Last modified: 2019-09-24
Abstract
Introduction-Aim: Healthy Life Centres are the multipurpose structures those are established for to protect individuals and community from the risks against health, to encourage a healthy life style and to strength the primary health service and to facilitate the access to these services. The ministry of Health started to open these centres till September, 2017 and 132 centres spread around Turkey and 9 in Izmir are in service. In this study the assessment of the applicants to the centre in one of the metropolitan districts, Bayraklı.
Material-Method: All records of the applicants in the six months period between the opining date of Bayraklı Healthy Life Centre November, 2018-May, 2019 was examined..The reasons of application, sociodemographic properties, and height-weight records of related units of individuals applied to CEDSEC (Cancer Early Diagnosis Screening and Education Centre), Smoking Cessation Centre, Breeding Health Polyclinic, Obesity Unit, Physical Activity Consulting Unit and Psychosocial Services Unit. The research is descriptive type and the data evaluated by transferring to SPSS 15.0 programme.
Results: For this study the data of 2001 applicants those are; 229 applicants to CEDSEC unit, 824 applicants to Breeding Health Unit, 279 applicants to Smoking Cessation Centre, 283 applicants to Family Planning consulting, 130 applicants to Psychosocial Services, 236 applicants to Obesity Unit, and 20 applicants to Physical Activity Unit that opened in April was examined. 79,8% of the applications (n=1,598) were made by women. The average age of applicants of this centre is; for CEDSEC, 44,1±8.6; for Breeding Health polyclinic, 33,3±19.9; for Smoking Cessation Unit, 42,9±10.6; for Psychosocial Services; 26,6±3.5, for Obesity Unit, 40,2±7.7; and for Physiotherapy Unit 43,9±20.5 determined. When the educational status of applicants was examined; 47,8% of applicants for Obesity Unit; 44,5% of applicants for CEDSEC and 42,3% of applicants for Psychosocial Services are graduated from primary-secondary schools; 41,9% of applicants for Smoking Cessation Centre and 45% of applicants for Physiotherapy were graduated form universities. Depression with the ratio of 22,4% of applicants for psychologist interview is in the first place and in the second place is anxiety for examinations.
Conclusion-Suggestions The reproductive health is in the first rank of applications. It takes attention that the educational status of the applicants for smoking cessation and physiotherapy services was higher. It must be provided for all socioeconomic levels of community to participate to all services given. By the family doctors, the access to these centres must be increased. The applicants for the psychologist appointment being young and depression and exam anxiety were their prior issues, are important in terms of the services would be given to this group.
Key Words: Healthy Life Centres, Cooperation between Sectors, Improving Health.