• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2006

Purpose: The objectives of this study was to measure the outcomes of interventions on the health and social welfare of the elderly in a rural community in Korea. The project involved integrating services of one public health center with that of one social welfare agency, which were under different administrative structures. Method: A single group pretest-posttest design was used for this research. Seventy-five elderly residents living alone in a rural community participated in the study. All of them had coverage of free basic medical care and social welfare services by the government. Major activities for the intervention included: developing partnerships among community leaders/institutes; forming committees of community residents; educating care providers and volunteers; developing 8 integrated service programs and instruments; and organizing the networks. The 20-month intervention was care-managed by a public health nurse whom collaborated with social worker, and was assisted by volunteers. The t-test was utilized to analyze the outcome variables including the elder's health, social welfare and quality of life. A major limitation of this study was the lack of a control group. Results: The outcome of the intervention was shown by improved elder's health, social welfare needs, and quality of life. Integrating the services of public health centers with those of social welfare agencies is an effective way to improve the health of the elderly in the community. Conclusion: Developing community capacity with such integrated services will pay an important role in improving the health of the elderly who live alone.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.103-121
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• 2009

Increased consensus among gerontologists exist on the need to pay greater attention to the reciprocal relationship between the social and spatial in order to understand the construction of aged identity and everyday lives of old people. With urbanization, spaces are increasingly age-graded and as a consequence, urban elders are socially isolated from the community. In this study, we examine the social interaction patterns in various places specifically designated for the elderly, such as the Senior Center, Senior Welfare Center, and Hall for the Aged in Seoul. Main purpose of this study is to understand everyday life experiences of space the elderly people residing in the city go through. Data were gathered through qualitative, case study method. Results show that such spaces were important sites for social interaction for urban elderly who lacked social spaces after retirement and active parenting role. Also, it was shown that each place presents different contexts for social interactions and certain components of social class differences existed. Heterogeneity within the participants of each place was also observed. Quite strong stereotypes about certain places were also observed among the urban elders. Based on these results, importance of developing a 'community perspective' in the study of old age is discussed.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.135-158
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• 2016

Purpose Virtual communities change the way people communicate and share information. The purpose of this paper is to find how internet social capital and individual motivations influence the information sharing in virtual communities. This study considers the social capital theory, individual motivations, information sharing, and community promotion to construct a theoretical model. Design/methodology/approach Social capital focuses on three dimensions that include 6 factors: social interaction ties, centrality, shared language, shared vision, trust and reciprocity. Individual motivations include 2 factors: reputation and enjoy helping. To confirm the research model and the hypotheses, 426 effective questionnaires were used for the final analysis. Findings The result of data analysis demonstrates that social interaction ties, centrality, shared language, trust, and reciprocity were significant in affecting information sharing behaviors. However, reputation, enjoy helping, and shared vision does not appear to have a significant influence on information sharing behaviors. The information sharing was positively related to community promotion.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.163-175
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• 2014

본 연구는 필리핀 출신 결혼이주여성의 사회자본 특성을 근린지구 수준에서 설명하고자 한다. 연구의 주 대상은 한국의 대도시와 중소도시, 촌락 등에 거주하는 필리핀 출신 결혼이주여성들이며 그들이 주로 참여하는 근린공동 체- 학교, 성당공동체-에서 생산되는 사회자본에 대한 인식을 측정하여 개인적 특성과 공동체의 특성(결속력, 동질성 등)에 따른 사회자본의 특성에 대해 파악하였다. 연구 결과 학교공동체와 성당공동체에서 이주자의 개인적 특성 가운데 이주사회에서의 거주기간과 사회자본 간 관련성에서 차이를 보이고 있는데, 성당공동체는 거주기간과 사회자본 '관계'요소 간 정(+)적인 유의미한 결과가 도출되어 이주 후 기간이 증가할수록 성당공동체에서의 관계가 향상되는 것으로 나타났으며 학교공동체에서는 거주기간과 사회자본 '신뢰'요소가 부(-)적인 관계를 보이고 있어 거주기간이 길수록 신뢰가 오히려 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 동질 성과 결속력, 사회자본의 양에서도 성당공동체가 우위를 점하고 있으며 특히 사회자본 '관계'는 공동체의 동질성과 더 밀접하며 '규범'은 공동체의 결속력과 밀접하다는 결과를 보이고 있다. 두 공동체에서 모두 의사결정과 가치추구 공유 및 규칙 준수 등의 '규범' 요소가 구성원 간의 '관계'요소와 유사하며, 만족도와 정서적 도움 및 제도에 대한 구성원들의 '신뢰'가 개인문제를 토론하고 참여하는 '정치'와 근접한다는 공통된 경향이 나타나고 있다. 연구과정에서 주목되는 것은, 초국가적 행태가 발생하는 회로로서의 성당공동체의 상징성으로, 성당공동체는 필리핀 결혼이주여성들의 고유한 집단적 문화와 개인적 욕구가 사회자본의 생산과 맞물리는 영역으로 확인되었다. 이는 필리핀 결혼이주여성들의 공동체와 사회자본의 특성에서 이주자로서의 개인적 특성과 함께 필리핀 결혼이주여성이 집단적으로 보유하는 family reunion 등의 사회 문화적 특질이 주는 영향 또한 간과할 수 없음을 잘 보여주고 있다. 이러한 부분은 민족적 정체성을 바탕으로 한 공동체성과 사회자본이 우리 사회와의 상호문화성을 공유하고 실천할 수 있는 주요 통로가 될 수도 있다는 점에서 의미 있으며 나아가 '민족 단위의 공동체와 그 사회자본 연구'는 향후 더 다양한 공동체를 대상으로 다층의 공간 스케일로 확장, 연구되어야 할 필요가 있다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.93-103
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and future challenges in providing of social service based on agro-healing. The study conducted was a general qualitative research which involved the collection and analysis of experiences shared by four representatives of participating in Gyeonggi-do community service investment pilot project. The data were gathered through individual in-depth interviews, and the findings were thoroughly analyzed to draw meaningful insights. The study revealed three main topics of discussion: "knowing the necessity of entering social services," "thresholds to be crossed to enter social services," and "future tasks". Based on the these results, implications for the development of community social services related to agro-healing were suggested, and the limitations were also discussed.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.237-247
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the social determinants of health (SDH) associated with health-related quality of life (HQOL) among the community-dwelling elderly, based on the conceptual framework of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). Methods: A survey was conducted with 199 elders aged 65 years or older sampled through convenient sampling. Data were collected through face to face interviews by trained interviewers using a structured questionnaire, which included scales of the residential area, social support, sense of community, social network, health behaviors, and HQOL. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and stepwise multivariate regression. Results: Major SDH affecting HQOL included the participants' residential area, sense of community, and health behavior. The HQOL of the elderly residing in the B area with a low rate of basic livelihood security recipients was higher than that of those residing in other areas. Conclusion: CSDH framework was useful to determine the factors associated with HQOL among the community-dwelling elderly. In addition to their health behavior, their sense of community was found to be a SDH of HQOL, indicating the need of health promotion programs tailored to the characteristics of residential areas and strategies to enhance involvement in community activities.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.23-45
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• 2007

Today, most companies are building up and using online communities on their websites. But there are few studies on forming and operating online communities. This study shows the influence of social presence on these factors like usefulness, ease of use, playfulness, satisfaction community trust, and its ultimate contribution to community flow. An Empirical results suggest as follows. (1) social presence has stronger effect on usefulness, ease of use, playfulness, (2) usefulness and playfulness has a positive influence on satisfaction, (3) ease of use doesn't have a significant impact on flow, (4) satisfaction is positively influences on community trust and flow, (5) community trust influences on flow. It is necessary to succeed with next studies following this one about online community in spite of its limitation. Finally, we present contribution and propose future research directions.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.17-35
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• 2010

As the internet has been used widely, many online communities have been appeared. Initially, many users used online communities for communication and information sharing. Recently, users start using online communities for building, maintaining, and extending social networks which they did in offline environments previously. The importance of online community is considered by many scholars and also companies to use it strategically. Therefore many studies have focused on exploring characteristics of online communities. Most of them have emphasized the importance of online community. Few study focuses on dynamics within online community. By using social network analysis (SNA), this study tries to explore dynamics of online community. Specially, By measuring the centrality of online community and tracing its changes, this study investigates how the relationships among participants in online communities have been changed over the time. Findings of this study indicate that, as participants has joined in an online community over the time, an opinion leader is appeared, and her/his power is changed.

• 한국생활환경학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.976-986
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• 2014

Health is an important topic of 21st century and its meaning has been changed in the direction of more inclusive and diverse way. The meaning of health became 'Community Property' to find in the social relations, and true health is considered to be made when forming 'sense of self' through their role in social relations. The community is the basic mechanism that builds social relationship, therefore it is an essential element to realize the health of modern society. In the modern concept of community, imaginal link is considered more important than physical spatial boundaries, and there is a tendency to depend more on the inter-relationship within it. This is based on the concept of health and community that formed in the changed paradigm, this study covers the concept of health community through a new approach.

• 정보관리연구
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.211-234
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• 2011

The development of information technology improves the globalization of the world economy. This change was able to expand the cyber space, and the online community known as the cyber community is made within the existing offline community. From the cyber community's activity, the concept of social network services created, and recently developed social computing. Social computing is the current situation and the next step in the online community. Currently, most CIOs are using social computing for workplace empowerment. As online transactions become more active, the strategy to increase customer loyalty in Internet shopping is an effective tool to increase profit for the company, and as a method to maintain competitive. With the growth of electronic commerce, through insurance of customer loyalty on the Internet, a company can establish a long-term relationship with customers, so for this, it is important to have reliable relationship with customers. Also, through advertisement and commercial information, the cognition of Internet shopping looks can be effective in retaining customers. In this study, it explores how social computing and trust and cognition of Internet shopping are effective in maintaining customer loyalty. As the result of study, the trust and cognition of Internet shopping are significantly effective on customer loyalty, but the sense of social computing. Still, social computing has not matured enough to be as effective in retaining customer loyalty. However, it does indicate that social computing has significantly increased the trust and cognition in Internet shopping. In this study, as the concepts of the social network service and social computing are applied in Internet shopping, which are actively discussed by scholars, it is expected that the basis of the study could improve and present the idea of social shopping.