Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Social Support and Self-rated Health Status in a Low Income Neighborhood of Seoul, Korea

일부 도시 저소득층 주민의 사회적 지지와 자가평가 건강수준

  • Lim, Min-Kyoung (Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Young-Jeon (Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo, Weon-Seob (Department of Preventive Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yang, Bong-Min (Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health) ;
  • Kim, Myoung-Hee (Department of Preventive Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine)
  • 임민경 (한양대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 신영전 (한양대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 유원섭 (한양대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 양봉민 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 김명희 (을지의과대학교 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 2003.03.01
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Abstract

Objectives : To assess the distribution of social support, and explore its effects on self-rated health status in a low income neighborhood of Seoul, Korea. Methods : In September 2001 we conducted a survey in a low income neighborhood of Seoul, Korea, in which 862 residents, aged 18 years or over, participated. We measured the general sociodemographic characteristics, self-rated health status and social support with the instrument developed from Korean translation of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support survey (MOS-SSS) scale of the US. Logistic regression was used to identify the determinants of social support, and explore its effects on self-rated health status. Results : Lower social class, women or divorced people had much less social support compared to higher social class, men or those never married, respectively. Those families on much lower income also received less social support. Social support has a positive impact on the self-rated health status, which remains statistically significant even when other relevant variables are adjusted. Conclusions : This study suggests that social support has an important role in health, and the socially disadvantaged have lower social support. Therefore, to improve the health status of the poor, it is necessary to encourage community participation, and develop strategies that could strengthen their provision of social support.

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