KMID : 0123520180250010021
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Journal of muscle and joint health 2018 Volume.25 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.29
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Effects of a Community-based Empowerment Program for Resident Leaders Participating in the Healthy Apartment Project
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Choi In-Hee
Lee Chong-Mi Cho In-Sook Kang Seo-Young Kim Youn-Kyoung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a community-based empowerment program for resident leaders participating in the Healthy Apartment project.
Methods: The design of this study was a single group pre-post test design. This program was consisted of 4-hour sessions. The total participants were 22 leaders.
Results: The participants showed significant changes in social support (Z=-2.33, p=.020), collective action (Z=-3.91, p<.001), conflict and homogeneity (Z=-2.03, p=.042), and community perception index (Z=-3.97, p<.001) as sub factors of the individual level of SC-IQ (Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital). They also showed significant changes in necessity of the resident organization (Z=-4.13, p<.001), resident participation (Z=-3.84, p<.001), convergence of resident opinion (Z=-3.94, p<.001) and the role of community leaders (Z=-3.94, p<.001) as sub factors of the perception and confidence of resident leaders (Z=-3.85, p<.001).
Conclusion: Results indicate that the community-based empowerment program is effective in perceptions of social capital on the individual level and improvement of recognition as resident leaders and confidence for resident leaders.
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KEYWORD
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Empowerment, Program development, Community
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