Purpose: The purpose of this study was to
identify health promotion services in rural areas
and factors influencing this service. Method:
From March to April, 2007, a structured
questionnaire on services in 2006 was used to
collect data from community health practitioners
in all of the Primary Health Care Posts (PHCP)
in North Chungchong Province. Collected data
were analyzed using SPSS 12.0 Win program.
Results: The most frequently offered programs
were health gymnastics, walking exercise,
bathing and vaccination service, and hypertension
management. The main obstacles to these health
services were lack of adequate space, insufficient
budget, and overwork. The most frequently
offered health education programs were education
on hypertension, exercise, diabetes, volunteer
work, and smoking cessation. The main obstacles
to health education were lack of adequate space,
insufficient education materials and equipment,
and lack of cooperation from the citizens.
Improvement and reinforcement of health
promotion programs should include support of
specialist, development of appropriate methods
of service delivery, and education materials, and
increase ease in using community resources.
Conclusions: The research results show that a
new model of health promotion must be
developed for efficient health promotion programs
in rural PHCP.