• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.43-57
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• 1999

One of the most fundamental and the oldest issues in the provision of health care throughout the world has been the issue of the role of the public and private sector of health care, and the relationship between them. This paper describes issues associated with the concept of health oriented partnerships in the United Kingdom and seeks to contrast public and private partnerships both in health and in health care. In the United Kingdom it is suggested that health care is conceived by the population to equate to the National Health Service(NHS) with "add on" private health care for certain sectors of the community and within certain well defined clinical parameters. This paper can provide us with valuable information on the characteristics of UK health care systems, current health policies as well as issues relating to the public and private partnerships in health/ health care in the UK, thus offer important policy implications for the improvement of Korean health care system which lacks health-oriented coordinations and partnership between public and private sector very considerably.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2019

The number of people with chronic diseases has been increasing steadily but the indicators for the management of chronic diseases have not improved significantly. To improve the existing chronic disease management system, a new policy will be introduced, which includes the establishment of care plans for hypertension and diabetes patients by primary care physicians and the provision of care coordination services based on these plans. Care coordination refers to a series of activities to assist patients and their families and it has been known to be effective in reducing medical costs and avoiding the unnecessary use of the hospital system by individuals. To offer well-coordinated and high-quality care services, it is necessary to develop a service quality assurance plan, track and manage patients, provide patient support, agree on patient referral and transition, and develop an effective information system. Local governance should be established for chronic disease management, and long-term plans and continuous quality improvement are necessary.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.179-194
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• 1991

Despite its universal coverage of health insurance, the rural health insurance program(RHIP) stands at the crossroads in Korea. The RHIP has weaknesses in stability of financing, problems of inequities in the provision of health services and has suffered from high cost of running the program. The author has analyzed these problems from the perspective of health insurance policy and presented several options for improvement. First of all, this study urged the importance of a firm Governmental commitment of RHIP with the 50% subsidization of contributions as the Government had promised, instead of the current 40%. This can be justified from the 20% subsidization by the Government for the contributions of private school teachers and their dependents, who belong to richer segments of the population. Second, various cost containment measures ought to be sought curbing the rising demand for medical through strengthening health education and increasing individual responsibility, and tightening the claim review process. Third, this study requires the Government to run a demonstration project on the introduction of case payment system for primary health care. Fourth introducing an income-related cost sharing scheme is another possibility. Reforming the cost sharing formula for large medical expenditures is recommendable for a beginning. This measure can take the form of tax credit for medical expenditures of the poor. Fifth, the degree of financial adjustment among health insurance plans should be levelled up for enhancing stability of RHIP and social solidarity. Sixth, health policy should be redirected toward development of rural health resources and higher priority should be put on relieving difficulties in access to care. Seventh. the insurance plan owned-hospital needs to be developed or provision of health services in the medically underserved areas, and the need of such facilities is particularly acute for geriatric care, rehabilitation and renal dialysis, etc. Eighth, more generous insurance benefits are required of the elderly who are suffering the most : elimination of the maximum 180 days of benefit period and provision of glasses and artificial dentures, etc. Ninth. the economies of scale principle is working for the operating expenses of regional self-employed insurance plan. Thus, measures should be instituted to pursue an optimum size of health insurance plans. Lastly, excessive dependence on exclusion items is an evil so that some radical remedies are urgently required to cut them.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.503-517
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• 2022

본 연구는 초등아동 대상의 공적 돌봄 서비스 제공이 사교육 참여 및 사교육비에 미치는 영향을 검증하고자 여성가족패널조사 자료를 패널 프로빗 분석과 최소자승더미변수 모형을 활용해 분석하였다. 연구결과는 두 가지로 요약할 수 있다. 첫째, 초등아동 대상의 공적 돌봄 서비스 제공은 자녀의 사교육 참여 경감에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 어머니의 경제활동상태와는 무관하게 공적 돌봄 서비스의 제공은 자녀의 사교육비 경감에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 본 연구는 다음과 같은 정책적 및 실천적 제안을 도출하였다. 첫째, 초등 자녀를 양육하는 '일하는 어머니'의 양육 부담 경감을 위해 공적 돌봄 서비스의 제공 확대가 필요하다. 둘째, 초등아동을 대상으로 하는 공적 돌봄 서비스의 질 제고가 필요하며, 이를 위해 정책적으로는 서비스의 통합적 관리와 서비스 제공자에 대한 처우개선이 수반되어야 한다. 실천적으로는 초등아동을 대상으로 공적 돌봄 서비스를 제공하는 기관에서 서비스 제공자를 대상으로 교육과 슈퍼비전을 제공함으로써 서비스 제공자의 돌봄 서비스 질을 제고해야 한다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.125-136
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• 1997

The present study compares motives for caregiving, actual caregiving provision, care expectation from children in old age, and the connections between caregiving and inheritance distribution patterns as perceived by caregiving daughters/daughters-in-law and their care-receiving mothers/mothers-in-law between Korea and the United States. The results indicated that there was no difference in caregiving motives between Korean and American children while American mothers/mothers-in-law perceived significantly lower obligatory caregiving motives than their Korean counterparts. Also, both Korean children and their mothers/mothers-in-law reported higher level of care provision than their counterparts. The level of caregiving expectation from their children in old age among Korean elders was significantly different from those of American elders while no differences were found between Korean and American children. Finally, both Korean children and their mothers/mothers-in-law were more likely to endorse distributing larger shares of inheritance to the child who cared for his/her mothers/mothers-in-law than American counterparts. On the other hand, American subjects were more likely to accept the notion of equal distribution of inheritance. Overall, this cross-cultural study showed the cultural differences in caregiving and inheritance patterns between Korean and American subjects exhibiting salient difference among the older generation.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.21-40
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• 2017

Considering the need for quality health information and resultant health care services in any society, this study was carried out to look into the status of library and information resources and services provided by medical libraries in Enugu State, Nigeria. The main objective of the study was to find out the information resources and services available for medical library users towards quality health care provision. Five (5) medical libraries of major teaching hospitals were used for the study with 980 registered users as the study population from where 245 users were sampled. Observation checklist was used to collect data on resources while questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents on the services provided. The Medical Library Association Standard guided the analysis of data from observation while frequency counts and mean scores were used to analyze data from the questionnaire. Major findings showed that even though some of the required resources and services are available and provided the medical libraries, most of the required resources and services are not adequately provided by these libraries.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the experiences of acute care hospital nurses' on spiritual care with focus group interviews. Methods: Data were collected from 24 nurses recruited from one acute-care hospital in a southern province of Korea. Six focus groups were assembled considering age and religion. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Five categories with 14 sub-categories emerged: 1) ambiguous concept: confusing terms, an additional job; 2) assessment of spiritual care needs: looking for spiritual care needs, not recognizing spiritual care needs; 3) spiritual care practices: active spiritual care, passive spiritual care ; 4) outcomes of spiritual care: comfort of the recipient, comfort of the provider; and 5) barriers to spiritual care: fear of criticism from others, lack of education, lack of time, space constraints, and absence of a recording system. Conclusion: Participants perceived spiritual care as an uncertain concept. Some participants recognized it as a form of nursing care, and others did not. They practiced spiritual care in acute-care settings according to their personal perceptions of spiritual care. Therefore, in order to perform spiritual nursing in acute-care hospitals, it is a priority for nurses to recognize the concept of spiritual nursing accurately. It is also necessary to prepare a hospital environment suitable for the provision of spiritual care.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the attitudes of nurses and physicians toward neonatal palliative care and identify the barriers to and facilitators of neonatal palliative care, with the goal of improving palliative care for infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the NICUs of seven general hospitals with 112 nurses and 52 physicians participating. Data were collected using the Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale questionnaire. Results: Only 12.5% of nurses and 11.5% of physicians reported that they had sufficient education in neonatal palliative care. In contrast, 89.3% of the nurses and 84.6% of the physicians reported that they needed further education. The common facilitators for both nurses and physicians were: 1) agreement by all members of the department regarding the provision of palliative care and 2) informing parents about palliative care options. The common barriers for both nurses and physicians were: 1) policies or guidelines supporting palliative care were not available, 2) counseling was not available, 3) technological imperatives, and 4) parental demands for continuing life support. Insufficient resources, staff, and time were also identified as barriers for nurses, whereas these were not identified as barriers for physicians. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop hospital or national guidelines and educational programs on neonatal palliative care, and it is equally necessary to spread social awareness of the importance of neonatal palliative care.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2020

중증장애인의 돌봄은 비장애 가족에 비해 전 생애주기에 돌봄이 필요하다. 이런 이유로 중증장애 가족의 돌봄자는 일상적인 스트레스는 물론 가족 전체에 부정적인 감정을 가질 우려가 높다. 장애가족 역시 장애인을 중심으로 이루어지는 생활에서 비 장애자녀나 부부간의 어려움을 경험하는 비율이 높다. 특히 우리나라의 급격한 고령화는 장애 돌봄자의 노령화와 함께 노인장애인의 삶에도 영향을 미친다. 연구는 질적 연구방법을 통해 장애인 돌봄자의 과거와 현재 경험을 통한 현실적 지원에 대한 대안을 탐색하였으며, 미래에 대한 희망과 기대를 다음과 같이 도출하였다. 첫째, 장애 영유아에 대한 장애확인 후 지원체계나 제도에 대한 정보전달이 등급판정 기관에서부터 제공. 둘째, 장애유형이나 개별특성에 적합한 '맞춤형 돌봄지원'의 사회, 정치, 제도, 경제적 차원에서의 제공. 셋째, 비장애 자녀대상의 프로그램의 제공과 장애인을 포함하거나 혹은 장애가족만을 위한 힐링 프로그램의 제공. 넷째, 성인장애인을 위한 휴식과 쉼을 제공하는 공간과 프로그램의 제공. 다섯째, 장애인 노화연령을 반영한 노인장기요양제도 적용과 장애인 커뮤니티케어의 제도화이다. 이러한 대안제시를 통해 연구는 성인과 노인 장애인의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 논의점의 제시에 연구의 의의를 두고 있다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.95-108
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• 1998

This study is the second study which was aimed to validate the Infant/ Toddler Environment Rating Scale(ITERS). The test-retest reliability included 10 infant/toddler classes among 30 national/public and private child care centers in Inchon city which had been observed in the first validation study. The Spearman's correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability was ranged from .52 to .84. In addition, two raters observed 10 family day care centers in Inchon city, where two observers independently rated each centers on the ITERS during a single visit. The Spearman's correlation coefficient for interrater reliability was ranged from.72 to .99 For the second measure of content validity, experts who were working in day care centers and who were graduate students, lecturers, or professors majoring child studies rated the appropriateness of each ITERS items for the provision of high-quality programs for infants and toddlers, using a 1(low) to 5(high) scale. The mean rating was ranged from 2.52 to 4.52. In sum, when the rating scores were analyzed by the type of child care centers, national/public child care centers have better quality than private or family child care centers.