Analysis on adolescent healthcare capacity at health centers for women and children at district and county level in Chongqing
10.3760/cma.j.cn111325-20211231-01184
- VernacularTitle:重庆市区县级妇幼保健机构青少年保健服务能力分析
- Author:
Dan HE
1
;
Xia WEN
;
Haiyan ZHANG
;
Xinyue WANG
;
Nian XIAO
Author Information
1. 重庆市妇幼保健院 重庆医科大学附属妇女儿童医院妇产科，重庆 401147
- Keywords:
Health services administration;
Health promotion;
Health center for women and children;
Adolescent health care;
Service capacity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2022;38(4):299-303
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To analyze and evaluate the capacity of adolescent healthcare at health centers for women and children at district and county level in Chongqing, for theoretical basis in promoting adolescent healthcare.Methods:From January to February 2021, a unified questionnaire was used to collect the information of adolescent healthcare and data of human resources from 39 health centers for women and children at district and county level in Chongqing. The survey data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.Results:Among the 39 health centers for women and children at district and county level in Chongqing, 32 (82.1%) institutions maintain adolescent outpatient clinics, most of which under gynecology (40.6%) instead of independent departments. 37(94.9%) institutions could provide health care services for adolescents, and 26 (66.7%) institutions could provide the services both in and out-institution services. All the institutions could provide services of prevention and treatment for regular reproductive health diseases, but the numbers of institutions providing such services as nutritional assessment, common problems consultation and guidance, psycho-behavioral screening, mental health consultation and guidance, accidental injury prevention and guidance, violence injury prevention and guidance, as well as Internet addiction assessment and guidance, were 25, 20, 16, 10 and 8, respectively. There were 273 medical workers engaged in adolescent healthcare, mostly part-time (98.9%).Conclusions:The construction of outpatient clinics for adolescent health care is expected to be strengthened at health centers for women and children at district and county level in Chongqing. Meanwhile, services provision and human resources of medical workers for adolescent health care are inadequate.
