Categorization and characteristics of health volunteer activities in government health centers in Japan

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  • 行政事業協力型保健ボランティア活動の類型化と運営の特徴

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Objective: To categorize the health volunteer activities of government health centers and elucidate their characteristics.<BR>Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were sent by mail to 1175 municipal health centers systematically sampled from government health centers nationwide. Questionnaire items included activity contents, organizational operations, activity outcomes, and population conditions. Data were analyzed by cluster analysis of activity content scores, followed by a comparison of questionnaire items among categories. Completed questionnaires were received from 606 (51.6%) institutions, of which 511 (43.5%) provided volunteer activities and were thus included in the analysis.<BR>Results: Cluster analysis identified the following categories of activities: “child care support”, “inactive”, “cooking support”, and “adult support”. Overall, “inactive” was the most common type (56.0%) . Furthermore, “child care support”, “adult support”, and “cooking support” activities were found to be associated with a large number of activity items, implementation rate, total participation rate, implementation placement rate and active involvement of volunteers in goal setting. Conclusion: The present findings suggest that government health centers should function as administrative and supportive bodies for autonomous small group activities to fit the characteristics of the four activity categories.

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