Community health needs assessment for a child health promotion program in Kyrgyzstan
- Authors
- Shin, Hyunsook; Lee, Suk Jeong; Lee, Yu-nah; Shon, Soonyoung
- Issue Date
- Jun-2019
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Keywords
- Child health; Community participation; Health promotion; Needs assessment
- Citation
- Evaluation and Program Planning, v.74, pp 1 - 9
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- Evaluation and Program Planning
- Volume
- 74
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 9
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/18554
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.02.005
- ISSN
- 0149-7189
1873-7870
- Abstract
- Despite over 10 years of support from government health programs and health organizations, children in migrant villages in Kyrgyzstan remain a public concern owing to high incidence rates of preventable diseases such as anemia. An effective community health promotion program is needed but there is a lack of knowledge of community barriers and health factors affecting children's health in these migrant villages. The purpose of this study was to conduct a community health needs assessment to develop strategies for a child health promotion program in these migrant villages. This study conducted using a mixed method that included literature review, reginal statistics, focus group and key person interviews, and a community survey. The analysis method was descriptive statistics for the questionnaires, and content analysis for the interviews. Results showed the following priorities for child health promotion: strengthening health care provider capacity, overcoming resource shortages, managing child health and preventable diseases, improving public hygiene, promoting a healthy lifestyle, and empowering school health. The strategies were identified: capacity building of health workers, increasing community participation and raising child health awareness, and supporting child health promotion services. These findings will help guide the implementation of a child health promotion program. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
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