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. 2023 Feb;10(2):796-806.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.1347. Epub 2022 Sep 12.

Association between public health nurses' involvement in local healthcare planning and the corresponding off-the-job training

Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda  1 , Misa Shiomi  2 , Takafumi Katayama  3 , Noriko Hosoya  4 , Hitoshi Fujii  5 , Tatsushi Mayama  6
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Association between public health nurses' involvement in local healthcare planning and the corresponding off-the-job training

Kyoko Yoshioka-Maeda et al. Nurs Open. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the association between receiving off-the-job training and the involvement of public health nurses in local healthcare planning.

Design: A nationwide, cross-sectional study design.

Methods: We sent self-report questionnaires to 2,185 public health nurses with experience in developing local healthcare plans in Japan since 2013 and collected information related to three main categories: demographic data, involvement in local healthcare planning and strategies for healthcare planning.

Results: We received 1,281 responses (return rate of 58.6%), of which 231 did not meet the inclusion criteria. Thus, we analysed 1,050 valid responses. Among the 1,050 respondents, 496 (47.2%) had received off-the-job training in healthcare planning. A subsequent logistic regression analysis revealed that the following factors were associated with this achievement: holding a managerial position, receiving healthcare planning education at the undergraduate level, having mentors regarding the promotion of it, partially conducting cross-sectional coordination and conducting groupwork with community-dwelling residents.

Keywords: competency; policy; public health nursing; quantitative approaches.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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