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Annual Bulletin Seoul Health
1982 Volume.2 No. 0 p.5 ~ p.23
A Study on Family Planning Worker¢¥s Consciousness toward Their Enviromental Conditions and Training Effect by KIFP


Abstract
A total of 806 family planning field workers mostly from township level throughout the country were trained for one week as basic course at Korean Institute for Family Planning (KIFP) in 1973. During the training period, 477 field workers were personally asked on questionnaire to look into the actual condition and environments where they are working in. We can tell that this is the first survey asking questions on occupation of field workers who are under KIFP training in comparison with the survey of different type that we had in the previous years. The purpose of this survey was, therefore, to explain and look into the actual condition of field workers to some extent our knowledge go.
In Korea we have a spacious network of family planning program throughout the country, and also provide the positive family planning service support to the general public. However, the present tendency is. showing that the questions as to whether the public accept the recommended contraceptive methods or not is greatly depending on the activities of qualified field workers since they are in charge of the right job searching for the person "who are in need of advice, and introducing the proper place where the service is available. And the other reason is that a good numbers of general _ public are really in need of their advices and recommendations on the family planning program. Therefore, it can be easily assumed that achievement of the target of family planning progrom in Korea is largely relying on the field worker¢¥s sincerity, successive efforts and potential capability.
Through the survey a summary of findings which called our attention as a great matter of concern was as follows;
I . This survey has shown 9% of total field workers was catholic. in religion and 16% as well was same religion out of the age group from 25 to 29. Therefore, in religious point of view, it is considered that having much closer and precise observation and efforts are necessary to the problem on how to treat and get over the accidental pregnancy (unwanted pregnancy failed in using contraceptives).
I . It is very doubtful that to what degree the field workers perform their duties with best sincerity and tenacious professional attentions, because the most of field workers¢¥ motives to be engaging in that field was told to take a part in social life with neither
de ;lslve piifpoe and intentions, nor economic reaonA.
Looking over the status of the field workers asked by authority to work in the proper line, it was only 7% out of the total field workers. These are all well qualified workers such as the graduate from nursing school aging from 30 to 34.
N. What it seems to us interesting was,. comparatively speaking, the aged group of field workers has presumably much stronger persuading ability than the younger group when they are confronted with the serious problem to quit their present jobs asked strongly by. their husbands.
Y. Another interesting thing is that this survey showed 19 percent of total field
- workers has recommended 3 to their relatives as an ideal number of children in - stead -of 2 what the figure we are insisting on now. It is no wonder worrying about this subconscious wrong concept of field worker recommending 3 in stead of 2 as an ideal number of children will surely cause a big problem and prevail in the actual field working site.
h . It was found during the survey that a half of field workers are rather using the old slogan saying "Have Moderate Number and taise Them Well" as their actual and intentional slogan than the current slogan "Daughter-son, without distinction, stop at two." These wrong concept against the current slogan is also comprising a problem to be solved, in other words, the more sensible and proper slogan appealing and inviting to every general Public is timely necessary.
V1. As far as the field worker¢¥s contacting frequency to the public is concerned, this survey shows that two or three times are considered not enough_ to persuade the public to accept contraception, however, five times at least and six times on average are required to perform -it. Grouping the field workers by age in conducting their given mission, it tells that the older needs less frequent contact than the younger group.
V1. Though it is rare in number, surprisingly it was true, that the field workers themselves pay the oral pill fee in order to, achieve their targets in administration.
II. Looking over the status of job satisfaction of field workers, they responded they are not satisfying in their present job excluding 20 percent of total field workers. This tendency and response have appeard more positively in the younger group than the older one.
X. In generally speaking, 82 percent of the students (field workers) has revealed that the lectures/training they had at KIFP was too easy to follow except 16 percent out of them were considering it was difficult and bored. The younger in age responded much slower in understanding the classes than the older. However, what we would like to call attention on their responses were; It was routine, common and bored". In this sense, it is considered that, to some extent, the lecture/training program of KIFP is duely needed to be reviewed in overall aspects.
11. Telling opinion on an ideal number of children of the married and that of the unmarried, the former recommended a little bit fewer number of children by 0.3 than the latter. This can be construed that the former is more persuasive than the latter in recommending an ideal number of children to the general public.
3W. In the perlomance of their duties, these field workers thought thethAves the oral pill is the easiest method to make the public accept it, on the other hand, the married out of them are posessing the different concept indicating that, from their experience, they have less difficulties in introducing the loop method. Right in view of the result so far achieved, the loop method is supposed to be coming into wide use in the public in case of filling the existing unmarried slot with the married field workers.
XIII. This report tells that the marred field workers have shown more positive .attitude in the degree of interest and understanding the lecture/class type training than the unmarried, vice versa, a half of unmarried field workers responded that the practical observation training to health center was great help to understand lectures while the married consider it as a simple and routine orientation.
XIV. On the questionnaire `Was the group practice effective and fruitful?" A total of 44 percent was bearly shown in affirmative attitude, in the mean time, other 54 percent of the group revealed negative which was consisted of unmarried field workers in a large portion.
XV. This survey has indicated one more important fact that the highly educated/ schooled field workers such as the graduate of nursing school (college level) are -incapable of forming better cooperation rapport with doctors in charge of family planning affairs than those who are less educated. 23 percent of them has shown unsatisfactory.¢¥
Following tables show distribution by some major characteristics of the respondents (field workers) utilized for this analysis.
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