- Title
- The roles of, activities of, and competencies for, community nursing services in rural Vietnam: Implications for policy decisions
- Creator
- Nguyen, Huy; Bang, Kyung; Xuan, Hoang; Thang, Cao; Thanh, Nguyen
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/182636
- Identifier
- vital:16166
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2600
- Identifier
- ISBN:0749-6753 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Community health workforce plays a vital role in providing primary health care services as per the needs of residents; however, few studies have examined how nurses work within commune health centers (CHCs). Using qualitative methods including interviews and focus group discussions with key stakeholders, this study explores the roles, activities, and competencies required of community nursing services in rural districts within Vietnam. Two primary roles were identified: CHC nursing and family nursing. For the latter, in addition to providing people with general health care and health communication, they were expected to also deliver psychological care. CHC nursing fulfilled more roles and required four specific competencies: clinical care, communication, management, and planning/coordination activities. Despite these various roles serving people within a community, few ongoing efforts at either the local or national level are aimed at supporting these nurses. The study highlights the need for policy decisions via either developing a new job position policy or adapting the existing policy by integrating new roles into the existing positions of CHC nurses in Vietnam. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. **Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Nguyen Huy" is provided in this record**
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Relation
- International Journal of Health Planning and Management Vol. 33, no. 4 (2018), p. e1147-e1159
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 4407 Policy and Administration; 4206 Public Health; Commune health center (CHC); Community health nurse; Community nurse; Nursing; Vietnam
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