The role of Community Health Practitioner(CHP) should be continuously adapted to the social changes and the needs for health care services. That is the reason CHP needs to be retrained through the continuing education program.
This paper showed CHP´s roles to be reinforced by analyzing his present task performance and ability in seven task areas as well as the changes of the social environment. In addition, this paper presented retraining areas needed for the reinforcement of the CHP´s role in the future, and the development strategy of related continuing education package.
The major results are as follows;
1. CHP´s main practice area is health care services and management & guidance, whereas the development of health information system is neglected.
2. As a result, CHP plays a role mainly as a health care supplier, a consultant and a health instructor. There fore CHP´s roles to be reinforced are management of the community health system, act as a spokesman and a team member, promotion, assessment, collection & maintenance of information, coordination and research.
3. The areas to be reinforced in CHP´s continuing education are ①aged people´s health, ②drinking & smoking, ③young people´s health(including drug and sexualissues), ④rehabilitation, ⑤administration and management for community health, ⑥partnership & membership, ⑦local residents´ participation and community development, ⑧collection & treatment of health information and ⑨environmental issues for community health.
4. The priority in developing continuing education package should be given to the area, which is encountered often in rural area but important, and has a good opportunity to be resolved, The health management of aged people was selected as a top priority by members of the Community Nursing Academic Society.
5. It is recommended that the instruction materials be accommodated to the small scale workshop or seminar in order that CHPs can participate actively in the continuing education program.
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