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KMID : 0858820090260030035
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2009 Volume.26 No. 3 p.35 ~ p.48
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The Measurement of Community Capacity Using Community-based Organizations Network and the Development of Health Promotion Plans
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Jung Min-Soo
Gil Jin-Pyo
Cho Byong-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: The community network is a foundation laid by the local community which has been formed historically and geographically to develop itself. This paper as a Korean way of healthy network survey for the community capacity building is an exploratory research to grasp the character of Korean society and then to organize an resident-governing partnership for that.
Methods: Research objectives are CBOs(Community-Based Organizations) in S-district of Seoul. This region is a new town, however the solidarity and volunteerism of this resident is lively. The survey tool is Cho’s CBOs Evaluation Questionnaire which was originated to measure the community capacity. The period of survey is from the January 2009 to the March 2009 and the study organizations which were collected by snowball sampling were 80.
Results: The result shows two main networks: one is the civil society and craft union cluster, the other is welfare organization cluster. Groups of high centrality were organizations whose members are mainly women and craft organizations which were organized before 1990’s. The group of high betweenness was the Association of Women’s Organizations(0.188). Bi-components were six and they could be divided by organization’s aim. In terms of the determinants of the participation to the health center enterprise, only the number of link(B=-0.60, p＜0.04) was statistically significant. It means that when organization variables are controlled a tendency appears: the more the voluntary associations network, the less participation in the health enterprise.
Conclusion: CBHOs(Community-Based Health Organizations) enhances residents’ spontaneity and cohesion to increase the capability of the local community. If the surveyed healthy network, together the community health project, are used for various community development projects, the existing CBOs including CBHOs will be reorganized and furthered newly. For this it will be needed to construct an effective partnership of healthy network by restructuring the existing networks of voluntary associations.
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KEYWORD
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Social capital, Community capacity, Health promotion
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