本研究透過問卷調查的研究分析,來探討不同背景變項的公共衛生護理人員之工作壓力與壓力因應方式之間的關聯性。以雲林縣及嘉義縣、市之公共衛生護理人員為調查對象,以分層抽樣方法進行抽樣,所採用之研究工具包含「護理人員工作壓力量表」及「壓力因應策略量表」、「個人基本資料」等三部份問卷量表,回收之問卷資料以SPSS 18.0 for windows套裝軟體進行描述統計、信度分析、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析、皮爾森積差相關分析法整理分析。 本研究得到以下結論:一、公共衛生護理人員在婚姻狀況對工作壓力有顯著性差異,也就是說未婚的公共衛生護理人員對於工作之關注情形明顯高於已婚之公共衛生護理人員。二、公共衛生護理人員在工作年資及工作縣市對壓力因應策略有顯著性差異,嘉義市工作之公共衛生護理人員使用解決問題之壓力因應策略較雲林縣及嘉義縣高。而工作年資「11~15年者」使用逃避之因應策略較高。綜合來說,工作年資11~15年的嘉義市公共衛生護理人員使用壓力因應策略較高。三、公共衛生護理人員在勝任工作壓力時與暫時擱置之壓力因應策略有低度的負相關。四、公共衛生護理人員在工作關注和完成私人工作之工作壓力上與逃避之壓力因應策略屬低度正相關。五、公共衛生護理人員在工作壓力與逃避之壓力因應策略屬中等程度正相關。 The purpose of this research was to investigate the correlation of different backgrounds of public health nurses in job stresses and stress coping strategies by questionnaire. The public health nurses in Yunlin and Chiayi are the objects of stratified sampling method. The methods of questionnaire survey included three parts: nurse job stress scale, stress coping strategy scale and personal background information. The study used SPSS 18.0 for windows as Descriptive Statistics, Reliability Analysis, Independent-Sample T Test, One way ANOVA and Pearson’s Product-moment Correlation Coefficient. The main conclusions are as follows:1.It had a significant difference on marital status and job stress.The unmarried public health nurses got much higher involved in work than the married ones.2.There was a significant difference on years of service and different working places. The public health nurses in Chiayi City often coped with job stresses better than in Yunlin and Chiayi County. The seniority of the nurses from eleven years to fifteen years dealt their job stresses with the strategy of evading responsibility. In sum, the nurses in Chiayi City could cope well with job stresses than the others. 3.It showed low negative correlation on job stress and job stress coping strategy. 4.It presented low positive statistically correlation on facing or escaping working pressure of job involvement and private affairs.5.There was a medium level positive correlation on facing job stress and escaping stress coping strategy.