Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion (보건교육건강증진학회지)

Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion (한국보건교육건강증진학회)
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Network Analysis to Describe Service Link for Customized Visiting Health Care Program

맞춤형방문건강관리사업의 지역사회 네트워크 탐색

  • Jang, Soong-Nang (Department of Nursing, Red Cross College of Nursing and Nursing Science Research Institute, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Cho, Sung-Il (Graduate School of Public Health and Institute of Aging, Seoul National University)
  • 장숙랑 (중앙대학교 적십자간호대학 간호학과 및 간호과학연구소) ;
  • 조성일 (서울대학교 보건대학원 및 서울대학교 노화고령사회연구소)
  • Received : 2011.09.27
  • Accepted : 2012.03.18
  • Published : 2012.03.31
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Abstract

Objectives: The nurse visiting health service named Customized Visiting Health Care Program(CVHCP) requires the service innovations incorporating community support into a local service network. The purpose of this study was to assess the community network in CVHCP and inform improvement in this network. Methods: We used Social Network Analysis(SNA) in one CVHCP at H city. Network links were generated by self-administered questionnaires by the 14 community resource centers who quantified their links to all other 25 agents on the list. Links were analyzed by a dichotomous scale for any experience of collaboration and a scored scale of 0 to 3 for level of collaboration using UCINET v6. Results: A list of 14 agents was generated, and local network was dominated by the Public Health Center and a local welfare center named Unlimited Care Center(UCC). According to centrality score, UCC was the most prominent agent, and Public Health Center was the most influential agent, being a link in the pathway flow between other agents for 9.5% of contribution. CVHCP scored lower rank of prominent with 30.8% of other agents reported referring to it. Conclusions: Social network analysis provides a useful network description for informing and evaluation service network improvement in maximizing its service for the CVHCP.

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