• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.389-399
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• 2020

Diverse official policies in community are available for caregivers to take care of the elderly in the US and the UK. This study aims to examine the recent changes in government supports based on The Recognize, Assist, Include Support and Engage (RAISE) in the US, and those by Carer Act 2014 in the UK, to take any good lessons for Korean policy. Caregivers will play a new role to develop innovative treatment for patient-centered care. The UK strengthens to provide various efforts for working carers while assuring economic efficiency in labor market with empirical evidence. The major four ways to support carers were developed agreed with the acknowledge of caregiving value and their human right; financial support, direct services for carers, flexible work time, and advocacy. Korean supports policies for carers in long-term care and social welfare will be more effective in community care system if more evidence based policies are prepared.

• 한국노년학
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.941-954
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression and its' correlates among elderly people(young-old vs old-old) with poverty. Methods: The sample was 434 of young-old elderly and 209 of old-old elderly people who were 60 and over and basic livelihood recipient in Korean urban community. Depression was measured by Geriatric Depression Scale by Yesavage et al.(1983) in Korean Version. Results: The prevalence of depression was greater for old-old people(63.2%) compared to young-old people(53.9%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis shows the difference of correlates of depression between young-old and old-old elderly people. Prevalence of depression in young-old people was associated with renting in housing type; bad self-rated health status; lack of regular leisure activity; lack of regular eating habit, whereas old-old people was affected by lower social support; moderate or bad self-rated health status; lack of regular leisure activity Conclusion: The finding of differences in prevalence of depression and its' correlates between young-old and old-old people is expected to promote the screening strategy for elderly at risk of depression in Korean community elderly with poverty.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.55
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• pp.231-254
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• 2003

The main premise of this study is that the assurance on human rights of the mentally ill is contradictory to 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number' or 'therapeutic benefits'. Accordingly this study aims to find out the conceptual framework of assurance and restriction on human rights of the mentally ill. Using qualitative method, this study conducted the in-depth interview with 10 general public, 9 professionals, 6 mentally ill regarding the several issues of human rights included long-term hospitalization, restriction on driver's licence, involuntary hospitalization, restriction on communication in psychiatric ward. Research results are as follows ; two sets of dimensions are inferred from the analysis of interview transcript. First dimension is the focus of justification, ranging from the emphasis on positive consequences influenced to 'the greatest numbers'(the utilitarian thought) to the emphasis on assurance of rights without any conditions(the deontological thought). Second dimension is the locus of decision, raging from the formal system included the professionals and the government agency to the informal system included the families and the mentally ill. And there are differences in attitudes toward assurance and restriction on rights of the mentally ill among general public, professionals, and the mentally ill. In detail, general public regarded that 'involuntary hospitalization' and 'restriction on driver's license' which are apt to be directly harmful to people must be justified by consequence-centered and decided by the formal system, while 'long-term hospitalization' which is less harmful to people could be justified by right-centered and decided by the formal-system. And they thought that 'restriction of communication' could be justified by right-centered and decided by the informal system. Based on the findings, this study would conclude that practical guidelines for the promotion of human rights of the mentally ill must be developed.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.46-66
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• 2018

This research explores the factors affecting infusion of public administrative information systems(IS) and analyzes its impact on work performance. For this purpose, the factors affecting the infusion of IS are classified into voluntary and involuntary motivations based on the self-determination theory that explains individual motivations. As factors for voluntary motivation, performance expectancy, personal innovativeness, and organizational citizenship behavior are proposed, while government influence, competitor influence, and the top-level management influence are proposed as factors for involuntary motivation. The analysis shows the voluntary motivation factors-performance expectancy, personal innovativeness, and organizational citizenship behavior-do affect infusion of IS, whereas the involuntary motivation factors-government influence, competitor influence, and the top-level management influence-have no statistically significant impact on the infusion of IS. The relationship between infusion of IS and work performance is found significant. While individuals are unable to decide on the adoption of IS in an involuntary environment such as in the case of using the public administrative IS, the results show that the factors related to individual autonomy have an important role in extended, active usage of IS beyond the mandatory level.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.58 no.3
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• pp.245-268
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to investigate the empirical relation between economic growth and poverty in Korea. Especially, the focus is put on exploring if there are any changes in the relation of economic growth and poverty. From 1982-2004 Korea Urban Household Survey, I constructed the annual data of poverty rate. I also obtained the annual data of the real GDP and the unemployment rate from the National Statistical Office. Using these annal data of the poverty rate and the macroeconomic performance, I analyzed the relation of them. As the result, I found that the macroeconomic growth have played very important role in reducing the poverty rate in Korea. Since 2000, the macroeconomic growth have still worked as an effective instrument for poverty reduction. However, there have been poverty increase that has not been explained by the macroeconomic growth since 2000. Based on these results, this paper suggests that the anti-poverty strategy in Korea should be changed from the old strategy emphasizing only economic growth to the new strategy pursuing both economic growth and social security simultaneously.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.185-212
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• 2010

This study simulates the effects of basic income on income redistribution in Korea, and compares the redistribution effects of basic income models with the effect of the current welfare system. Using the Korea Welfare Panel Study(2008), absolute/relative poverty rate, poverty gap ratio, gini coefficients are measured. As a result of simulation, the basic income models reduced poverty more effectively than the current system. And among the three basic income models, the basic income model combined with flat-rate tax reduced poverty more effectively. And the basic income model combined with progressive tax reduced inequality more effectively. The results of the study reported in this paper confirm the paradox of redistribution which suggest that the effect of universal welfare program on redistribution is the most noticeable.

• 전기의세계
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.18-22
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• 1975

국가기술자격법 및 동시행령공포에 따른 문제점을 공학교육과 관련하여 고찰하였다. 공포된 이상 법 시행과정에서 본고에 제시한 여러 문제점이 수정, 보완, 해결되므로서 우리나라의 기술 수준 향상과 공학교육발전에 기여하게 되기를 마라마지 않는다. 끝으로 한마디 덧붙일 것은 국가기술 자격시험 합격자에 대한 획기적인 처우개선이 이루어져야 하겠다는 것이다. 법10조에 따라 (기술자격취득자의 경제적 사회적 지위의 적정한 유지와 그 취업 및 신분보장에 관하여 필요한 시책을 강구하여야) 할 정부와 지방자치단체는 하루 빨리 구체적인 시책을 제시하여 다른 분야에 비하여 훨씬 고되고 항상 노력하며 공부하는 기술인들이 그에 상당한 처우를 받도록 만전의 조치를 취하고 우수한 젊은 학도들이 보람을 찾고 긍지를 갖을 수 있는 기술자격이 되므로서 이 법이 목적으로 한 기술인력의 자질 및 사회적 지위향상이 공염불이 되지 않기를 바라는 마음 간절하다.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.27 no.9
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• pp.15-22
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• 2010

세계 최고로 예상되는 급속한 인구구조의 고령화로 향후 우리나라는 보건, 의료, 복지 등에서 심각한 사회 문제에 직면할 것으로 예상되고, 고령화 사회로 인한 만성질환 증가는 의료비 증가로 이어져 국가 재정에 대한 부담으로 작용할 것이다. 정보통신기술을 이용하여 시간과 공간에 구애 받지 않고 언제 어디서나 건강과 생활을 관리하여 건강한 삶을 유지시키는 새로운 형태의 서비스인 유헬스(ubiquitous-Health)가 주목을 받고 있다. 일반인, 고령자, 만성질환자를 대상으로 하는 유헬스용 개인 건강 기기의 개발은 기존의 제품에서 네트워크와 연동이 되는 제품으로 보급되고 있으나, 데이터 상호 운용성이 고려되지 않은 제품이 주류를 이루고 있어 향후 진정한 유비쿼터스 개념의 건강관리를 위한 서비스를 실현하는데 문제가 될 것으로 예상되고 있다. 유헬스 기술이 표준화 되면, 생체정보 데이터의 취합 및 전송, 분석 및 피드백이 표준적인 방법으로 운용이 될 수 있으므로, 개인 건강 기기들과, 이들을 처리하는 유헬스 서비스간의 상호 운용성이 보장이 된다. 본 고에서는 최근 유헬스 분야에서 가장 활발한 표준화가 진행중인 IEEE 11073 PHD 표준화 동향에 대해서 살펴보고, 본 연구원에서 개발한 국제 표준기반 유헬스 플랫폼에 대한 소개를 한다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.1-11
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• 2013

The adult guardianship system took effect from July 2013, to protect adults who need protection due to insufficient ability to judge. Even though many problems are founded in countries like France and Japan which perform Adult guardianship system, they are promoting practical settlement of system and protection of the adults requiring protection through continuous supplementation of system. It is essential to solve cost problem for successful establishment of adult guardianship system because reasonable control of social security expenditure, in an aging society, is a common task for all countries. Therefore, in this study, cost problem occurred in the enforcement of adult guardianship system is to be examined and through these findings, several strategies were suggested to solve it in Korea.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.51-69
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• 1995

The Swedish welfare state has been the model for others to emulate the archetypical example of state intervention. The state interventions are presented in the form of legal acts. These social welfare acts can be classified according to the demographic transition theory. According to the Bogue's theory, the demographic transition in Sweden took place in four stages : the pre-transitional stage before 1810; the early transitional stage from 1810 to 1860; the mid-transitional stage from 1860 to 1930; the late transitional stage from 1930 to now. As we look into the social welfare acts in Sweden, the relief of the poor was the major concern of the early transitional stage, the care of workers was the major concerns of the mid-transitional stage and the care of the families was the major concerns in the late transitional stage. The Korea's transition period can be devided as follows; the pre-transitional stage before 1960; the early transitional stage from 1960 to 1969; the mid-transitional stage from 1970 to 1987; and the late transitional stage from 1987 to now. In Korea, the major concern of the early transitional stage was the care of the officials and the workers; in the mid-transitional stage the care of the aged and the handicapped were the major concerns. And in the late transitional stage the expanding of the welfare clients was the major concern. If we compare the results of both countries, the relief of the poor, the care of the workers and the care of the families will be the major concerns in Korea, because the social welfare acts in Korea are extended to specific groups and not to the whole population. The acts related to these social issues have been arranged in 120 years in Sweden. But Korea had to do the same work in 27 years. So the burden of making those social acts will be four times heavier. If we want to extend the benefits of the social system to the general population, we need to look at the design and approach of the swedish model. The reason why swedish social acts constitute an international model has more to do with the uniqueness of its design and approach. First of all, it is characteristic by its universalism, secondly by its emphasis on social services and thirdly by its productivitism. Also the swedish welfare state supported by a high-tax system called the earnings-related welfare system. In order to achieve an effective welfare state, we Koreans should pay attention to the relief of the poor, the care of the worker and the families. We should also focus on a good system design and prepare appropriate budgets.