The purposes of this research were to understand the realities of health management and to analyze the subjective, functional, psychological, and social health effects of the application of an exercise and education program to manage health on an elderly population residing in an agricultural community. The specific purposes of this research were: 1. to determine the subjective, functional, psychological health conditions, and performance level of instrumental activities of daily living of both the experimental and control groups before introducing a health management program, and then 2. to compare these with both the experimental and control groups' subjective, functional, psychological health condition and performance level of instrumental activities of daily living after applying the health management program. The health management program was introduced to the experimental group (50 people) but not to the control group (50 people). The health management program was composed of a health exercise program and a health education program. A comparative study of subjective health conditions was done to examine the effect of the health management program and the characteristics of health related variables before and after the program application. The results were as follows: 1. When the experimental group, which had received the 8-week health management exercise and education program, was compared with the control group, which had not, the experimental group's subjective health condition scored higher than that of the control group (p

본 연구의 목적은 무용교육 프로그램을 통한 중국 요보호아동들의 심리건강을 증진 시키는데 있다. 연구의 목적을 바탕으로 중국 허베이성 A지역의 요보호아동을 70명을 연구 대상으로 선정 하여 초등학생 심리건강 척도를 측정하였다. 아울러 중국 요보호아동에게 무용교육 프로그램을 제공 하였다. 자료를 분석하기 위해 SPSS 22.0과 Amos 22.0 프로그램을 활용하여 빈도분석(frequency analysis), 기술통계 분석(descriptive statistics analysis), 신뢰도 분석(reliability analysis), 상관관 계 분석(correlations analysis), t-test 분석(independent samples t-test analysis) 그리고 확인적 요인분석(confirmatory factor analysis)을 실시하였다. 분석결과, 무용교육 프로그램은 요보호아 동들의 학습 장애, 정서 장애, 성격 장애, 사회적응 장애, 성품 장애, 불량습관 장애, 특수상황 장애, 그리고 불안행동 장애를 개선하는데 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 이는 무용교육이 앞으로 더 많은 요보호아동들에게 적용될 수 있도록 향후 무용교과가 필수교과에 포함되기 위한 기초자료를 제공 하는데 초석이 될 것으로 기대한다.

The purpose of this study was to conduct a forest healing program for victims affected by the large forest fires of 2017 in Gangneung and to investigate its effects on the stress and physical health promotion of the victims. From January to March 2019, three forest therapy programs were conducted on 49 residents of four villages that suffered forest fires in the National Center for Forest Therapy, Daegwallyeong. The results showed that the degree of stress of forest fire victims decreased significantly by means of these programs. Furthermore, autonomic nerve activity, stress resistance, stress index, and fatigue decreased significantly and average heart rate and heart stability also improved.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the forest healing program for improving the mental health of urban elderly people. Most participants were over 70 years old (87%) among total participants (46 people). The period was from May 5, 2015 to September, 4, 2015. During the experiment, research was stopped for one month due to the spread of Mers. The 46 subjects who were over 60 years old were divided into 4 groups by the number of participation (0, 4, 8, 12 times). Psychiatric tests and blood melatonin concentration test were performed before and after the experiment and the mean difference was determined by the corresponding sample t-test. Differences between the groups were analysed by ANOVA analysis. The change of melatonin concentration was examined by enzyme immunoassay. According to the result of the psychiatric test, mental health of the aged people who did not participate in the forest healing program was worse than 16 weeks ago. People who participated 4 times also had worse mental health. 8 and 12 times participated people showed improved mental health which indicate the need of long-term forest healing for mental health. The result of melatonin test showed that blood melatonin did not increase in the elderly people who did not participate, whereas blood melatonin of the elderly who participated for 12 times showed an increase tendency. This result is similar with the previous study, which suggested that melatonin can be increased by activity of body stimulation or mood change. In conclusion, we can say that forest healing programs have a positive effect on the mental health of elderly people. However, this study had several limitations. There is a need for follow-up studies to study age and individual differences, and to identify differences between periods

This study investegated the positive effect of the urban agriculture experience program on the mental health of the elderly by measuring the mental health indices of stress and depression. The research subjects included an experiment group of seniors over 65 years old who participated in the program for over six months and a control group of seniors, whom resided in the same city. Stress and depression were surveyed as mental health indices, and the physiological disparity was measured to clarify the disparity in the autonomic nervous system. The collected data were analyzed with t-test using the SPSS WIN 12.0. The results of the stress index analysis revealed that, in terms of communication, stress scores related to loneliness were statistically significantly lower for the experiment group than the control group. Also, in terms of health, the stress levels of the experiment group tended to be significantly lower than the control group. The depression index analysis showed the control group had a much higher level of depression than the experiment group with considerably significant disparity. The autonomic nervous system analysis revealed the stress index was significantly lower for the experiment group than the control group, and also, in terms of pulse diversity, the experiment group was within the range of normality, whereas the control group was exposed to the influence of chronic stress. The research results showed that urban agriculture activities applied to the elderly stabilizes the sympathetic nerve and activates the parasympathetic nerve to increase the resistance against stress.

본 연구는 재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램이 여자 성인 수형자들의 정신건강에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자, 재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램에 참여한 실험군10명과 원예치료 프로그램에 참여하지 않은 대조군 10명을 대상으로 2013년 4월 26일부터 2013년 7월 12일까지 주 1회, 총 12회 실행되었다. 프로그램은 ‘사회복귀예정 수형자를 위한 원예치료 심리적 결과 모델의 개념적 틀’에 근거한 ‘재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램’을 적용하였다. 실험 결과, 실험군은 대조군에 비해 대인예민성, 불안, 정신증이 유의하게 낮았고, 또한 실험군은 프로그램 후에 대인예민성이 통계적으로 유의하게 감소하였으나, 대조군의 경우 9개 증상차원 모두에서 통계적으로 유의한 변화를 보이지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 통해 재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램이 여자 성인 수형자의 정신건강 향상을 위해 활용 가능함을 검증했다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의가 있다고 하겠으며, 향후 교도현장에서 교정·교화를 위한 프로그램에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

본 연구는 재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램이 남자 청소년 수형자들의 정신건강에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자, 남자 청소년 수형자 27명중 재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램에 참여한 실험군 13명과 원예치료 프로그램에 참여하지 않은 대조군 14명을 대상으로 2013년 4월 22일부터 2013년 7월 8일까지 주 1회, 총 12회 실행되었다. 프로그램은 ‘사회복귀예정 수형자를 위한 원예치료 심리적 결과 모델의 개념적 틀(Rural Development Administration, 2012)’에 근거하여 Lee et al.(2013)이 제시한 ‘재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램’을 적용하였다. 실험 결과, 실험군은 프로그램 후에 대인예민성과 불안감이 통계적으로 유의하게 감소하였으나(p=0.033, 0.041), 대조군의 경우 9개 증상차원 모두에서 통계적으로 유의한 변화를 보이지 않았다. 본 연구결과를 통해 재배활동중심 원예치료 프로그램이 남자 청소년 수형자의 정신건강 향상을 위해 활용 가능함을 검증했다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의가 있다고 하겠으며, 향후 교도현장에서 교정·교화를 위한 프로그램에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.