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Health Social Welfare Review
2017 Volume.37 No. 4 p.146 ~ p.178
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An Exploratory Study on the Factors of Precarious Health in South Korea
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Bae Green
Moon Jung-Hwa
Kang Min-Ah
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Abstract
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Health is one of the main areas in precarious life. Focus Group Interview (FGI) were conducted to investigate the cause of precariousness in the health. FGI showed that there are three major factors that cause precariousness in health. First, health is unpredictable and uncertain due to unclear external influences such as heredity, aging, environment which cause precariousness. Second, the perception of disempowerment dealing with health cause precariousness in health. Participants said they cannot control their health because of insufficient reliable health information and working conditions. Also, they said even if they try to effort for health, anybody can get sick. Finally, despite the National Health Insurance (NHI) system, people felt their health was precarious due to lack of health security such as several new services remain outside the coverage. In addition, because of economic hardship due to illness and loss of employment, health has precariousness in South Korea. This is fictional stability of health care system in South Korea. We should consider the importance of reliable health information to improve empowerment related to the decision-making ability of general people in health. And a comprehensive and systematic NHI system which include not only treatment but also loss of income can be considered as a policy to help lower the precariousness in Korean health.
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KEYWORD
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Precarious Health, Fictional Stability, Uncertainty, Disempowerment, Insecurity
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