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An Analysis on the Factors Affecting the Improvement of Competence of the Strong Small Farm (강소농사업 참여농가의 역량강화에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석)

  • Jung, Hye-Kyung;Lee, Soon-Seok;Kang, Shin-Gon;Jeong, Seong-Ok
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.261-268
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    • 2015
  • The Strong Small Farm (SSF) is small farm, but strong farm so that the SSF competes with farm of the world. Also, SSF means that farmer brings about management innovation through improvements of continuous competence and individual efforts. Ultimate goals of SSF are to improve competence of farm household by 20 percent and to increase farm household income by 10 percent. The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the improvement of competence of the Strong Small Farm. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows. First, the results indicated that competence of farm household was improved by 8.5 percent. Second, the findings showed that management plan report, implement report, precision management consulting and whether or not he or she was urban to rural returner had a significant impact on improvement of competence.

Effects of Restorative Family Circles on People with Mental Illness and Their Families (정신질환자와 가족을 위한 회복적 가족서클 프로그램의 효과)

  • Kim, Hyo Kyung;Kim, Hyun-Jeong;Nam, Kyoung A
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.111-124
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of restorative family circles (RFCs) on empowerment and family support for people with mental illness, and the belief system and caring experience of their families. Methods: This study used a quasi-experiment with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest non-synchronized design. Ninety-two dyads of patient-family caregivers were recruited using convenience sampling and assigned to the experimental and control groups. The subjects of the experimental group participated in RFCs consisting of eight 90-minute sessions. Data were collected at three different times (pretest, posttest, follow-up test) and analyzed for the effects of RFC using the 𝑥2 test, Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney U test for homogeneity between groups, and generalized estimating equation models. Results: The findings of this study showed that there were significant differences in the family support for people with mental illness between the pretest and follow-up test, and also in the belief system and caring experience of the family between the pretest and posttest. Conclusion: This study revealed that family interventions based on restorative justice emphasizing community-driven conflict management could be used in psychiatric mental health nursing care for fostering a cohesive family relationship.

Factors Affecting Social Participation of the Elderly Living in Poverty (저소득 노인의 사회참여에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Lee, Sungeun
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.343-354
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    • 2013
  • Elderly people living in poverty are one of the most vulnerable population groups who are at risk of experiencing social exclusion. Social participation is an important contributing factor to active aging and social integration of the older adults living in poverty. This study aims to identify factors affecting social participation of the poor elderly. Data from the second wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing was used for the analyses and 1,346 poor elderly aged over 65 were analyzed. The findings showed that age, education, health status, a level of depression, financial stress, and economic activity were associated with the social participation of the elderly living in poverty. These results indicated that psychological empowerment and specific needs of the older adults living in poverty should be considered in developing services and programs to promote social participation of the poor elderly.

Story of Mothers' Child Rearing Community, "Love of Children" ('아해 사랑' 어머니 양육 공동체 이야기)

  • Ahn, Hyo Jin
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.299-319
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    • 2014
  • This study explored the low-income mothers' view about the child rearing community, "Love of Children". The child rearing community, "Love of Children", was formed by the members who participated in Seesawswing parenting education since 2009. The participants of this study were 14 members of "love of Children" out of 51. Using content analysis, the data were analyzed. The results were as follows. First, mothers in the child rearing community, "Love of Children" were proud of graduating from Seesaw swing parenting education. The sense of accomplishment made them continuously participate in the child rearing community. Second, the members of the child rearing community, "Love of Children", did several activities, such as getting-along, sharing information, serving children and mothers in thelocal community, and learning about child caring. Third, mothers in the child rearing community, "Love of Children", thought that this group gave them opportunities to think reflectively about themselves and to experience meeting with others. Also, they thought that it gave them a sense of empowerment.

The Formation of Social Capital and Partnerships for Downtown Revitalization (도심 재활성화를 위한 사회자본 및 파트너십 형성)

  • Ryu, Yeon-Taek
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.38-55
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    • 2009
  • Recently, attention has been drawn to the issue of local community revitalization. In the U.S., CDC(Community Development Corporation) has become a main vehicle for revitalizing dilapidated inner-city communities. Using the case of Philadelphia in the U.S., this paper investigates the way in which local community revitalization or downtown revitalization can be successfully achieved through the formation of social capital and public-private partnership. Futhermore, exploring the cases of West Philadelphia CDC and University City, this paper seeks to provide insight into the dynamics of successful community development. In order to examine the dynamics, this paper focuses on local governance in terms of both the reciprocal partnerships and the close networking among participating agents. The implications of the case studies of this research for the Korean context would be that the bottom-up approach starting from the local-scale community revitalization and local governance is very crucial and indispensable for the sustainable regional or national development.

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Application of Home Economics Teaching-Learning Plan in the Clothing For Teenager's Empowerment (청소년의 임파워먼트를 위한 의생활 영역 가정과수업의 적용)

  • Oh, Kyungseon;Lee, Soo-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.169-185
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to apply the clothing teaching-learning plan from a critical science perspective developed to improve teenager's empowerment, and to examine it's effects. A total of 12 plans of 5 modules(Module A to E) developed from critical science perspective were implemented for four weeks. Second-year students (N 42) of K Middle School located in Y-si, Gyeonggi-do participated in the study in the study, and the survey results were analyzed quantitatively using t-tests. For the quality analysis, The student interview data, action reports and etc. were collected, and qualitative analysis was conducted using empowerment model as the analysis framework. The findings of study are follows. First, two hours each for modules A to D, and four hours for module E were assigned, because module E included an action project. In the action projects by for groups, students were expected to take the lead in conducting the activities such as developing promotional posters, posting opinions online, promoting videos, informing how to make recyclables, and donating to the community. Second, as a result of analyzing the pre-implementation vs post-implementation empowerment scores, a significant difference was found in social-political empowerment (t=-2.06, p<0.05). According to the analysis of student interviews and students project's reports, students were found to become aware of empowerment through the instruction. On the intrapersonal level, positive self-awareness and self-efficacy, and on the interpersonal level, smooth communication and democratic decision-making were confirmed. This study is meaningful in that regular a home economics instruction class from a critical science perspective have made a quantitative and qualitative impact on teenagers' improvement empowerment, providing opportunities to find their roles in the soceity, cooperate with others, and behave responsibly as members of society.

A study on the local development paradigm and strategy in the era of localization (地方化時代의 開發패러다임과 그 開發戰略 硏究)

  • ;;Kang, Hak-Soon;Park, Chan-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.132-145
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    • 1995
  • The Purpose of this study is to integrate two opposite paradigms, (development from above) and (development from below), by means of A. Giddenss (structuration theory) and to provide practical development strategies on the basis of integrated paradigm. The integration of these two opposite paradigms is in fact the internalization of epistemological overcoming of 'dependency', which means the structural transformation of dualistic thinking into monistic thinking that the enlargement of capitalist world-system can be 'development' and it may also be 'dependency'. Therefore the practical main issue of this integrated paradigm results in how peripheral countries should achieve self-reliant and continuous development under the circumstances of dependency. To achieve such development while resisting the growing arrogance of transnational capital, development strategies should be prepared to maker revitalized political community designed to fit a human scale and for the economy to be subordinated to the political will of the community. And at the same time the 'empowerment' of people should be strengthened.

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Development of Community-based Digital Health Care (지역사회기반 디지털 헬스케어 발전방향)

  • Han, Jeong-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.1826-1831
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    • 2022
  • Rapid Aging Society demands the transformation of medical paradigm of diagnosis and treatment towards prevention and management. This paper explores the norm and development of digital health care, focusing on Busan Metropolitan City. Digital health care which combines new ICT technology and medical technology is predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory; and suggests alternative to solve the problem of demographic changes and increasing social cost of medical welfare. Community Health Center in Busan is unique one based in the minimum community of collecting data from self-leading health management. Digital transformation using basic health data and social information can build preventive care system in the community. Easy access leads community center to test bed of developing new technology, as a living lab. In order to use the newly developed goods and service effectively, user-participatory test is nicessary. Finally community nurse and activists can specify health-welfare converged service through digital transformation empowerment training.

A Participatory Action Research of Social Workers on the Practice Methods for Single Parents Self-help Groups in Community Welfare Centers (지역사회복지관 한부모 자조집단 지원 실천 방안 모색을 위한 사회복지사 참여실행연구)

  • Yang, Haewon;Kim, Heesoo;Choi, Jung Sook;Kim, Sun Hwa;Kim, Eun Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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    • no.61
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    • pp.93-136
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to find specific practice methods of single parents self-help groups in community welfare centers. A participatory action research was conducted to achieve the purpose. Six social workers and three researchers participated in the study who shared the problem of lack of specific practice methods even though a self-help group was useful for self-reliance and empowerment of low-income single-parents. Various activities such as reading articles, analysis of each self-help group, case studies, and learning facilitation methods were conducted during 10 meetings. At the same time, peer supervision proceeded at each meeting. The progress of each group was shared, the application of practice methods and plans were discussed, and applying discussed methods to group practice and reviewing the process and outcomes of the practice were repeated in the peer supervison. As a result, the following positive changes appeared: First, the goals and vision of each group became clearer. Second, initiative of the members was promoted. Third, intimacy, mutual cooperation, the attatchment to the group were strengthened. A qualitative analysis was also conducted on the content discussed. As a result, 17 practice methods were derived in four themes such as initiative/ empowerment, cohesion, leadership, and destandardization. Practice issues concerning single parents self-help groups in community welfare centers were discussed based on the results.

Team-Spirit Experiences for New Nurses through off-the Job Training (직장 외 교육훈련을 통한 신입 간호사의 팀 정신 경험)

  • Shin, Mi-Ja;Ahn, Sung-Hee;Lee, Mi-Aie
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.108-116
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the experiences of Team-Spirit training in new nurses. Method: Data was collected through open-ended and self-reported questionnaires which were received from 47 new nurses who had finished team-spirit training for 2 days. The content analysis method was used to derive the core-category, categories and concepts of Team-Spirit training for new nurses. Result: The care category identified in new nurses trained in Team-Spirit was upgrade myself and our team. The following 4 categories also emerged; companion, interdependency, importance of community, and future growth of myself and our community. The derived 12 subcategories were intimacy, importance of companions, binding, partaking in difficulties, empowerment, observing rules, cooperation, consensus, self-pledge as a subordinator, motivating vision formation, developing professionalism, contribution and devotion. The 34 concepts were derived from the new nurses' statements. Conclusion: These results imply that Team-Spirit Training for nurses could contribute to companionship, interdependency, importance of community, and future growth of oneself and the hospital team.