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KMID : 0858820220390050041
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2022 Volume.39 No. 5 p.41 ~ p.53
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Positive effects of citizens’ sense of community on health and quality of life in a Korean city
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Kang Min-Jung
Lee Myoung-Soon
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between citizens’ ‘sense of community’ and ‘health and quality of life’ in a Korean city that has both, rural and urban communities.
Methods: We analyzed the survey data from “Citizen Opinions for Healthy City Nonsan” conducted in 2020. The survey used a self-reported questionnaire and the data of 1,181 participants were collected through quota sampling among aged over 19 from 15 administrative communities based in Nonsan-si Chungcheongnam-do. We measured the “sense of community” by using the Sense of Community Index, and “health and quality of life” with the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. We conducted the correlation and multiple regression analyses to examine the relationship between citizens’ ‘sense of community’ and ‘health and quality of life’.
Results: We found that citizens’ sense of community had direct positive effects on all domains of health and quality of life.
Conclusion: This study affirms the importance of sense of community in promoting community health and quality of life and suggests that more efforts to actively heighten the sense of community should be made in developing community health programs and policies at the local level.
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KEYWORD
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sense of community, health and quality of life, WHOQOL-BREF, health promotion, Korean city
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