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Factors Influencing Educational Needs Assessment for Character Education (대학생들의 인성교육 요구 영향요인)

  • Lim, Kwang-Myeong;Park, Duk-Byeong;Lee, Shin-Young
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.375-385
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    • 2016
  • Since the discussion on solving some problems in modern socity began in the late 1990s, the interest in students' character education has increased. This study aims to identify the factors influencing educational needs assessment for character education in Korea. A self-administered survey was obtained from 318 students in a university. Three factors extracted from factor analysis were individual, interpersonal, social character factor. Results showed that the determinants influencing character educations are academic achievement and volunteer activities for individuals character, academic achievement and school activities in campus for interpersonal and social character educational factor. The findings should be of interest to practitioners to develop education programs for students.

A Study on the Planning of the Eco-Villages for Aging Society - Focused on the Cases of the Environmental Co-Housings in Western America - (고령화 사회를 위한 생태 공동주거 계획에 관한 연구 - 미 서부 생태 공동주거 단지 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Koo, Jae Oh
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2010
  • Ecological villages should be designed not only for simply reducing environmental impact such as energy saving and alternative energy use, resource conservation and circulation, harmony with surrounding environment and nature, but also for encouraging social contact and community activities with the residents, especially the aged people. The aim of this paper is to find the ecological and social design elements for the ecological village planning derived through case studies. The case studies are selected from the environmental Co-housings in Western America, surveyed in the years of 2008 and 2009. The results are as follows; 1. The ecological design elements, although there are some differences in size and type, were found to be basically applied in every ecological villages. 2. The community activities are actively conducted with the participation of the residents based on a variety of programs. The two main purposes of the community activities are strengthening the residents' familiarity with each other and the volunteer services to the local community where they belong.

The Effect of Participation in Social Activities on the Subjective Health Satisfaction of the Older Adults with and without Chronic Illnesses (만성질환 유무별 노인의 사회활동 참여가 주관적 건강만족도에 미치는 영향 비교)

  • Park, Soon-Mi;Mun, Su-Youl
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.113-123
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    • 2018
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of participation in social activities on the subjective health satisfaction of the elderly in groups with and without chronic diseases. Methods : Data were used from the "2014 the Korean Elderly Survey" and the subjects were 10,451 persons aged 65 years or older. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 18.0 statistical package. Results : The results of this study were as follows. In the case of the elderly without chronic diseases, only the employment status (${\beta}=.135$, p<.01) had a significant effect on the health of the elderly. In the case of elderly people with chronic illness, participation in lifelong education (${\beta}=.183$, p<.001), participation in social group (${\beta}=.277$, p<.001), volunteer work experience (${\beta}=.060$, p<.05), and employment status (${\beta}=.342$, p<.001) had a significant effect on health. Conclusions : Policies and systems are needed to actively encourage and support the social activities of the elderly. Additionly, care and attention are needed to provide social jobs for the elderly and build a sustainable network.

The Analysis of the Influences on the Satisfaction of Volunteers Participation in Environmental NGO Action (환경 NGO에서 활동하는 자원봉사자들의 참여만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석)

  • Koh, Woon-Mee
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2004
  • The objectives of this study were: a) to measure the satisfaction of who volunteered in the activity, and b) to identify factors related to their satisfaction from the activities, and c) to provide policy implications to improve their satisfaction. This study was based on a literature review and empirical analyses. The empirical analyses have been completed through individual interviews with community residents who volunteer the NGO activities in the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement. The major findings from empirical analysis were as follows: As a result of correlation analysis, nine variables affecting the degree of their satisfaction were "activity time", "sex", "support of family and friends", "understanding of environmental NGO activities and fields of environmental NGO activities", "contact points for the activities", "income and vocation". As a result of multiple regression analysis, the five variables affecting the degree of their satisfaction were "understanding of the NGO activities", "income", "support of family", "marital status", "activity period" and these five variables explained 49.1% of the degree of their satisfaction. Based on the empirical findings, the following suggestions could be offered for the environmental NGO activities. 1) Environmental NGOs should offer resident-friendly programs which may help the residents participate in the NGO activities, so the volunteers can participate in the activities with their family, friends, and neighbors. 2) Environmental NGOs should provide appropriate information and educational supports to community residents, which might facilitate them to have a sound understanding of the NGO activities. And the environmental NGOs should provide diverse activity programs to facilitate participation and to formulate eligible management system for the activities. 3) To enhance the satisfaction of participation, environmental action programs should be organized and conducted through a careful consideration of the status of the community, the characteristics of residents, and so on. To provide better contact points, environmental NGOs should cooperate with religious organizations in communities, social groups, media and so on.

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A STUDY FOR THE CHANGES OF THE MASTICATORY MUSCLES AND THE MANDIBULER MOVEMENT EFFECTED BY INTENTIONAL INCREASE OF ANTERIOR GUIDANCE ANGLE (전치 유도각의 인위적 증가에 의한 저작근과 하악 운동 양상의 변화에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Yong-Sik;Choi, Boo-Byung
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.245-257
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    • 1998
  • This study was performed to measure the changes of the mandibular movement and the masticatory muscular activities - anterior temporal and masseter muscle of both side - reflected by intentional increase of anterior guidance angie. For this study, 5 volunteers (3 males and 2 females with average age of 24.0) were selected. Each volunteer had Angle's classification I and did not have any missing tooth except third molar and any extensive restorations. Metallic guide plate was made at volunteer's working model fabricated by improved dental stone and cemented to the palatal surface of maxillary central incisor using resin cement(Panavia $21^{(R)}$) and then adjusted not to give any occlusal interferences at intercuspal position. The activity of masticatory muscles and the changes of mandibular movement were recorded by EMG and Sirognathograph in Biopak analysing system(Bioresearch Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA). Measurement was done at before experiment, immediatley after placement, 1 week after placement, immediately after removal, and 1 week after removal. The results were as follows: 1. Moderate phonetic disturbance and mild headache were occured to 3 volunteers for 2 days after setting and 1 volunteer had positive reaction to percussion and slight midline diastema. But all of these clinical signs were diappeared 1 week after removal and the other volunteer did not have any special clinical sign. 2. In the EMG of the mandibular rest position, the mean value of anterior tempotal muscle was increased immediately after placement(p<0.01) and then decreased 1 week after placement(p<0.05) and increased 1 week after removal(p<0.05) but not recovered as before experiment. The mean value of masseter muscle was decreased during the experiment period. 3. In the EMG during mandibular protrusive movement, all muscular activity was decreased during the experiment period. Reduced activity was not recovered 1 week after removal(p<0.03). 4. During the habitual opening, anteroposterior movement of mandible was decreased immediately after placement(p<0.05) and then increased 1 week after placement but not statistically significant(p>0.1). Vertical movement was not shown significant difference during the experiment period(p>0.1). Lateral movement was decreased immediately after placement(p<0.05) and then increased 1 week after placement but not recovered as before experiment. The opening and closing velocity of mandible was shown minor changes but not statistically significant. 5. During the habitual opening, anteroposterior movement of mandible was decreased 1 week after placement(p<0.05) and then increased immediately after removal and recovered 1 week after removal as before experiment. Vertical movement was not shown significant changes. Lateral displacement of mandible was increased continuously and recovered 1 week after removal. Opening velocity was temporarily increased immediately after removal but recovered and closing velocity was not shown significant changes. 6. During the right side chewing, anteroposterior movement of mandible was increased immediately after removal but recovered and vertical movement was not shown statistically significant results. Lateral displacement and velocity of mandible were not shown significant results. 7. During the left side chewing, the changes of mandibular movement pattern were not shown statistically significant results.

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The study of Advance Voluntary Activities Management direction in the Information Society (정보화사회에서 자원 봉사 관리 사무의 발전적 연구)

  • 정종기
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.164-173
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study is direction of the Information Society situations and problems of voluntary activities. In the United States of 50 percent Population have experiences of voluntary Activities in 1995. But Korea peoples had been experience of voluntary service activities not so much. In order to solve these problems and improve the voluntary service activities situation today that is information society, the followings are proposed here so that the voluntary service can be performed effectively. Through the schools, mass media, and meetings of various groups, a program should be offered widely to educate about voluntary service activities. This study is based on the volunteers management at community society with Data base information communication. (1)Searching the necessity and problems of volunteers at community centers in Local government (2)Studying the support volunteers Activities management and demand of volunteers activities management through the Data base, (3) Participation of team services management from local Government. (4) Exploring the improvements based on the study. For effective management of volunteer activities management use Information communication System that have data base. And also training of volunteers have more computer using technique through education contained with lectures and drill.

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Evaluation of Pharmacy Students' Level of Involvement in Extracurricular Activities and Analysis of Their Motivations (약학대학 학생들의 교과외활동 현황 평가 및 동기에 대한 분석)

  • Choi, Mina;Kim, Suzy;Lim, Sung Cil;Lee, Yun Jeong
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.60 no.3
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    • pp.154-162
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    • 2016
  • Extracurricular activities are voluntary participations that students engage in outside of classrooms. This study aimed to determine Korean pharmacy students' degree of involvement in extracurricular activities, motivations behind participation, and influences from those engagements. The study was performed as a voluntary online survey to pharmacy students in four pharmacy schools in Korea and a total of 188 students participated. Sixty-one percent and 34% of students reported that they were involved in at least one extracurricular activities in-school, and out-of-school, respectively. Areas with most involvements were arts/music/sports (73%), followed by volunteer activities (31%). Thirty two percent responded that they have been involved in research internships, followed by 15% and 10% in pharmaceutical company and community pharmacy internships, respectively. For motivations behind involvement, students indicated that their involvement was for hobby (72%) and networking (38%). In conclusion, while Korean pharmacy students actively engage in extracurricular activities, the range of activities was limited in scope, and most students were involved in extracurricular activities as hobbies rather than for career exploration. Opportunities for student involvement in various pharmacy professional organizations and internships in the pharmacy work setting would provide valuable experiences for pharmacy students in their professional development as a pharmacist.

The Factors Related to Depression of the Elderly patients in Four Geriatric Hospital Located in B Metropolitan City (B광역시 4개 요양병원 입원노인의 우울 관련요인)

  • Yoon, Ga-Bin;Jee, Young-Ju;Kim, Yoon-ji
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.561-569
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors related to depression of elderly patients in geriatric hospitals. Methods: The subjects were 195 elderly patients who met the inclusion criteria of scores more than 18 on the K-MMSE score and no reported mental disease. The data were collected from February 20 to March 20, 2009. The research instruments utilized in this study were depression (GDSSF-K), activities of daily living and self esteem (RSES), social support, life satisfaction. Data were analyzed Pearson correlation and Multiple Stepwise Regression using SPSS 15.0. Results: Depression score were negatively correlation with ADL, social support, life satisfaction and self-esteem. Among the factors studied related to depression, life satisfaction had highest explanatory power of 36.5% and it was followed by physical health status and activity of daily living. These explained 43.7% of the depression. Conclusion: The mean GDSSF-K 8.94, which indicates the higher than middle levels of depression. The findings suggest that it is important to develop educational programs to increase life satisfaction, physical health status and activity of daily living. Nursing interventions, including volunteer activities, health promotion program, and sports program could be useful in enhancing these factors.

Development and Evaluation of Preventive Mental Health Program for Depression among the Elderly in Community : Focused on the Community Welfare Center User (재가노인의 우울증 예방 프로그램 개발과 효과성 연구 : 사회복지관 이용노인을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Mee-Hye;Chung, Soon-Dool;Lee, Geum-Yong
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.44
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    • pp.318-345
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this research was to develop and evaluate a preventive mental health program for the depression among the elderly in community. Based on the review of literature, intervention program for preventing depression among the elderly was developed. In particular, the program focuses on enhancing the sense of control which is from social cognitive theory. The preventive mental health program consists of two parts: Tan-Hak and Social intervention program. Tan-Hak was oriented to cognitive change and activities, while social intervention program dealt with some social skills for relationship, stress management, motivation of social activities (volunteer activities), positive future designing, etc. For the evaluation of this program, we employed depression scale and medical measurement such as hormone test before and after the program, and in-depth interview of subjects. Overall, this program was successful in some points. First, through the pre and post test, this program has positive effect on strengthening the sense of control, and consequently, lowering depression level. Secondly, 18 people started this program called "smile class" at first time, and none of them turned out until the end of the program. This implies that the program was interesting to the elderly.

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Characteristics of civil anti-disaster organization in Korean Disaster Management Systems : focusing on CAIND (citizen corps active in disaster) (국내 민간 방재조직의 특성에 관한 고찰 -지역자율방재단을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Bo-Kyun;Chae, Jong-Sik
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.135-146
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the Citizen-Corps-Active-In-Disaster (CAIND) according to a new viewpoint based on changes in basic theoretical concepts and establish a development plan. Methods: A documentary survey was administered, and the study followed the technical approach method. Detailed information on CAIND was taken from scholarly monographs, specialty publications, and previous studies, including master and doctorate dissertations. Results: CAIND may be defined as legal auxiliary organizations composed of local residents who volunteer to prepare for "all kinds of disasters as well as prevention activities" and instill the ideology of "leading service organizations of safety as a form of community involvement," "resident-friendly organizational activities based on autonomous operation," and "performing activities which supplement their demands according to the realization of social welfare and regional conditions." Conclusion: The newly established basic theoretical concept included the concepts of "professionalism and possibilities," "social expandability," "voluntary participation," and "the realization and complementation of social welfare"