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KMID : 0371019790120010038
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1979 Volume.12 No. 1 p.38 ~ p.42
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A Study on the Determinants of Utilization of Family Health Worker in Rural Korea
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Abstract
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The objectives of this study were to identify the determinants of the
1. Home visiting activities by FHWs
2. Utilization of village Family Health Workers (FHWs) among housewives in the Kang
3. Attitudes towards FHWs Wha Community Health Project
4. Knowledge about FHW´s activities area
This study was analysed by using path analysis
Exogenous variables were
1. Distance between the housewives´ houses and that of their local FHW
2. Duration of work of each FHW as FHW in her village
3. Number of preschool children in the households
Endogenous variables were
1. Home visiting frequency to each household by FHW
2. Knowledge about FHW´s activities
3. Attitude towards FHWs by the housewives
4. Utilization of FHW
The results were as follows
The shorter the distance between client´s and FHW´s house, the higher the number of preschool children in the household, and the longer the duration of work of FHW as PHW, the higher is the number of Ker household visits in a given time span.
The more frequently the FHW visits a household and the higher the knpwledge about FHW´s activities in the household, the more positive is the attitude of the housewivesto the FHW and the more frequently she visits and utilizes the FHW on her own initiative.
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