Current Status and Issues of the Local Government Home Page to the Public about Allocating Maternal and Child Health Coordinators

[Abstract] To determine the allocation status of maternal and child health coordinators in local governments, and examine the status of opening and contents about maternal and child health coordinators informed in home page (HP in the following) , information regarding these coordinators posted on the HPs of all 1741 local governments nationwide were examined. This research focused on dissemination of information by administrative social media is high rate of utilization, these were explored via local governments HPs that (1) whether maternal and child health coordinators are allocated and their number, (2) the support person in the role, and (3) detailed duties of maternal and child health coordinators. The results showed that 48 local governments (2.8%) published the allocation of maternal and child health coordinators on their HPs. The job categories of maternal and child health coordinators included health nurses in 14 local governments, midwives in six local governments, and health nurses and midwives in four local governments. Twenty-four local governments did not specify job categories. Their duties were mainly "consulting" and "seamlessly supporting child-raising." No HPs presented details of specific activities. Almost no local government HPs used an icon for maternal and child health coordinators. The majority of HPs only referred to coordinators in meeting minutes and project plans, and their presence and activities were not indicated unless "maternal and child health coordinators" was input into the search engine. These findings indicated that the allocation of maternal and child health coordinators has not progressed, access to them in local governments where they are deployed is still difficult, and they are therefore not recognized and utilized as indicated.