This study was to examine the awareness of health and the utilization of primary health care in rural areas. The data were obtained from self-administered questionnaire conducted 50 parents of Mi Gum and Su Dong middle school students in Nam yang
Ju
city, Kyung Gi-Do, Korea, from December 15 to 20 in 1993.
@ES The results were as follows :
@EN 1) Among the causes of disease, 'insufficient health care' was the highest(39.1%) and 'bad environment' (28.9%), 'complexity of life style'(17.8%) in next order.
2) In the priority between 'daily farm work' and primary health care', only 45.6% of respondents answered tat primary health care is more important than the daily farm work. The 29.8% of respondents answered 'daily farm work', and the 23.1%
answered
'the equal of the both'.
3) The 63.6% of the respondents recognized correctly the meaning of primary health care. And the rate of information source in primary health care were 'TV and Radio'(42.2%), 'medical facilities'(23.3%), and 'newspaper and magazine'(11.3%) in
order.
4) In the choice rate of medical facilities for primary health care, 'drug store' was the highest(34.9%), and 'local private clinic'(34.7%), 'health center'(15.8%), 'hospital'(10.2%) in next order.
5) The 53.5% of the respondents had experienced to visit the health center more than once. And the disfavorite reasons of health center were 'insufficient equipment'(36.7%), 'inavailable time to visit'(26.9%), and 'poor
treatment'(9.1%).
6) Among the preference of the physicians for primary health care, 'specialist' was the highest rate of the respondents(54.2%), and 'general practitioner'(32.4%), and 'family doctor' 9.8%) in next order. The major obstacles in utilizing the
facilities
for primary health care wee 'daily farm work'(41.6%), 'distance'(21.1%) and 'medical cost'(10.4%) in order.
7) The weakened reasons in health center function were 'insufficient medical equipment' (44.4%), 'the lack of resident's understanding for health center'(21.8%), and 'short thought of duty in health center personnel'(16.9%) in
order.
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