, Hyoung Suk Kim, Kyung Hee Yoo, Kyung Ja June
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Prescription Drug Use in Primary Health Care Posts and Its Improvement Scheme: Chun Mi Kim, Yeon Yi Song, Kyung Ja June, Sa Saeng Hyeon, Hyun Ju Shin; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2013;24(2):123-134. Published online June 30, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.2.123

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PURPOSE
The prescription drug list for primary treatment by community health practitioners has been maintained for 30 years without any modification. Thus, this study will suggest an improvement scheme of prescription drug list for primary health care posts through an analysis of drug use in those posts.
METHODS
A questionnaire survey was implemented with community health practitioners from April to June in 2012. A total of 1,249 copies were analyzed. As for the databases of drug use in the integrated information, a total of 154,229 diagnoses selected in the method of stratified cluster sampling from 39 primary health care posts'data were analyzed. We consulted some experts about the prescription medication list, and referred to the medication information on-line home page for up-to-date drug information.
RESULTS
This study ultimately suggests 77 prescription drug items for primary health care posts by eliminating 35 items and replacing 1 item from the original list, and adding 4 items to it.
CONCLUSION
This study will provide basic data for revising the prescription drug list in primary health care posts by periodically reflecting adverse effects in the existing drugs, demographic and environmental changes, and development of new drugs.

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Job Competencies and Educational Needs Perceived by New Community Health Practitioners
Hyun Kyung Kim, Young Eun, Kyung Ja June, Ae Young So, Hee Gerl Kim, Mi Ran Eom, Yeon Yi Song, Eun Suk Choi, Ji Yeon Park, Hyoung Suk Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2014; 25(2): 85. CrossRef

Looking Back the Past 30 Years: Activities and Achievements of Community Health Practitioners in Rural and Remote Areas in Korea: Chun Mi Kim, Kyung Ja June; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2012;23(1):51-62. Published online March 31, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2012.23.1.51

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify community health nursing activities that community health practitioners perceive and their achievements in community by reviewing the community health nursing activities that community health practitioners have done for the last 30 years.
METHODS
This study was a qualitative study. Thirty one community health practitioners were interviewed using the focus group interview method and data were analyzed using content analysis. Data were collected from April to June in 2011.
RESULTS
Community health practitioners perceived themselves as "Community Vitalizers" and 9 categories were identified. They were 'ground to explore new nursing areas', 'assimilation to community', 'ground to establish community diagnosis', 'everyday life health management in the community', 'increased accessibility to medical services for the residents', 'enforced health practices for the residents', 'reinforced self-reliance of community', 'commitment to making a happy village' and 'mental fence of the community.' CONCLUSION: This study was meaningful in that it explained the unique identity of the community health practitionersand could be used as important basic materials in the process of re-establishment of the roles of Health Offices. Hereafter in-depth study on community competence reinforcement should be made to identify the roles of community health nurses.

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Effects of Nursing Professionalism and Job Stress on the Problem Solving Ability of Community Health Practitioners
Min Sun Song, Nam Young Yang, Jin Hak Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration.2020; 26(3): 274. CrossRef
The Role of Community Health Nurse in Assay Written by a Nurse Practitioner of Primary Health Care Post
Young Ran Chin, Hyun Kim
Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing.2016; 30(2): 300. CrossRef
Job Competencies and Educational Needs Perceived by New Community Health Practitioners
Hyun Kyung Kim, Young Eun, Kyung Ja June, Ae Young So, Hee Gerl Kim, Mi Ran Eom, Yeon Yi Song, Eun Suk Choi, Ji Yeon Park, Hyoung Suk Kim
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2014; 25(2): 85. CrossRef

Development of a Community-based Participatory Global Health Project Model for Primary Health Care Capacity Development: A Case Study from a Rural Community in Ecuador: Hye Jeong Shin, Eui Sook Kim, Byungwook Yoo, Hyeon Kyeong Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2010;21(1):31-42. Published online March 31, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.1.31

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PURPOSE
The aims of this study were to identify successful strategies and propose a community-based participatory global health project model for primary health care capacity development.
METHODS
The study used case study methodology. A unit of analysis was an international cooperation health project entitled "Community-based Primary Health Care Improvement in San Lorenzo, Ecuador" using community-based participatory research conducted in 2007~2008. Data were collected through windshield surveys, focus group discussion, and provider surveys.
RESULTS
Identified successful strategies for the international cooperation health project were reciprocal partnerships between researchers and community, partners' capacity building, south-to-south cooperation, and continuous monitoring and feedback. Community participation was found to be an essential tenet to guarantee the improvement of primary health care in the underserved rural community. Evidence from the activities of community health practitioners in Korea was applicable to the development of training programs for primary health care providers in Ecuador.
CONCLUSION
Strategies for primary health care capacity development may be tailored depending on socio-cultural, political, and economical situations of each country. The model, however, would be applicable to the entire process of community-based global health projects in underserved rural communities of other countries.

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