• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.59-73
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• 1999

It is known that the role of informal support for elderly women is critical to their physical and mental health, adjustment in old age, and their overall life satisfaction. Elderly women's situation such as social losses, widowhood, living alone, and geographic relocation etc. may result in a need for more informal supports for elderly women's health than ever before. Particularly, women's same-sex friendships were rated higher for overall quality, intimacy, enjoyment, and nurturance. Unlike a generally accepted notion that later life for women is a time of isolation and loneliness, elderly women tend to maintain and reestablish their friendship regardless their marital status and living situation. Although studies on informal support for elderly women were inconclusive in many ways, elderly women's friendship tends to be stable despite of changing health status and life events. The relative importance between daughters and friends was also controversial. This study suggests that more research with reliable measurements is necessary for the practical prevention and intervention program of elderly women's health on this issue.

• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.71-84
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• 2000

This paper presents the status of nutrition education for older adults in Korea, and examines considerations in developing effective nutrition education programs for the elderly based on literature reviews. Finally, strategies of nutrition education for older adults in Korea are examined. Status of nutrition education were examined by surveying 90 senior centers, and 46 public health centers providing nutrition services. Most senior centers(96%) provided health education programs, however, nutrition was only a part of health programs. Among the 41 public health centers which responded to the survey, 73.1% provided nutrition education for older adults. The frequently covered topics were prevention & management of hypertension/stroke, diabetes, nutritional management during later adulthood, and osteoporosis. Common barriers in planning and implementing elderly education were; lack of educational materials for older adults, reliance on lectures, difficulty in following-up. To develop effective nutrition education, four stages consisting of needs assessment, planning and implementation of programs, and evaluation should be carefully done. Needs assessment might be done using quantitative or qualitative assessment. Factors influencing nutrition behavior of older adults can be systematically examined using a theoretical approach such as the PRECEDE-PROCEED framework. Qualitative methods, such as focus group interviews, also provide insightful information regarding the needs of older adults. In planning nutrition education programs, physical and pshychological changes associated with aging should be considered. Literature regarding elderly education suggest that active participation or participatory learning is also effective for older adults. Educational materials are developed following the principle of KISS and pre-tested. Program evaluation has been rarely done in practice, although it provides valuable feedback to the program. Strategies for developing nutrition education for Korean elderly include; performing needs assessment, developing a standard program by topics in a logical and systematic way, developing programs for subgroups of elderly, applying diverse education methods developing educational materials for the elderly, evaluating programs using simple tools, and delivering a nutrition program as a part of health promotion program. Finally, the interaction and communication between researchers and practitioners is strongly recommended to ensure better nutrition education and services to the elderly.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.428-435
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• 2017

본 논문은 취업이 노인의 건강상태에 긍정적인 영향력을 미치고 있다는데 착안하여, 건강상의 이유로 취업하지 못한 대다수의 노인에게 취업자와 동등한 건강 상태를 유지할 수 있게 하는 건강 개선 교육 프로그램을 제안하고자 하는 목적을 가지고 시행되었다. 따라서 취업한 노인의 건강상태를 미취업자 노인과 비교해보고 이를 바탕으로 미취업자에게 시행되어야 할 교육 프로그램의 내용을 설정하여, 향후 건강에 관련한 평생교육 프로그램이 지향해야 할 방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 분석결과, 영양 상태와 일상생활 수행능력의 차원에서 취업자가 더 긍정적인 건강 상태를 보였으며 인지력 (지남력, 주위집중, 일상인지)과 삶의 만족도 부분에서 취업자가 더 활성화 되어있는 모습을 볼 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 본 연구에서는 안전교육과 건강습관 개선교육, 인지활성화를 통한 수행능력 개선 교육, 사회적 교류 제공을 통하여 미취업자 노인의 건강상태를 발전시키고자 하였으며, 여가적 차원에 머물러 있는 노인 평생교육프로그램의 전문성을 확보하고자 하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제안하고 있는 프로그램은 미취업 노인들이 성공적 노화의 핵심인 취업과 동등한 효과를 얻을 수 있도록, 교육을 통하여 다양한 사회적 상호작용의 기회 등을 제공받아 건강을 유지하게 함으로 노인들의 삶의 질을 큰 폭으로 개선할 수 있을 것이며, 더 나아가 추후에 노인들의 사회적인 역할을 넓힐 수 있는 밑바탕을 제공해줄 수 있을 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2000

The growing population of the elderly who have diverse health needs is receiving more attention from the health promotion field. This paper describes some of the findings of quantitative study into the health function of Korean immigrant elderly living in Washington State of Northwest America. One hundred-two community-dwelling Korean immigrant elderly, aged from 65 to 93 with a mean 77.97 years, were interviewed with a structured questionnaire to report their health function defined in three domains; perceived health status, physical functioning, and psychosocial functioning. The main results of the study were identified: (a) Overall, Korean immigrant elderly's perceived health status and physical functioning were good, but psychosocial functioning was poor; (b) Elderly with higher health functioning scores perceived better health status. Data indicates that health functioning measures are good indicators of the degree of perceived need for immigrant elderly. The paper argues that the understanding of physical and psychosocial functioning of elderly is vitally important in the provision of health care.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.51-73
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• 2011

Korean society with low fertility rate and high aging rate crisis has been tried very hard to find out alternatives to solve these social problems. These efforts resulted in increasing the development of education programs for the elderly. The education for the elderly have been development in various different academic fields. Therefore, this is the time to establish database for education programs which developed so far. The purpose of this study is to examine research trend in the field of education programs for the elderly in Korea. For this purpose, 62 education programs for the elderly which developed so far were analyzed. The results of this study were as followed. The topics of education programs for the elderly were divided into the following : a marriage enrichment programs for the elderly married couples, leisure programs, death education programs, health education programs, economic education programs, education programs for grandparents raising their grandchildren, etc. Based on the results of this analysis, the tasks of future research about education programs for the elderly were presented.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate predictors of depression among elderly who have received visiting health services in public health centers. Method: The data has been collected from 678 elderly living in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province during the period from February 21 to June 30 in 2006. The data were collected by individual interview and were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis with the SAS 9.1 program. Result: Among elderly, 73.8% of them showed depression. The elderly with higher level of socioeconomic status (${\beta}=0.136$, p=0.019) and higher level of social support including family support(${\beta}=-0.018$, p<.0001), friend's support(${\beta}=-0.025$, p<.0001) and special person's support (${\beta}=-0.021$, p<.0001) show lower levels of depression. In addition, elderly with perceived good health status (${\beta}=0.119$, p<.0001) feel less depression than those who have poor health condition. Conclusion: These findings suggest that low socioeconomic status and lower level of social support among elderly should be considered to decrease depression. These findings would contribute to health education, designing interventions and program development for appropriate depression management for the elderly.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.157-172
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• 2010

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of health-behavioral change for the elderly group after community based education of chronic diseases management. We measured self recognition of health status, medication administration of hypertension and diabetes, regular check for blood pressure and blood sugar level, recognition of body indicators (weight, hight, blood pressure, blood sugar etc), knowledge level for chronic diseases management and smoking and alcohol habitation before and after education of chronic diseases management for participants. The subjects of this study consist of 432 people with community-dwelling Seoul citizen being active churches. Education programs designed essential parts of fundamental chronic diseases management, physical exercises for health promotion, diet and nutrition etc. All data collection completed for 5 months from Aug. 2008 to Dec. 2008 by trained surveyors via interview survey. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon Singed Rank test, McNemar test and Paired t-test. The results showed that self recognition of health status, knowledge level for chronic diseases management, recognition of body indicators were statistically significantly increased after the education of chronic diseases management. Also, blood pressure were statistically significantly decreased in elderly with hypertension and blood sugar were statistically significantly decreased in elderly of high-risk group. Based on these results, it was suggested that preventive education policy of chronic diseases management should be considered with priority coming true for successful aging society.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2024

목적: 본 연구는 2000년부터 2023년까지 한국학교·지역보건교육학회지에 실린 노인과 장애인 관련 논문의 연구 동향을 파악하여, 향후 본 학술지의 학술적 발전 방향을 모색하고자 한다. 방법: 2000년부터 2023년까지 게재된 논문의 구체적 대상, 연구 주제, 연구 설계, 자료수집 방법, 키워드 분석으로 연도별로 취약 계층에 해당하는 노인과 장애인 관련 논문 총 26편을 분석하였다. 결과: 연구 대상을 살펴보면, 장애인 대상 연구(8편)보다는 노인 대상 연구(18편)가 더 큰 비중을 차지하였다. 연구 주제로는 노인은 건강생활실천 분야(44.4%) 연구, 장애인은 정신건강관리 분야(37.5%) 연구가 높은 비율을 차지하였다. 연구유형은 양적 연구가 많았고, 상관연구가 다수였다. 자료수집 방법은 2차 자료 기반의 연구가 가장 많았다. 노인 대상 연구의 키워드는 'Health', 'Elderly'의 출현 빈도가 높았고, 장애인 대상 연구는 'Disabilities', 'Health', 'COVID-19' 순으로 출현 빈도가 높았다. 또한 최근 들어 노인과 장애인 연구가 증가하는 추세를 보였다. 결론: 노인 및 장애인 연구는 한국학교·지역보건교육학회의 취지에 맞게 연구가 진행되었으나, 연구의 양적인 확대가 이루어져야 하고, 질적인 측면에서도 연구 주제, 연구 설계, 자료수집 방법에서 다양화되어야 한다. 또한, 국민의 건강증진과 보건교육 패러다임에 맞춘 취약 계층에 관한 연구가 요구된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.805-816
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the oral health knowledge among workers at nursing homes, and needs to educate them on elderly oral care. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 241 workers at nursing homes in Gwangju and Jeonnam, Korea from May to June, 2016. The data were analyzed with the SPSS 19.0 program for independent t-test or one-way ANOVA analysis. Results: The data analysis showed that workers at nursing homes had lower knowledge about periodontal diseases (65.1%) than about denture management (78.5%). The knowledge of periodontal disease and denture management of workers with experience of oral care education for elderly was significantly higher than that of non-experienced ones (p<0.01). On the question whether those workers should get oral health care education is necessary or not, respondents answered positively (They scored 4.10 points on the 5-point Likert scale from 1 point - Not at all to 5 points - definitely yes). Conclusions: It is necessary to provide elderly oral care education to workers at nursing homes. Furthermore, oral health professionals should be deployed for systematic and practical oral care for elderly.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.239-246
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of denture care skills education program on denture self-care, denture satisfaction and subjective oral status among the elderly. Methods: The research design for this study was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Total 61 elderly who visited a seniors center, Seoul, Korea, participated in this study. Participants were 31 elderly for the experimental group and 30 elderly for the control group. The experimental group received a lesson in denture care skills education program which was developed by the researchers. Using a structural questionnaire, the elderly's perception about denture self-care, denture satisfaction and subjective oral status were measured before and after the intervention. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square test, and ANCOVA test were performed using SPSS WIN 21.0. Results: The experimental group showed significantly higher scores in denture satisfaction(p<.001), QOL of oral health(<.001), concern for oral health(p=.005), subjective oral health status(p<.001), bad breath(p=.010), oral dryness(p<.001) and number of denture clearing(p<.001). Conclusion: The results suggest that the denture care skills education program for elderly at a senior center was effective. Further work is required to develop more effective denture care skills education programs and an oral health promotion program to improve the health status of the elderly.