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Network Analysis to Describe Service Link for Customized Visiting Health Care Program  

Jang, Soong-Nang (Department of Nursing, Red Cross College of Nursing and Nursing Science Research Institute, Chung-Ang University)
Cho, Sung-Il (Graduate School of Public Health and Institute of Aging, Seoul National University)
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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion / v.29, no.1, 2012 , pp. 1-11 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: The nurse visiting health service named Customized Visiting Health Care Program(CVHCP) requires the service innovations incorporating community support into a local service network. The purpose of this study was to assess the community network in CVHCP and inform improvement in this network. Methods: We used Social Network Analysis(SNA) in one CVHCP at H city. Network links were generated by self-administered questionnaires by the 14 community resource centers who quantified their links to all other 25 agents on the list. Links were analyzed by a dichotomous scale for any experience of collaboration and a scored scale of 0 to 3 for level of collaboration using UCINET v6. Results: A list of 14 agents was generated, and local network was dominated by the Public Health Center and a local welfare center named Unlimited Care Center(UCC). According to centrality score, UCC was the most prominent agent, and Public Health Center was the most influential agent, being a link in the pathway flow between other agents for 9.5% of contribution. CVHCP scored lower rank of prominent with 30.8% of other agents reported referring to it. Conclusions: Social network analysis provides a useful network description for informing and evaluation service network improvement in maximizing its service for the CVHCP.
Keywords
Visiting health management program; Social network; Community resources; Collaboration;
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