title: [Working hours of maternal and child health service personnel by type of occupation and municipality].
abstract: The working hours of maternal and child health service personnel were surveyed to describe the characteristics of maternal and child health activities by municipality in 1989. Questionnaires were sent to 24 health centers and the 122 municipalities they represent, and responses from 19 health centers and 103 municipalities were received. The results were as follows: 1) Of all health service personnel, the working hours for public health nurses per 100 births per year was the highest, followed by maternal and child health volunteers, office workers, nurses and physicians. 2) Total working hours increased with number of births per year. 3) No significant correlation was found in total working hours of personnel in health centers with those in the municipalities they represent. Total working hours of personnel of health centers and the municipalities they represent decreased as population size increased. 4) The number of types of occupation involved in maternal and child health service increased as the size of population of the municipality increased. 5) Of the total working hours for all types of occupations, the proportion of working hours for public health nurses averaged about 40% to 50%. 6) The proportion of working hours for infant health examinations increased with increasing population size of the municipality. However, the proportion of the hours for planning and evaluation decreased with increasing population size of the municipality. From this survey, it appears that maternal and child health activities by municipalities differed according to the population size of the municipality.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gunji
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009790:Occupations; D016526:Workload