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The Effects of Social Participation on Daily Life Satisfaction in Elderly with Disabilities: Mediating Effect of Self-Rated Health Status and Self-Esteem (장애노인의 사회참여가 일상생활만족도에 미치는 영향: 주관적 건강상태와 자아존중감의 매개효과)

  • Ko, Min-Seok
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.221-232
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    • 2015
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships among social participation, self-rated health status, self-esteem and daily life satisfaction of the elderly with disabilities. It especially focused on the mediating effects of self-rated health status and self-esteem on the relationship between social participation and daily life satisfaction. Methods : From the fifth panel survey of employment for the disabled, data for 518 elderly over age of 65 were analyzed with SPSS 22.0, SmartPLS 2.0 M3 and the Sobel test. Results : First, social participation of the elderly with disabilities had a positive influence on the self-rated health status and self-esteem. The direct effect of self-rated health status and self-esteem on daily life satisfaction was statistically significant. However, the influence of social participation on daily life satisfaction was not statistically significant. Second, the self-rated health status and self-esteem had a mediating effect on the relationship between social participation and daily life satisfaction. Conclusions : This study shows that it is important to provide an integrated social participation support program that coincides with a variety of social programs to elderly with disabilities.

Strategies for Vitalizing Private Participation in the Land Development in Korea (지역공공개발사업에 있어 민간참여 활성화 방안 연구 -택지개발 사례를 중심으로-)

  • 최병선
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.71-88
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    • 1994
  • In Korea large scale land development projects have been initiated, in general, by public sector. Due to the on-going liberalization and deregulation trends, however, the need for the land development by private enterprizes is growing very fast. Nontheless, the present situation including institutional setting is not favorable enough for the private participation. The purpose of this study is to provide necessary strategies for vitalizing private participation in the land development. The main contents of this study are devided into four parts. First, the background logic of the private participation in land development is investigated theoretically through reference review. Second, the present situation especially in terms of institutional aspects in analysed and criticized. Third, similar experiences of foreign countries, such as Japan, Germany, France, England, are reviewed in short. Finally, some measures and strategies for improving the present institutional settings are provided and recommended. These include the simplification of the complicated planning system, alleviation of the restraints against private land development, diversification of land development methods and etc.

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Implementation and Results of a Survey on Safe Community Programs in Gangbuk-gu, Korea: Focusing on Participants at a Local Public Health Center

  • Kim, Hyun-Joong;Hwang, Se-Min;Lee, In-Young;Cho, Joon-Pil;Kwon, Myoung-Ok;Jung, Jae-Hun;Byun, Ju-Young
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of and problems with the Safe Community Programs in Gangbuk-gu, one of the 25 districts of the capital city of Korea. Methods: The study subjects were 396 individuals who were involved in Safe Community Programs between 2009 and 2011. We examined the effectiveness and willingness of respondents to participate as a safety leader of the Safe Community Program with a questionnaire. We examined the injury death rates of Gangbuk-gu by using of the death certificate data of Korea's National Statistical Office. Descriptive statistics and chi-squared tests were used. Results: The effectiveness of programs did not differ but active participation differed significantly among subjects (p<0.05). The injury death rate of Gangbuk-gu as a whole increased during the implementation period. However, senior safety, in particular, may be a helpful program for reducing injuries in Gangbuk-gu. Conclusions: This study suggests that the lack of active participation may be a major problem of Safe Community Programs in Gangbuk-gu. Therefore, Safe Community Programs should be expanded to the entire district of Gangbuk-gu and more active participation programs should be developed.

A Study on the Activation Way for Citizens to Participate in Police administration - Centering on PCRM Utilization - (경찰행정의 시민참여 활성화방안에 관한 연구 - PCRM활용을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Jong-Yup;Lee, Seung-Chal
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.16
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    • pp.283-304
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    • 2008
  • The development of IT technology help citizens demand information and public services through internet that they want, and the changes also help the government converge public opinions and become important measures for citizens to participate in deciding governmental policies. So, this thesis makes an overture of a possibility for utilizing PCRM, a way for citizens to participate in Police Administration, by utilizing IT technologies in which everybody can participate without difficulty. The utilization ways are, on a large scale, classified with a macroscopic aspect and microscopic aspect. One of the macroscopic aspects is, first, the consideration of access to services and convenience in utilization. Second, services should have a both-sidedproperty. Ultimately, citizens'participation should have a positive mutual participation level. One of the microscopic aspects is, first, that the police organizations have to establish a strategy to analyze and fractionate customers. Second, the police organizations have to make an effort to develop policy services and P.R strategies. Third, police organizations have to make an effort to manage customers. Fourth, police organizations have to execute customer management in general. So, all of the police organizations have to maintain unity, to some extent, about citizen participation plazas. In addition, at the same time, consciousness aspects have to be accompanied for the reasonable utilization of PCRM. Citizens have to cultivate citizen consciousness, ownership consciousness for society, and positive participation consciousness to solve social problems.

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A Study on the Analysis of Industrial Accident Deaths in Public Institutions and the Awareness Survey of Safety Enhancement Measures for Public Institutions (공공기관 산재 사고사망 분석 및 공공기관 작업장 안전강화 대책의 인식도 조사에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sang Hyun;Hwang, In Sung;Kang, Chan Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 2020
  • Safety is not a service provided selectively by the country, and it is a basic right that human beings should enjoy. However, as the recent expansion of outsourcing due to the efficient corporate management, fatal accidents such as the Taean Power Plant where subcontractors are pinched on conveyors continued to occur. In addition, public safety concerns have been widespread as there are constant safety-related accidents in public institutions such as KTX trains derailing. As public institutions require safety as a top priority for management rather than profit, the government needs a leading role to enhance the level of private safety activities. The government announced the "Measures to strengthen the workplace safety of public institutions" and is promoting measures to protect the lives and safety of the people. The purpose of this study was to in-depth analysis of the accident and death situation in public institutions in the last 5 years from 2014 to 2018. A recognition survey was also conducted and the results were analyzed. As a result of the analysis of industrial accident death, it showed that the number of industrial accident deaths in public institutions was about 50 people per year, and it occupied about 6.1% of all industrial accidents. Following the government's public policy measures, positive changes as a result of the survey on awareness were detected in the order of rising safety awareness and participation of management (56.9%), safety and health organization and personnel composition (37.9%), and increasing safety awareness and participation of members (18.9%). However, the obstacles to the implementation of government measures were followings; 1) consciousness and lack of participation (42.1%), 2) indifference from other departments (35.1%), 3) absence, or lack of competency of safety manager (33.3%). In addition, safety investments and safety management of contractors and ordering works were analyzed to have remained largely unchanged even after the implementation of safety measures. Through this study, it is intended to provide basic data for strengthening the level and activities of safety in public institutions.

The relation between the participation in social activity and cognitive function among middle-aged and elderly population (중·고령자의 사회활동 참여와 인지기능과의 관계)

  • Hwang, Jongnam;Kwon, Soonman
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.971-986
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    • 2009
  • This research investigated how the participation of various social activities affects cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly population. To examine the relation between the participation of various social activities and cognitive function, we used data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Social activities were classified into four types as religious ritual, leisure, public association and ascriptive association activities, and MMSE-K score was used to measure cognitive function. Results from multiple regression analyses after adjusting for socio-economic status and health status show that the participation in religious and leisure activities have positive effects on cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly population. Participation in leisure activities in middle-aged male group helps preserve cognitive function, and leisure activity and ritual activity are significantly related to cognitive function in middle-aged female group. Meanwhile the participation in religious and leisure activities have positive effects on cognitive function in elderly male and female group. Based on these findings, we suggest that various programs to support the participation of elderly population in social activities should be developed for healthy life for the elderly.