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KMID : 0387320000100020103
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2000 Volume.10 No. 2 p.103 ~ p.119
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A Study on the Utilization of Volunteers in the Visiting Health Services of Health Centers
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Choi Eun-Sook
Jung Hye-Sun
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Abstract
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This study is conducted to promote the activation of volunteer activities on the basis of the voluntary participation of local people by investigating the utilization of volunteers and analyzing this related factors in the visiting health services of health centers.
Subjects in this study were the whole 245 health centers. Data were collected from April. 12, 1999 to May,31,1999, and data for analyses were ones of 41 respondents, which answer "they utilize volunteers in visiting health services".
The summary of results was as follows:
1. In case that the type of health centers is one of county, in case that the number of staff in health center is over 80, in case that model business is not performed. in case that the degree of local financial independence is over 50%, and in case that the location of health centers is not good, there had more number of volunteers in visiting health services.
2. 51.2% of analysing health centers answered that the utilization of volunteers has been done since 1998. 56.1% answered that they utilized volunteers "over 4 hours" per person in a week. The average number of volunteers who was engaged at those visiting health services was 43.3.$
3. Most of volunteers were housewives(73.2%). As for the action duration of volunteers. 68.8% answered "under 6 months"
4. As to the tasks of volunteer activities, 75.6% were "home services" and 63.4% were "movable bath services". As for the tasks they intend to utilize, 90.2% answered " home services", 73.2% answered "movable health services".
5. Asked about the purpose in utilizing volunteers, 75.6% answered "to induce the participation of local people". 65.9% answered "to provide various kinds of services". 66.7% provided some kind of education and training for volunteers.
6. Concerning evaluation of performance by volunteers, 90.2% answered "satisfactory". With regards to the reason for that, 52.9% answered "volunteers can provide various kinds of services", and 50.0% answered "volunteers can help local people to care their health". As for the obstacles to the utilization, 51.2% answered "the difficulty of recruitment for volunteers" and 43.9% answered "lack of budget and manpower for the utilization of volunteers".
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KEYWORD
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Visiting Health Services, Health Center, Volunteer, Community Participation
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