2010 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 81-91
Objective: The purpose of this study was to clarify the characteristics of structure and pattern of health promotion volunteers'(HPVs)role explained by public health nurses(PHNs).
Methods: A self-rating questionnaire was mailed to 404 PHNs. It consisted of 11 items regarding the contents of HPVs' activities and fundamental attributes. The quantification method of the third type was applied to the eligible data to analyze the structure and pattern of the explanation of HPVs' role.
Results: As the multidimensional spatial structure, two phases were extracted. One was “policydaily life” and another was “individual-community”. By combining these phases,we evaluated the explanation of HPVs' role by PHNs from a multidimensional viewpoint. Furthermore, we grasped the characteristics of the explanation of HPVs' role as the pattern which well classified into four partial spaces. It consisted of “contributed to a community”, “encouraged the individual”, “supported to an organization”, and “advanced the policy”. The pattern indicated by PHNs was composed of two elements which were “contributed to a community” and “advanced the policy”. As a result, we found that the development of practical competence among PHNs was associated with experiences related to their social activities.
Conclusion: As the multidimensional spatial structure, two phases were extracted, which consisted of “policy-daily life” and “individual-community”. It was suggested that the explanation of HPVs' role indicated four patterns using these phases.
