ANALYSIS ON JOCV NURSES DISPATCHED CORRESPOND WITH THE REQUEST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) was founded in 1965 as part of the international cooperation efforts of the Japanese Government. JOCV nurses have been sent at the request of developing countries since 1966. Not all of the requests can be met, although more than ten times of the requested number of nurses make an application to works as volunteers. We are trying to analyze their categories (registered nurses : RNs, nurse midwives : NMs, and public health nurses : PHNs) and the number of volunteer nurses corresponding to requests between 1975 and 1996 for international cooperation.<BR>A total of 1436 volunteer nurses have been requested and 936 corresponding nurses (65.2%) were dispatched. The corresponding rates were 74.8% for RNs, 52.4% for NMs, and 56.3% for PHNs. One reason for the low rate of PHNs seemed to be difficulty in finding employment after their return to Japan, while a low rate of sufficiency of NMs during first years might influence the result. With activity areas the sufficiency rate of education and administration was low. It is necessary to improve the welfare and support system after their return and to prepare on environment evaluating their experiences in international cooperation.
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