The Competencies Necessary for Occupational Health Nurses to Conduct Evaluations of Health Services

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  • 産業保健師が保健事業評価を行う際に必要な専門能力
  • サンギョウ ホケンシ ガ ホケン ジギョウ ヒョウカ オ オコナウ サイ ニ ヒツヨウ ナ センモン ノウリョク

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<p>The purpose of this study was to clarify the competencies necessary for occupational health nurses (OHNs) to conduct evaluations of health services. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 nursing college faculty members who had practical experience as occupational health nurses. The interview questions were as follows: “How did you evaluate the health services? Could you tell me the contents, key points, and the major competencies needed for evaluation?” “According to your practicing and teaching experience, what are the competencies needed to conduct evaluations of health services?” The analyses were performed, and a focus group interview was conducted with seven currently practicing occupational health nurses. Based on their professional experience, we asked about the validity and additional opinions; these were reflected in the final results. The results of the analysis revealed that the expertise necessary for OHNs to conduct health service evaluations consists of the following five broad areas: “making evaluation plans based on the understanding of the current situation,” “gathering information for use in evaluations,” “integrating multifaceted data analysis and service results/health measures as a whole,” “presenting evaluation results clearly with relevant persons and improving their motivation,” and “the basis for the overall evaluation activities.” The last broad areas included “cost- effectiveness” and “management perspectives.” It was considered that motivation of relevant persons in personnel and labor, etc. can be improved by OHNs when sharing evaluation result and meanings, which will lead to promotion of activities. Recognition of the perspectives of cost-effectiveness and management are considered to lead to effective evaluation planning, information collection and analysis.</p>

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