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Living Reality of Jjok-Bang Residents and Aid Measures -In Focus of Bupyeong-gu, Incheon

  • Youn, Jung-Hye;Kwon, Hyun-Jin
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.58-65
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the living reality of jjok-bang residents of Sipjeong-dong, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, and find measures of community social work to support them. Based on the precedent research on jjok-bang's creation, characteristics, and lifestyle of its residents, this study presents the results of an interview survey addressed to 132 residents living in 216 Sipjeong1-dong, Bupyeong-gu, the largest jjok-bang area in Incheon. The research was conducted by ten members of the "Sunshine" Community Center of Sipjeong-dong with constructed questionnaire. Results indicated that 74.2% of the participants were female, and 56.1% aged over 60. Despite the poor living conditions, 77% of them hoped to reside in jjok-bang continually and the most urgent problems to be resolved were housing environment, economic problems such as unemployment and a shortage of welfare facilities. The study emphasizes jjok-bang as a place of home for the residents and advocating both individual and community efforts to ameliorate the local environment of jjok-bang.

Influence of Elderly People's Lifestyle on Successful Aging (노인의 라이프스타일이 성공적 노후에 미치는 영향)

  • Shin, Kun-Young;Ko, Jae-Ug
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.243-256
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    • 2015
  • This study aimed at investigating the effects of sub-variables of elderly people's lifestyle health and leisure oriented pursuits, outdoor and challenge pursuits, security and material pursuits, family oriented pursuits, and peer oriented pursuits on what they perceive to be successful later years. The background of this study was that there has been few study on the older population in Korea with focus on their cultural and traditional norms. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of elderly people's lifestyle on what they perceive to be successful later years, thereby identifying practical implications for better social welfare associated with successful later years. Analysis was carried out of self reported questionnaires and self-interviews with elderly people aged over 65 frequenting a welfare center for elders and a community center in a city in Korea. In order to examine the effects, a reliability test, a descriptive analysis, a correlation analysis, and a multi-regression analysis were performed. The results of the analysis for sub-variables of lifestyle showed that health and leisure oriented pursuits, outdoor and challenge pursuits, security and material pursuits, family oriented pursuits, and peer oriented pursuits had significant positive impact on successful later years. The two most influential were peer oriented and family oriented pursuits. Drawing on the results, this study suggests that what is needed for dejected and lonely elderly members in the society is to provide them with opportunities for developing and keeping good relationships with friends and family members and there is a need for a system where old people, as consumers of cultural capital, can have easy access to a variety of cultural resources and activities at a local and regional level.

A Scale Development of Healthy Lifestyle of Single-Person Household (1인가구 건강성 척도 개발 연구)

  • Song, Hyerim;Park, Jeongyun;Chin, Meejung;Koh, Sun-Kang
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 2021
  • Focusing on increasing of single-person households this study aims to develop a scale to measure the healthiness of lifestyle among single-person households. The concept of healthiness of lifestyle is based on the theories of family strength and family ecology. We draw 50 items that encompass basic needs, individual, familial, and social aspects of single-person life. Using a sample of 317 persons who live alone, this study examined a factor structure of the items and selected 44 items based on the results of factor analysis. Reliability and criterion- and construct validity were also examined. The final scale consists of four domains; basic needs (finance, housing, consumption, and future plan), work·life balance (time management, health, and stress), family relations, and social participation (social network, social interests, and community participation). This scale can be used as an assessment measure of the healthiness of lifestyle of single persons who participate in programs in Healthy and Multicultural Families Support Centers.

Adulterated Food Management Characteristics according to Dietary Lifestyles among Adolescents (청소년의 식생활 라이프스타일 유형에 따른 불량식품관리 특성)

  • Kim, Yunhwa
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.509-519
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: Adulterated food education in adolescence period is very important because dietary management related to food safety is not made in a short period. This study aimed to identify dietary lifestyle factors which drive adulterated food management among middle and high school students. Methods: Data was collected from 270 middle and high school students in Daegu using a self-administered questionnaire in March and April of 2015. Data was analyzed using frequency analysis, one-way analysis of variance, ${\chi}^2$-test, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis, and cluster analysis. Results: The results of factor analysis indicated that adulterated food management awareness was classified into necessity, difficulty, and food purchasing anxiety. The adulterated food management capability was sub-grouped into environmental grasp, food identification, cooking hygiene, and situation management. The adulterated food management efficacy composed of management confidence, action intention, and knowledge. Dietary lifestyle comprised of gustation, family, and health factors after factor analysis, and it consisted of all seeking group, gustation seeking group, family seeking group, health seeking group, and family and health seeking group after cluster analysis. The gustation, family and health factors were significantly affected the factors of awareness, capability and efficacy of adulterated food management (p < 0.05). The frequency of health conditions, helping with meal preparation, and the times of eating out were significantly different according to seeking groups of dietary lifestyle (p < 0.01). The scores of awareness, capability and efficacy of adulterated food management of family and health seeking group were significantly higher than the other seeking groups (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study suggests that adulterated food management education programs should account for gustation, family and health factors of dietary lifestyle to be effective for adolescents.

A Study on Consumer Confidence, Satisfaction, and Repurchase Intention on Convenience Store Lunch Boxes by Food-related Lifestyle Type

  • Bok, Mi-Jung;Hong, Eun-Sil
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2022
  • This study was to analyze consumer confidence, satisfaction and repurchase intention after categorizing food-related lifestyle among 488 consumers who had experience purchasing convenience store lunch boxes. The data were analyzed with PASW 18.0 using frequency analysis, k-means cluster analysis, crosstabs analysis and one-way ANOVA. According to findings, first of all, types of food-related lifestyle are divided into 4 groups: a type of eating out(11.7%), a type of convenience seeking(18.3%), a type of food indifference(15%), a type of dietary interest(55%). Secondly, the types of food-related lifestyle showed statistically significant difference gender, age, marital status, education, monthly average household income, monthly average allowance, job, monthly average number of lunch box buying, lunch box purchase time zone and average one cost of lunch box buying of socio-economic variables. Thirdly, convenience seeking and dietary interest type showed the highest in consumer confidence and dietary interest type showed the highest level of satisfaction and repurchase intention.

A Policy Proposal for Improving the Quality of Life for the Middle-Aged People: Focusing on Lifestyle (중·고령자의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 정책적 제안: 라이프스타일을 중심으로)

  • Yang, Min Ah;Lim, Seung-Ju;Han, Dae-Sung;Park, Ji-Hyuk
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.531-541
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to explain about the path effect through the structural equation model between the service experience, depression level, lifestyle and quality of life of middle-aged people for policy suggestions to improve the quality of life of middle-aged people. Using the 13th Korea Welfare Panel Study, SPSS were used for demographic analysis and analysis was carried out using AMOS to establish a structural equation model. The analysis showed that service experience, depression level, and lifestyle all had a direct and significant impact on quality of life, and that path coefficients between each path were all significant. This indicates the need for lifestyle-oriented management services for physical and mental health regardless of income level to improve the quality of life for middle-aged people, and there are implications of this study in providing a policy framework and suggestions that programs should be developed through research.

A Study of Integrated Community Welfare Facilities Planning for the Elderly - Focused on the case in Germany - (고령자를 위한 지역 통합적 복지시설 계획 - 독일의 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Nam, Yun-Ok
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.4 no.7
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 1998
  • Like all other European countries, as a result of gradual industrialization, Germany is just before the start of new social system; the so-called 'aged society'. Over half of the century, Germany focused their welfare system on facilities. However, with the start of the new 'aged society', they introduced a new concept which consists mainly on home care and community care. These new concepts resulted from the general idea that even elderly have the right to live an independent quality life. Therefore, to satisfy the elderly with such life it has been seen as necessary not only to offer them efficient protection but to introduce an economical welfare system and facility scheme. The regional integration plan for welfare is one of the open schemes in which the lifestyle of the elderly are seen as the whole. Participated by several members and specialists of all social standings, necessary facilities are planned. By looking into a project example carried out in Germany, this study is aimed to increase the quality of the elderly welfare system and facility construction plan.

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Wheel of Wellness Counseling in Community Dwelling, Korean Elders: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

  • Kwon, So-Hi
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.459-468
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Wheel of Wellness counseling on wellness lifestyle, depression, and health-related quality of life in community dwelling elderly people. Methods: A parallel, randomized controlled, open label, trial was conducted. Ninety-three elderly people in a senior welfare center were randomly assigned to two groups: 1) A Wheel of Wellness counseling intervention group (n=49) and 2) a no-treatment control group (n=44). Wheel of Wellness counseling consisted of structured, individual counseling based on the Wheel of Wellness model and provided once a week for four weeks. Wellness lifestyle, depression, and health-related quality of life were assessed pre-and post-test in both groups. Results: Data from 89 participants were analyzed. For participants in the experimental group, there was a significant improvement on all of the wellness-lifestyle subtasks except realistic beliefs. Perceived wellness and depression significantly improved after the in the experimental group (n=43) compared to the control group (n=46) from pre- to post-test in the areas of sense of control (p =.033), nutrition (p =.017), exercise (p =.039), self-care (p <.001), stress management (p =.017), work (p =.011), perceived wellness (p =.019), and depression (p =.031). One participant in the intervention group discontinued the intervention due to hospitalization and three in the control group discontinued the sessions. Conclusions: Wheel of Wellness counseling was beneficial in enhancing wellness for the community-dwelling elderly people. Research into long-term effects of the intervention and health outcomes is recommended.

Effects of Self-efficacy, Health Attitudes, and Healthy Lifestyle on Recovery of People with Mental Disorders in the Community (지역사회 거주 정신질환자의 자기효능감, 건강태도, 건강생활습관이 회복에 미치는 영향)

  • Kwak, Yun Bok;Kim, Ji Young;Lee, Myung Ha
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.303-312
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of self-efficacy, health attitudes and healthy lifestyles on recovery of people with mental disorders in the community. Methods: Participants were 188 people with mental disorders receiving mental health services at community mental health welfare centers in the J province. The data were collected from May to June, 2018. Self-report questionnaires were used to measure general self-efficacy, health attitude scale, healthy lifestyles and recovery. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA with $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise regression using the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. Results: Self-efficacy, health attitudes, and healthy lifestyle of people with mental disorders were significant factors, explained about 72% of the variance on recovery. Conclusion: These findings suggest that education programs and health promotion programs focused on healthy lifestyles, improving health attitudes, and self-efficacy should be developed for people with mental disorders to promote their recovery.

Analysis of Convergent Influence of Functional level, Environmental Factors and Lifestyle on Health and Quality of Life among Elderly using Structural Equation Model (구조방정식 모형을 이용한 고령자의 기능 수준, 환경적 요인 및 라이프스타일이 건강과 삶의 질에 미치는 융합적인 영향 분석)

  • Park, Kang-Hyun;Park, Ji-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.377-386
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of functional levels, environment and lifestyle of elderly to their health and quality of life. Data collection was conducted by using a self-administered questionnaire from April. 2019 to May. 2019 and the target was selected 200 community-dwelling older adults who lived in their community. The data was analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 programs. As a result, functional levels and physical activity affect health directly and functional levels, activity participation, nutrition and health affect quality of life. Although environment not affect health and quality of life directly, it influence on nutrition and activity participation. Therefore, management of functional levels, environment and healthy lifestyle would be needed so as to enhance health and quality of life of elderly. These findings are expected to be utilized for evidence in order to establish policies and services which are related to health and welfare of elderly.