A historical study of the development of public health nursing in the maternal and child health centres in Hong Kong 1954 - 2010. ; CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection

背景: 公共健康護理在香港的演變可以追溯到二十世紀三十年代，但公共衛生護士的培訓卻自一九五四年才正式開始。由於在此領域工作的護士人數相對比醫院護士少，因而令公共衛生護士的貢獻較不明顯。本研究旨在揭示公共衛生護士於一九五四年至二零一零年期間經歷了文化，社會，經濟和政治的變化後在母嬰健康院的發展。研究目的: 檢視公共健康護理的特點，並對公共健康護理在母嬰健康院的工作和改變進行分析，以確定對公共健康護理在母嬰健康院的發展有重大影響的事件和原因。研究方法: 使用研究歷史的方法，重新審視公共衛生護士的經驗。主要研究數據來源是收集退休公共衛生護士和醫療及護理行政人員的口述歷史。輔助數據來源則包括政府文件，個人筆記，照片和剪報。共有37名受訪者同意接受訪問，其中包括六名行政人員和三十一名退休公共衛生護士，年齡由五十多歲到九十歲。研究員以面對面訪談方法收集口述歷史。並以內容分析法處理所得資料。研究結果: 研究結果描繪公共健康護理有六大特點，包括其分類，護理文化，服務重點，健康教育和健康促進的功能，以及展現出護理的藝術和科學。研究結果表明，文化，社會，經濟，政治因素和社會上的重大事件影響了公共健康護理。其中不明顯和被貶值的公共健康護理服務，醫療優勢和行政影響，公共衛生和公共健康護理的意識形態，作為政府人員和公共健康護士的培訓等專業問題影響了公共衛生護士在香港的地位和護理專業。在這項研究中收集的數據也揭露了香港公共健康護理的發展是密切跟隨公共健康的變化，其發展可分為三個階段:從一九五四年到一九七零年是公共健康護理的演化期一九七零年至一九八零年間是靜態期，而一九九零年至二零一零年則是變化期。研究結論和含義: 公共健康護士需要擴大知識和技能，促進專業自主，推行以實證為基礎的護理並記錄護理成果。歷史研究可以幫助解釋過去和加強理解現狀；而歷史對護理亦提供了重大貢獻。 ; Background: The evolution of public health nursing in Hong Kong can be traced back to the 1930s but formal training of public health nurses only commenced in 1954. However, as the number of nurses working in this field was small in comparison with hospital nurses, their practice and contribution is largely unknown. Aim: This study aims to reveal the developments in public health nursing practice in Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHC) from 1954 to 2010. Objectives of this study include examining the characteristics of public health nursing practice and analysing the changes in public health nursing practice in MCHC, as well as identifying the significant events and factors that influenced its development. Methods: The historical research method was adopted to examine the public health nurses’ experiences. The primary data source was derived from the collected oral histories of retired public health nurses and medical and nursing administrators. The secondary data source was obtained from a review of government documents, personal notes, photographs and newspaper cuttings. In total, thirty-seven informants, including six administrators and thirty-one retired public health nurses were interviewed, ranging in age from late 50s to early 90s. ...