• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.191-194
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• 2007

Objective : Homeless patients probably have epidemiologic features that are different from those of general population. However, there have been no published articles about clinical characteristics of neurosurgical homeless patients. The authors tried to assess the clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of homeless neurosurgical patients. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and radiological films of 76 homeless patients and 72 non-homeless patients following head trauma who were admitted to our neurosurgical department between June 2001 and June 2005. We compared two groups of the patients with the demographics, the clinical and laboratory characteristics. Also, 3D-day mortality was determined according to Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score. Results : Age of homeless patients was younger than that of non-homeless patients. Homeless patients had previous craniotomy evidences in skull x-rays more frequently (10.5% vs. 1.4%). Acute subdural hematoma was the most common type of head injury in the two groups. Moderate and severe head injury, based on GCS score on admission was more frequent in homeless patients (64% vs. 39%). Fifty percent of homeless patients underwent operation for traumatic head injury. However, 3D-day mortality according to GCS score was not significantly higher in homeless patients. Conclusion : Most homeless neurological patients were relatively young men. Also, moderate or severe brain injuries were observed more frequently. However, mortality rate of homeless patients in neurosurgical field is not significantly higher in the present study.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제42권
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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.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2011

Objectives: We examined health care disparities in Korean urban homeless people and individual characteristics associated with the utilization of health care. Methods: We selected a sample of 203 homeless individuals at streets, shelters, and drop-in centers in Seoul and Daejeon by a quota sampling method. We surveyed demographic information, information related to using health care, and health status with a questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was adopted to identify factors associated with using health care and to reveal health care disparities within the Korean urban homeless population. Results: Among 203 respondents, 89 reported that they had visited health care providers at least once in the past 6 months. Twenty persons (22.5%) in the group that used health care (n = 89) reported feeling discriminated against. After adjustment for age, sex, marital status, educational level, monthly income, perceived health status, Beck Depression Inventory score, homeless period, and other covariates, three factors were significantly associated with medical utilization: female sex (adjusted odds ratio [aOR, 15.95; 95% CI, 3.97 to 64.04], having three or more diseases (aOR, 24.58; 95% CI, 4.23 to 142.78), and non-street residency (aOR, 11.39; 95% CI, 3.58 to 36.24). Conclusions: Health care disparities in Seoul and Daejeon homeless exist in terms of the main place to stay, physical illnesses, and gender. Under the current homeless support system in South Korea, street homeless have poorer accessibility to health care versus non-street homeless. To provide equitable medical aid for homeless people, strategies to overcome barriers against health care for the street homeless are needed.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2014

Objectives: This study investigates the drinking state of the homeless, including the factors that influence this state, and the related services that the homeless require. Methods: A total of 163 adults residing in homeless shelters in Incheon, were recruited from November 15 to December 28, 2013. The Korean version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test was used. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, chi-square, and logistic regression. All analyses were conducted using SPSS 18. Results: Among the respondents, 59.5% engaged in normal drinking, 17.2% engaged in problem drinking and 23.3% suffered from high risk drinking. Alcohol Problems of homeless were found to increase along with total drinking periods. And high risk drinker were more likely to have 3.2 times of loneliness, 6.5 times of insomnia, and the reason for homeless is alcohol problem 14.0 times higher. Conclusions: Alcohol problems among the homeless are chronic and difficult to solve through temporary measures and short-term interventions. Therefore, the development of appropriate services and policies for the homeless is important. The results of the study can be used as a basis for the development of management measures tailored to the distinctive needs of the homeless.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.151-181
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• 2016

본 연구는 최초 노숙진입 시기 차이에 따른 남성 청년 노숙인 두 그룹의 노숙경로를 밝혀 구체적인 노숙의 원인을 추적하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 기존의 노숙 원인에 대한 논의는 구조냐 개인이냐의 이분법적 원인론에 머물러 있거나 노숙에 영향을 미친 복잡한 원인을 다루지만 결국 이를 단순화시켜 설명하는 경향이 있었다. 본 연구는 각 청년노숙인 사례의 노숙 위험요인을 도출하고, 사례의 생애 경험의 맥락 속에서 노숙에 영향을 미친 핵심위험요인의 연대기적 배열을 통해 좀 더 세밀하게 위험요인간의 인과성을 추적하여 노숙진입의 경로를 살펴보았다. 그 결과 청년기에 노숙에 진입한 그룹(A1)과 10대 때부터 노숙을 경험한 바 있는 그룹(A2)은 노숙의 진입 경로가 상이함을 확인하였다. 양쪽 모두 청년기에 극한의 상태인 노숙을 경험하고 있다는 공통점이 있지만, 전자의 경우는 가족, 사회로부터 입은 외상으로 인해 정신적인 고통에 시달리고 이로부터 이탈해 고립을 경험하다 노숙에 이르게 된 경우로 대표된다면 후자의 그룹은 이미 청소년기부터 위기청소년의 상황이 시작되었고, 학교, 가정에서의 불안정성이 매우 높았던 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 청소년기의 노숙 경험이 청년기로 곧장 이어지는 경우는 많지 않았지만 비노숙 기간이 잠시였을 뿐 청년기에 노숙으로 재진입하고 있었다. 이러한 결론을 통해 성인기의 삶의 토대를 다져야 하는 청년기에 극단의 상황에 처한 청년들의 위험요인과 진입경로에 따른 차별화된 개입, 사례관리, 상담에 대한 정책적 접근이 필요하다는 것을 제언하였다.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.126-131
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• 2009

The purpose of this research is to find out The Support Program for Helping the Homeless Reintegrate-a separate program from the homeless supporting system in which Tokyo Metropolitan is emphasizing the existing job-producing support- and its significance and possibility. For this purpose, this research was performed a literature review of the summary of the project and conducted an interview survey for private organizations(social welfare corporation, NPO corporation, etc.) which were involved in the project, and its users. This research looked into the importance and effect of Housing First Policy which is putting emphasis on the necessity of the personally needed support(life support, and work-finding support) after having to secure housing more preferentially than anything else in order for the homeless to keep up a stable living in supporting the homeless. According to Tokyo Metropolitan, 81.6% of the homeless, who were actually involved in this project, were found to make their living continuously at a district based on self-support through finding work and livelihood protection benefits, etc., thus being able to confirm its politic possibility; however, there still remain some issues to be solved in such as, housing level and continuous support of finding work.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.361-370
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the mediation of self-efficacy in the relationship between anger and the functional health of homeless men in order to provide a basis for planning nursing interventions to improve the functional health of homeless persons. Methods: The participants were 137 homeless men who lived in homeless shelters or visited one center serving free meals for homeless persons in Seoul. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires and analyzed with the SPSS-WIN 20.0 program. The instruments were the Functional Health Pattern Screening Assessment Tool (FHPAST), Self-efficacy Scale (SES), and State-trait Anger Expression Inventory-Korean version (STAXI-K). Results: The mean score for functional health was 2.41. Overall self-efficacy was 70.82. state anger was 16.53, trait anger was 19.54, and anger expression was 25.31. There were signigicant correlations among the 3 variables, functional health, self-efficacy, and anger. Also, self-efficacy had a complete mediating effect in the relationship between anger and functional health. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, health management programs focusing on anger management and self-efficacy improvement are highly recommended to promote functional health in homeless persons.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.536-552
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how homeless shelter worker and public health nurses perceive health status and health care of homeless shelter residents (HSRs). Methods: Data collected through focus group interviews. In Focus group, in-depth discussions were between 150 to 160 minutes. Data analyzed using Krueger (1998) step analysis. Participants were seven experienced clinical social workers, nurses working homeless shelters, and public health center nurses for dosshouse people. Results: The results were 4 themes and 15 sub-themes: Characteristics of HSRs, perception of health and health problem of HSRs (alcohol related disease, hypertension Diabetics, gastro-intestinal disease, dental disease and infectios disease such as Tuberculosis, musculo-skeletal disease, prostate problem), health care status of HSRs(insufficient health care service, discrimination of medical staff, lack of health care management, low satisfaction community health care services), and the health care proposal of HSRs(nurse in homeless shelter, integrated health care system, understanding of homeless) Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, health care programs focusing on understanding of HSRs and chronic diseases of HSRs increasing steadily although the management system is limited. Therefore, more systemized health care plan and health referral system for homeless people.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.31-56
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• 2011

본 연구는 청년기에 시작된 거리노숙인 다섯 명이 힘겨운 시기를 어떻게 견디어갔는지 그 과정을 탐색하여 청년노숙인의 체험의 구조를 파악하는데 있다. 또한 청년노숙인이 신체적 정신적 사회구조적으로 건강성을 회복할 수 있도록 기여할 수 있는 사회복지전문직의 실천이론을 확인하고 개발하고자 Parse의 인간되어감 방법을 적용하였다. Parse 연구방법의 패러다임에 따라 청년노숙인의 체험을 담은 2차 자료를 선택하여 분석하였다. 청년기에 시작된 노숙인의 힘겨운 시기에 대한 체험은 세 개의 핵심구조인 1) 일을 해도 빈곤함, 2) 경제적 빈곤으로 가족이 해체되어 노숙인이 됨, 3) 사회적 낙인과 단절에서 벗어나고자 자활을 향해 분투노력함으로 나타났다. 구조적인 전환은 불안한 미래에 대한 절망과 두려움 가운데 도전과 기회를 기다리며 잠재적인 독립의지를 발휘하는 과정으로 제시되었다. 개념적 통합은 연결-분리의 가치화를 강화와 변형시켜 나가는 과정으로 표현되었다. 연구결과를 토대로 청년기에 시작된 거리노숙인의 신체적-정신적-사회적 측면을 토대로 논의하였다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.143-171
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• 2017

본 연구는 노숙인의 성장기와 노숙 이전의 노숙 위험요인 경험을 확인하면서, 특히 성장기의 불행한 경험이 성인기의 노숙 발생에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 하였다. 기존의 노숙에 대한 개인적 원인에 관한 연구들은 노숙 전후의 알코올 문제, 정신건강 문제, 약물중독, 노숙인의 비행과 일탈 등에 주로 초점을 맞추어 온 반면, 본 연구는 노숙의 개인적 요인을 더욱 세분화하면서 그 시점을 노숙인의 성장기까지 앞당겨 이들이 경험한 위험요인의 중복, 상호작용, 노숙에 미친 영향 등을 파악하고자 하였다. 60명의 노숙인 생애사 자료에서 추출한 경험을 분석해 본 결과, 노숙인들은 이미 성장기부터 중첩된 많은 위험요인을 경험하였고, 이것은 성인기로 오면서 이들 위험요인간의 상호작용을 통해 증폭되는 경향을 보이기도 하였다. 또한 위험요인 경험 정도가 높은 그룹과 낮은 그룹을 비교해 보았을 때, 노숙에 이르게 된 원인의 차이도 발견할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 노숙의 개인적 원인이 일찍부터 시작된 불가항력적인 불행과 배제, 피해의 경험으로부터 시작된 면도 존재한다는 점을 강조하면서, 결과적 노숙의 예방은 고위험 아동청소년에 대한 적극적 개입과 위험요인의 중첩을 방지하는 전략이 수반되어야 함을 지적하였다.