Vizeshfar Fatemeh, Momennasab Marzieh, Yektatalab Shahrzad, Iman Mohamad Taghi
Department of nursing, School of nursing and midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
J Med Life. 2018 Jan-Mar;11(1):62-68.
Health volunteers are employed to execute governmental health promotion programs in most countries around the world. The present study aimed to assess the challenges of health volunteers program to provide a better understanding of the present situation. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach. 14 participants were selected purposively selected from two comprehensive health care centers in the southwest of Iran. The data were collected through 14 semi-structured interviews, 2 observations, and 3 diaries and analyzed using content analysis. Data analysis resulted in emergence four themes, namely role confusion, the inefficiency of volunteers training, the inefficiency of attraction and maintenance of volunteers, and being unknown to people. Unfertilized capacity is the main theme extracted from all themes. Health volunteers' perfect accomplishment of roles will have a positive impact on the provision of primary healthcare services and health objectives. Hence, comprehensive planning based on the needs of health volunteers will change them into a strong arm in the health system. Thus, managerial support and precise planning seem to be necessary for facing these challenges.
在世界上大多数国家，健康志愿者受雇执行政府的健康促进项目。本研究旨在评估健康志愿者项目面临的挑战，以便更好地了解当前状况。本研究采用定性研究方法。从伊朗西南部的两个综合医疗中心有目的地选取了14名参与者。通过14次半结构化访谈、2次观察和3篇日记收集数据，并使用内容分析法进行分析。数据分析得出了四个主题，即角色混乱、志愿者培训效率低下、志愿者吸引和维持效率低下以及不被人们知晓。未充分利用的能力是从所有主题中提取的主要主题。健康志愿者角色的完美履行将对初级医疗服务的提供和健康目标产生积极影响。因此，基于健康志愿者需求的全面规划将把他们转变为卫生系统中的有力臂膀。因此，管理支持和精确规划似乎是应对这些挑战所必需的。
