• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2004

The current study uses longitudinal data, which show secondary school students' responses in a biennial data of surveys from England (n=4,326/boys=2,313;girls=2,413) and Scotland (n=3,528/boys=1,744;girls=1,784), to describe the association between availability of cigarette sales to minor, prosmoking attitudes of family members and drinking/drug use and smoking behaviours amongst adolescents. The findings provided strong evidence suggesting that availability of cigarette sales to minor, lack of familial interest on the child's smoking and other substance use were positively associated with the increased level of smoking behaviour in youth. Girls and boys also differed the likelihood of smoking and being a regular smoker. Boys were found to be more likely than girls to be smoking and to be a regular smoker. The implications of promising prevention programmes for preadolescents and areas for future research are presented

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2020

In a divorced family, child-centered custody evaluation is essential to ensure the child's best interests and healthy adaptation. A mental health professional's role and involvement are required in gaining an in-depth understanding of various environments and dynamics surrounding the child and family. Domestic violence, including child abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV) or parental alienation syndrome (PAS), is often observed in cases of custody evaluation in high-conflict divorced families, sometimes accompanied by allegations. Such cases warrant an extremely careful approach by the evaluator, who needs to be competent in interpreting the familial dynamics based on a reasonable context understanding. Genuine professionalism is a must for a custody evaluator to best help the child and carry out a high-quality custody evaluation process, and evaluators need to be ready for this task through adequate preparation and empowerment. This article is devoted to examining custody evaluation in divorced families in cases of IPV, child abuse, and PAS.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2022

The Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment has been in effect since 2018 for end-of-life patients. However, only 20~25% of deaths of terminally ill patients comply with the law, while the remaining 75~80% do not. There is significant confusion in how the law distinguishes between those in the terminal stage and those in the dying process. These 2 stages can be hard to distinguish, and they should be understood as a single unified "terminal stage." The number of medical institutions eligible for life-sustaining treatment decisions should be legally expanded to properly reflect patients' wishes. To prevent unnecessary suffering resulting from futile life-sustaining treatment, life-sustaining treatment decisions for terminal patients without the needed familial relationships should be permitted and made by hospital ethics committees. Adult patients should be permitted to assign a legal representative appointed in advance to represent them. Medical records can be substituted for a patient's judgment letter (No. 9) and an implementation letter (No. 13) for the decision to suspend life-sustaining treatment. Forms 1, 10, 11, and 12 should be combined into a single form. The purpose of the Life-sustaining Medical Decisions Act is to respect patients' right to self-determination and protect their best interests. Issues related to the act that have emerged in the 3 years since its implementation must be analyzed, and a plan should be devised to improve upon its shortcomings.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2021

증가하는 1인가구에 주목하여 이 연구는 1인가구의 건강성을 측정하기 위한 척도 개발을 목표로 수행되었다. 선행연구를 통해 가족생태학적 관점과 건강가족적 관점을 적용하여 1인가구의 건강성 개념을 규정하였다. 건강성 척도 구성을 위해 1인가구의 기초적인 요구, 개인 영역, 가족 영역, 사회 영역 등을 포함하는 50 항목을 검토하였다. 지역, 연령, 성별 등을 고려하여 317명의 1인가구를 선정, 건강성 척도 항목을 검증하였고 요인분석을 통해 최종적으로 44항목을 추출하였다. 이러한 절차를 통해 선정된 건강성 척도는 기본적인 요구(가계경제, 주거, 소비, 미래설계), 일생활 균형(시간사용, 건강, 스트레스), 가족관계, 사회참여(네트웤, 사회적 관심, 지역사회참여) 등 4영역으로 구성된다. 본 연구에서 개발한 척도는 건강가정·다문화가족지원센터 프로그램을 이용하는 1인가구의 건강성을 측정하는 데 활용될 수 있을 것이다.