여수시 보건진료소 활동의 섬과 육지간 차이

Abstract

The purposes of this study is to analyse the working activities of primary health care post(PHCP) and compare the PHCPs located in the islands with the non island areas in Yeosu city. The data was collected based on mails from the operational report data of 29 PHCPs from January to June, 2010. The contents of this analysis consisted of population, primary medical services(primary health care activities), health promotion activities and other health services. 56.8%(17) of PHCPs were located in the islands and 43.2%(12) of PHCPs located in non-island areas. The average population covered in one PHCP was 602.1 people (island areas, 377.5, non-island area, 920.3). The number of visiting patients per 1,000 person a month was 753.2pts in islands and 326.8pts in non-islands,(F=10.810, p= .003). This shows there is a big difference in the number of visiting patients between islands and non-islands. Among health services, the most common activities were primary medical service, home visiting services, health promotion services ,consultation, elderly health services, women health services and chronic health services. But the TB control services and eye health services were not considered as important activities. Therefore, the conclusion is that the PHCP's working activities located in the island areas consider primary medicine and visiting home services as of significant importance. These results suggest that the reinforcing system of PHCPs should be focused in the function and roles of public health center which includes health promotion services, visiting home, community health, and welfare services.