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KMID : 0378019770200060117
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New Medical Journal
1977 Volume.20 No. 6 p.117 ~ p.127
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A Study of the Effect of Nursing Students Home Visiting on the Community Health among Women Residing in Eungbong-Dong Area
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Abstract
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This study is an attempt to evaluate the effects of nursing students´ home visiting which was performed as a course of field experience in community health nursing by;
1. Comparing the level of change in women´s knowledge, attitude and practice on health between the group who had received students´ nursing care through home visiting and the other group who had not received home visiting.
2. Estimating the difference between the knowledge, attitude and practice on health in 1974 and that of 1977 of total women, who had received home visiting and who had not received home visiting.
In Sept. 1974, 137 housewives residing in Eungbong Apartment and 88 housewives residing in Eungbong-Dong area were interviewed regarding their knowledge, attitude and practice in four fields; maternal health, child health, family planning and the utilization of the community health center. In Feb. 1977, the same number of housewives were interviewed again according to the same questionnaire used in 1974. From 1974 to 1977 the women residing in Eungbong-Dong area received health service only when they came to the health clinic, while the women residing in Eungbong Apartment received health service in the health clinic and home visiting by the nursing students.
The major findings of the study were as follows;
1. The improvement rate of prenatal care in the group of respondents who had received home visiting is 15% greater than the other group.
2. Although even after students´ service, the acceptance rate of prenatal care and of delivery by medical personnel was less than 50%, and this rate showed no difference between the two groups.
3. The rate of respondents who had undesirable diet habits during pregnancy is not differential between the two groups. Between 1974 and 1977 there were 8.3% less women with wrong diet habits in the home visited group. During the same time there were 8.0% less women with wrong eating habits in the group which was not visited. 4. The increased rates of respondents who had fed the colostrum to their babies is more remarkable in the visited group, and of respondents who had used medical facilities when their children got sick is 9% higher in the visited group.
5. The improvement of the knowledge´ and practice of vaccination is more evident in the group that had received home visiting.
6. The improvement rate of the knowledge about the types of contraceptives is more
remarkable in the group who had received home visiting. However there were many women who had not use any contraceptive method (45.3%) when they were interviewed.
7. The use of the community health center is greater in the visited group. Between 1974 and 1977, there were 9% more women used the community health center in the visited group, while the same time there were 13% less women used that clinic in the non visited group. The well-baby clinic is the most frequently used area in the health center, 54.4% of the total number of women interviewed were used the well baby clinic.
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