A Study of the Awareness of Healthy Families and Practical Plans to Promote Health

건강가정 및 건강가정실천방안에 대한 인식연구

  • Kim, Hye-Yeon (Dept. of Home Management, Cheju National University) ;
  • Su, Jong-Sun (Dept. of Home Management, Cheju National University)
  • 김혜연 (제주대학교 가정관리학과) ;
  • 서종선 (제주대학교 가정관리학과)
  • Published : 2007.08.31

Abstract

This research aimed to understand the awareness of married couples who have children over the age of elementary school age. What do they perceive as a wholesome and healthy family? What are they doing to promote the wholesomeness of the family? What are their demands of society and the government? Twenty-five people, 13 husbands and 12 wives, comprised the total number of subjects. The data were analyzed after in-depth interviews. The results of the research were as follows. First, all the subjects had no clear idea about the basic laws of a wholesome and healthy family although they were in the class belonging to the educational sector. Their awareness of what constituted a wholesome and healthy family included such things as physical, mental, ethical, and even spiritual health. Second, the married couples mostly answered that they were trying their best to promote the health of their families. This was basically related to the promotion of physical and mental health.

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