Division of Roles Between Full-Time and Part-Time Public Health Nurses in Municipalities: Using the Example of the Infant Family Door-to-Door Home Visiting Project

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the actual situation of the use of part-time staff for the implementation of health services in local governments, and to clarify the characteristics of the division of roles between full-time public health nurses and part-time staff in local governments, using the infant family door-to-door home visit project implemented by municipalities as a subject matter.

As a result, full-time staff members oversaw high-risk cases, while part-time staff members were in charge of other cases, collaborating to implement the project. The results also suggested the importance of having full-time staff perform risk classification of subjects based on assessments and of establishing a system for sharing case information during project implementation.