• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.127-149
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to survey actual condition of a municipal Healthy family Support Center(HFSC) for establishing. 46 subjects were surveyed with a questionnaire about PR and facilities of Healthy Family Support Center. For this study, not only a survey was collected 46 subjects bust also a spot inspection was executed to 8 municipal Healthy Family Support Centers. This study revealed following results: first, the mass media(TV, news paper), internet home page, pamphlet are effective medium. Management of PR activities in the HFSC is consider as one of the main factor to decide development and survival in social community. Therefore HFSC should search fur various method and system of PR. Secondly, the size and facilities of HFSC should be designed according to the specific characteristics of HFSC equipped with office-room, conference room, lecture hall, general/special counseling room, group classroom. Results from this study might be contributed to operate a municipal Healthy Family Support Center in the near future.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.19-30
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between Healthy Family Support Center (HFSC) program participation and family strengths and program needs based on HFSC participants' individual, family, and community characteristics. A total of 695 HFSC participants who were married and had participated in HFSC programs were recruited through 25 local HFSCs in Seoul. A multiple regression method was conducted for data analysis. The major findings are as follows. Family strengths was related to the variables of age, education, monthly household income, and participation in family counseling and sharing family care programs. In terms of program needs, the variables of marital conflict, difficulty in care, financial distress, family strengths, and family-friendly community were associated with HFSC program needs while participants' socio-demographic characteristics were not related to program needs. This study highlights that HFSC programs have different target populations considering that the level of family strengths was different among the various programs' participants. In addition, program needs are different depending upon the HFSC participants' experiences in the family and community. These findings suggest that it is important to consider participants' family and community characteristics as well as participants' socio-demographic characteristics to provide appropriate programs for all HFSC participants.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.39-50
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to constitute the background theory and framework for developing the family-empowering program of Healthy Family-Support Center(HFSC). For this purpose, first, this study emphasizes that the development of integrated and differentiated program for HFSC is needed. Second, this study shows the theoretical background including ecological system theory, family system analysis theory, and family life coaching process. Third, assessment and evaluation system and subsystems are suggested as a basic frame for developing family life diagnosis tool. This system is based on the comparative analysis about the studies relating family life planning and case management. Fourth, the process of family empowering program is suggested to accomplish the family needs and goals. This process include the assessment, family life coaching for problem solving and/or family life planning, and following education and counselling. Last, this study shows how this program is related to other programs of HFSC. Family members can participate various programs of this center for preventing or solving the problem on the basis of evaluation results. Family-empowering program for making family healthy can be a representative and integrating program for this center.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.44 no.8
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• pp.101-116
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• 2006

"The Healthy Family Act" was established in 2004. It prevents problems of the family and increases the healthy characteristic of general family. According to this Act, Healthy Family Support Centers appeared to a new part of family welfare institution. This study is to search Programs and PR strategy of Healthy Family Support Center. The results of this study were as follows. First, Education program ranked highest in selecting important programs operated by the healthy family support center. Among education programs, they were the education of husband and wife relationships and the parents education that ranked on top. Second, The government further strengthen publicity relation(PR) about the HFSC. A deficiency of budget and manpower problems were major obstacles for PR activities. TV, news paper and magazine are useful medium. Management of PR activities in the HFSC is consider as one of the main factor to decide development and survival in social community.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.93-114
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to analyze the educational program that is offered on the information menu in the homepage (Familynet) of the Healthy Family-Support Center (HFSC) and suggest developmental directions. For this purpose, first, it deduced that the managerial principles of the education program, from related theories, are included in the family-system, family-structure, family-structure analysis, family life-cycle and ecological system theories. Second, it analyzed the educational programs of 44 local centers that are connected to the homepage (familynet.or.kr) of HFSC. Finally, it suggested developmental directions for managerial improvements of educational programs. As a result, the most popular part in the educational program was parent education, especially the visiting-father education program. The number of couple-related education programs were fewer than those for parent education, because it is difficult for couples to be present at the same time. Family and Self-Cognition programs cover insufficient contents in the parent-education program. Though total program in familylife education is quite large, the number of programs in each separate part is far too small for such a wide subject. So, each part in the program should be made more sufficient. Finally, it suggested the development of an evaluation system and a coaching process as special services for families that are in different development stages and have different family experiences, resources, needs and goals.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.43 no.7 s.209
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• pp.129-145
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• 2005

The Healthy Family Act was established in 2004 to prevent problems of the family and increase thehealthy characteristic of the general family. According to this Act, Healthy Family Support Centers (HFSCs) were founded as a new part of the family welfare institution. The purpose of HFSCs is providing various welfare services to enhance the health and well-being of families in the community. This study investigated the organizational system and evaluation strategies of HFSCs. This research comprised a descriptive study of the organizational system and evaluation strategies of HFSC. The study sample consisted of 217 faculty and field workers. Data were collected from December 2004 to January 2005 and analyzed by frequencies, mean, standard deviation and ANOVA. The results were as follows. First, HFSC's organization should consist of family education, family counseling, family culture-marketing, and network teams. Second, healthy family specialists should have a national certificate of qualifications also they should have more than master's degree level. Third, evaluation of HFSCs should be adapt an incentive system.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.50 no.7
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• pp.13-20
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• 2012

This study aimed to find the association between geographic proximity and program participation at a Healthy Family Support Center (HFSC). Drawing demographic and geographic information from the participant list at a local HFSC in Seoul for the period 2009 to 2011, this study calculated the geographic distance from the individual residence to the center for 2,343 participants. We found that single time participants had a longer distance from their residence to the center than multiple time participants. When we compared the proximity by program areas, we found that the geographic distance to the center was shorter among education program participants than among non participants. However, there was no difference in the other areas of programs. In terms of the target group, the distance was shorter among adult program participants. Finally, the average distance among participants in multiple session programs was shorter. The results of this study indicated that the relationship between geographic proximity and program participation depended on program areas, target groups, and the number of sessions.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.24 no.6 s.84
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• pp.1-16
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• 2006

This study aims to investigate the Healthy Family Support Centers'(HFSCs) operational patterns and their programs by surveying 46 HFSC employees in order to prepare for the massive increase of the number of HFSCs nationwide. This study might contribute to not only rebuilding the HFSCs' operational strategies but suggesting visible ideas for the HFSCs' programs. Results were as followed: First, most HFSCs consisted of several teams, i.e., educational team, counseling team and cultural team. However, the number of employees in each team was different from one regional community to another. The most difficult task in the HFSCs' operation was publicity work. Citing the issue of system delivery difficulties, HFSC employees insisted that budgetary deficit was the most difficult obstacle in running the HFSCs. Second was in regards to the programs that each team was planning, performing, and evaluating for each program. The HFSCs' programs were mostly structured around family difficulties or problems that arise according to the family life cycle. Based on these study results, more unified and specialized programs for HFSCs should be developed. In order to achieve this related studies should continue to conducted.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1-17
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of individual characteristics, family characteristics, job characteristics, and family strength on work-family spillover in dual-earner families focusing on users and non-user of Healthy Family Support Centers(HFSC). The subjects were 703 people who lived in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do. The results were analyzed by using the PASW 21.0 program. The findings of this study led to the following conclusions: First, the users of HFSC showed a higher level of family strength than the non-users did. This is the users had a high level of awareness of family's values and importance compared to the non-users. Second, the users revealed higher levels at a positive spillover from work to family and from family to work than the non-users. Therefore, it is confirmed that the users have a positive view of work-family spillover due to their family strength. Finally, there was a significant result at the moderation effects of work-family spillover according to personal traits, family and job characteristics. Specifically, work-family negative spillover was effected family strength through the age of the users' children. The result suggest that family strength has positive effects on the family cycle. It will be worthwhile to pay attention in future research to discover what is the appropriate support for dual earner families.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.1-20
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to provide the information for problem solving and development, and to suggest future directions for educational work of HFSC. For this purpose, the annual reports of 40 centers were analyzed and a staff survey was carried out. On the basis of these reports and the survey, the benefits of the educational programs were examined and alternatives for better educational work are suggested.