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Elderly Caregiving and Health : Analysis of the mediate effect of social network and Satisfaction (노년기 수발 경험에 따른 건강 변화 : 사회적 관계망과 만족도의 매개효과 분석)

  • Lee, Seo-yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.642-651
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    • 2017
  • This study aimed to examine the changes in the health status, social network and satisfaction of caregivers as a result of caregiving using a structural equation model. As a result, it was found that caregiving increased the level of depression and decreased the subjective health status in both men and women. The social network and satisfaction were found to differ according to gender. For the women caregivers, caregiving affected their subjective health status and depression. In the case of the men caregivers, the total effect of caregiving on their subjective health was 1.087(p<.05), while the indirect effect was 0.546(p<.05). Also, caregiving affected the subjective health status of the male caregivers through the functional family network as a mediating factor(0.42, p<.01). The results suggest the necessity to take these gender differences into consideration when discussing the health of caregivers. Also, the functional family network needs to be strengthened to prevent the deterioration of the health status of male caregivers.

The Mediating Effect of Sleep Quality in the Relationship between Academic Stress and Social Network Service Addiction Tendency among Adolescents (청소년의 학업 스트레스와 소셜 네트워크 서비스(Social Network Service) 중독경향성의 관계에서 수면의 질의 매개효과)

  • Bae, Eun Sook;Kang, Hye Seung;Lee, Ha Na
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.290-299
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of sleep quality in the relationship between academic stress and social network service (SNS) addiction tendency among adolescents. Methods: The participants were composed of 204 high school students who were enrolled at private schools in Incheon metropolitan city. Data were collected from August 16 to September 10, 2019. The collected data were analyzed using a regression analysis, and SPSS Process Macro was used to test the mediating effect. Results: The direct effect of academic stress on SNS addiction tendency and the indirect effect of academic stress mediated with sleep quality about SNS addiction tendency were statistically significant. Conclusion: These findings suggest that positive intervention for academic stress and effective intervention program enhancing sleep quality should be provided for adolescents in order to prevent SNS addiction.

Gender Differences in the Association between Psycho-social Factors and Smoking, Drinking in Adolescents (성별에 따른 청소년의 흡연, 음주와 심리사회적 요인과의 관계연구)

  • Park, Nam-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.123-136
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: This study was to investigate the gender difference of relationship between psycho-social factors ana smoking, drinking in adolescents. Method: The stratified cluster sample consisted of 925 adolescents. Data were collected from May to March 2002. The instruments used in this study were Perceived Stress, DES-D, Social Support and Self-Esteem. Results: The results showed that female had more perceived stress, depressed than male. Male had more social support network, smoke than female. Male who smoked cigarettes were more perceived stress, depressed than those who did not smoke. Female who smoked cigarettes were more social support network, and had less self-esteem than those who did not smoke. Also male who drank alcohol were more perceived stress, depressed than those who did not drank. Female who drank alcohol were perceived stress, depressed, social support network, and had less self-esteem than those who did not drank. Conclusion: It is hoped that much more research on gender difference in adolescents who smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol will be implemented in the future. In addition, it is suggested the application of various interventions to deal with drinking and smoking behavior among female and male adolescents.

A Comparison of Social Capital Tools Developed by International Institutes and Nations (국제기구 및 국가 개발 사회자본 측정도구 비교)

  • Kim, Eun-Mi;Bae, Sang-Soo
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.111-130
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    • 2012
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify and compare social capital measurement tools for the convenient use in public health studies. Method and result: This study examined and compared social capital tools developed individually by the World Bank, the OECD, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Korea. A comprehensive framework was constructed with six conceptual dimensions and sixteen indices. The six dimensions included Membership, Network, Trust, Information and communication, Social and civic participation, and Social cohesion and exclusion, which connoted the structural, cognitive, bonding, bridging, operative, and output elements. The indices of each tool were respectively matched to the indices of the comprehensive framework. The comprehensive tools were Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (SC-IQ) of the World Bank with 27 questions and the European Social Survey (ESS) of the OECD with 80 questions. Conclusion: The SC-IQ should be utilized in public health studies due to its simplicity yet comprehensiveness as a social capital tool. The ESS should also be considered as a comprehensive tool.

Improving Public Medical and Social Services Market Management: Application of Information Technologies

  • Barzylovych, Anastasiia;Malinina, Olena;Gnyloskurenko, Ganna;Borysiuk, Iryna;Yuriy, Rayisa
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.257-266
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    • 2021
  • This article examines the features of improving the public management of the market of medical and social services using information technology to improve the efficiency of public activity in modern conditions. The interpretation of the essence of the categories "information technologies" and "information support" is analyzed. The importance of the organization of information support of public authorities in the insurance of the state apparatus of information management for the adoption and solution of state issues of the market of medical and social services has been studied. Issues and system of information support of public management of the market of medical and social services are considered. The stages of the ICT implementation process in the market of medical and social services are described. The tools of state regulation in the market of medical and social services and the introduction of targeted programs for the development of the social sphere and health care are highlighted. Recommendations for improvement are formulated public management of the market of medical services and social way introduction of ICT tools, which provide for the implementation of a set of measures aimed at intellectualizing the entire system public data management spheres. The necessity of development of innovative tools of public management of the market of medical and social services of Ukraine for the purpose of working out of strategies of increase of quality of medical and social services in the XXI century is substantiated. A number of benefits from the implementation of an effective process of application of information support of public management of the market of medical and social services to ensure the efficiency of public authorities of Ukraine. It is proposed to create a "Department of information support of self-government" and electronic health care system (e-Health) to improve the management decision-making process, which will provide an opportunity to accumulate, process, analyze, and as a result, get the expected effect in the form of balanced management decisions by public authorities of Ukraine.

Distributed Social Medical IoT for Monitoring Healthcare and Future Pandemics in Smart Cities

  • Mansoor Alghamdi;Sami Mnasri;Malek Alrashidi;Wajih Abdallah;Thierry Val
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.135-155
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    • 2024
  • Urban public health monitoring in smart cities focuses on the control of conditions and health challenges in urban environments. Considering the rapid spread of diseases and pandemics, it is important for health authorities to trace people carrying the virus. In smart cities, this tracing must be interoperable and intelligent, especially in indoor surfaces characterized by small distances between people. Therefore, to fight pandemics, it is necessary to start with the already-existing digital equipment of the Internet of Things, such as connected objects and smartphones. In this study, the developed system is employed to provide a social IoT network and suggest a strategy which allows reliable traceability without threatening the privacy of users. This IoT-based system allows respecting the social distance between persons sharing public services in smart cities without applying smartphone applications or severe confinement. It also permits a return to normal life in case of viral pandemic and ensures the much-desired balance between economy and health. The present study analyses previous proposed social distance systems then, unlike these studies, suggests an intelligent and distributed IoT based strategy for positioning students. Two scenarios of static and dynamic optimization-based placement of Bluetooth Low Energy devices are proposed and an experimental study shows the contribution and complementarity of the introduced contact tracing strategy with the applications on smartphones.

Neighborhood Environment Associated with Physical Activity among Rural Adults: Applying Zero-Inflated Negative Binominal Regression Modeling (영과잉 음이항 회귀모형을 적용한 농촌지역 성인 신체활동의 지역사회환경 요인 분석)

  • Kim, Bongjeong
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.488-502
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the neighborhood environmental factors associated with physical activity among adults living in rural communities. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted with a convenience sample of 201 adults living in three Ri in Y-city, Gyeonggi-do. Data were collected from face-to-face interview by trained interviewers and were analyzed using a zero-inflated negative binominal regression model. Results: Participants reported engaged in moderate or vigorous physical activity was 76.1%; 10.5% of participants reported that they met moderate physical activity recommendations and 14.5% of participants reported that they met vigorous physical activity recommendations. Zero-inflated negative binominal regression analysis showed association of increasing days of physical activity with social cohesion (${\beta}=.130$, p=.005), social network (${\beta}=-.096$, p=.003), and safety for crime (${\beta}=-.151$, p=.036), and no days of physical activity was associated with no attainment of education and marginally associated with increasing BMI. Conclusion: Neighborhood environmental factors including social cohesion, social network, and crime for safety were significantly associated with physical activity of rural adults. Community health nurses should expand an approach for individual behavior change to incorporate rural adults' specific neighborhood environmental factors into physical activity interventions.

A Study on the Social Disaffiliation of the Homeless (노숙자의 사회적 연계단절에 관한 연구)

  • Nam, Ki-Cheol
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.42
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    • pp.199-224
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    • 2000
  • Homelessness became a major social problem in Korea. And the homeless presents many kinds of problems in social functioning. In studies on the homeless, Physical and mental health, alcohol and subtance abuse, the vulnerability of the social support have been frequently described as major characteristics of the homeless. Of the homeless' psychosocial characteristics, this article focused on the lack of the social support, which plays a important role on the exit from homelessness. The lack of social support has been mentioned as cause for homelessness. But a few researchers stressed the perspective that the homelessness causes the lack of social support. This article analyzed empirically the lack of social support among the homeless in terms of "social disaffiliation". This article hypothesized: (a) as longer homeless duration, the extent of the perceived social support would be decreased, (b) as longer homeless duration, the magnitude of the social network would be decreased, (c) as longer homeless duration, the ratio of the homeless in social network would be increased. Survey data collected from 355 homeless persons (sheltered homeless) at 82 shelters in Seoul. The result of analysis supports 'social disaffiliation hypotheses'. The result of this study suggests that the social work intervention to strengthen social support and social network be critically important in homeless shelter.

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Social Network Type and Quality of Life of Elderly People with Dementia (사회 연결망 유형과 치매노인의 삶의 질)

  • Bae, Yun-Jo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.11
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    • pp.5218-5228
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    • 2012
  • The aim of this study is to classify the social network types among elderly people with dementia, and to examine the relationship of network type to quality of life. This is to identify influence of social network on quality of life of elderly people with dementia. And the study seeks to identify the differences of quality of life among types of social network. The data of 222 elderly people used in this study were collected from the health center and elderly people with dementia living in the community. The interview was conducted from July 17 to August 31 in 2012 using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, one way ANOVA, multiple regression analysis and also cluster analysis with the SPSS 18.0 program were used to analyze the data. As a results, three network types were classified.:(1) inactive isolated, (2) active independent (3) inactive dependent networks. Respondents in the different network type are found to have different degrees of quality of life. Respondents inactive independent network is reported to have the highest quality of life, while those with inactive isolated network are the lowest. The results of the study suggest that the classification of network types allows consideration of the interpersonal environments of elderly people with dementia. The relative effects on quality of life for elderly people with dementia, evident in the current analysis, are the case in point. Therefore Social service programs should focus on different groups based on social network type.

Relationships among Social Support, Social Networks and Drinking Behavior by Gender Differences in Residents of an Apartment Complex in Seoul (성별에 따른 아파트 주민의 음주, 사회적 지지와 사회적 연결망과의 관계)

  • Kim, Jin-Hee;Choi, Man-Kyu
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.105-115
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    • 2010
  • This study explores the gender differences in the relationship between social support, social networks and drinking behavior and illustrates gender differences in drinking behavior in order to provide evidence in planning a community health promotion program. Data was collected from 444 surveys (Male=190, Female=244) from a total of 1,899 adult residents in 738 households in the "Y" Apartment Complex in the Gangnam area of Seoul, Korea. Results show significantly higher rates of drinking frequency and alcohol consumption volume in males. Women with high-risk drinking behavior have fewer social relationships than women with normal drinking behavior. Within social networks, friends were significantly associated with drinking behavior and alchol abuse. Drinkers had more friends than non-drinkers in both genders. However, in association with alchol abuse, while male abusers had less friends than normal male drinkers, women abusers had more friends, indicating women who have drinking problems have a stronger social network. This pattern suggests gender differences in the association between social networks and alchol abuse. Therefore in approaching drinking issues, social support and social networks act as a key factor. For men, alcohol prevention programs should be aimed at achieving healthy drinking behavior at the aggregate level including people in his social support and social network groups. For women, the priority is alchol abuse. More attention is required in revealing the context between female social networks and alchol abuse and in developing coping strategies other than drinking.