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The purpose of this study was to suggest development plans for child welfare in Korea. To do that, first, this study analyzed development process of child welfare from 1945 to the present. Second, this study discussed recent changes of social environments related to child welfare. Third, this study analyzed present conditions of child welfare. Finally, this study suggested development plans for child welfare. The results of this study showed the followings. First, governmental responsibility for child welfare has been increased. Second, the focus has been moved from large size institutional care to small size institutional care. Third, the focus has been moved from institutional care to community care. Fourth, the focus has been moved from general services for all children to specific services for various children’s needs. Finally, child welfare workers with social welfare education and training has been increased. As a conclusion, this study suggests to establish community care system for children which consists of child prevention system and child protection system. The development plans for child welfare are establishing a cooperation system among governmental departments related to child welfare; establishing a cooperaton system between public delivery system and private delivery system; enacting additional acts related to child welfare; establishing long-term vision and master plan for child welfare in Korea.

The field of alcohol intervention is relatively young and continually evolving. The purpose of this study is to explore how public health centers and the alcohol counseling centers play its role and contribute in implementing alcohol prevention. We employ content analysis of reports from the Ministry of Health and Welfare as well as other related literature to analyze alcohol prevention. We follow a six-domain model in analysing alcohol prevention; target goals, level of prevention, intervention strategies, outcomes of intervention, and intervention theory. Implications for policy and practice were discussed.

The Purpose of this study was to identify the moderating effect of self-reliant living of the elderly in the casual model in the relationship satisfation with adult children and the level of the support given by adult children perceived by the elderly parents, and the elderly’s quality of life. The data were collected by face to face interview using the structured questionnaire. The respondents were the elderly 65 years of age or older and the data of 563 elderly responts were analysed. This study used the approach of multi-group simultaneous analysis within the framework of structural equation modeling to explore the moderating effect the level differences of the self-reliant living. This procedure was used to test metric invariance and structural invariance of the proposed model. The result showed self-reliant living partially to have moderating effects in this study model. Ecomomic self-reliance moderated the route between the support given by adult children and the relationship satisfaction with adult children. Physical self-reliance moderated the route between the relationship satisfaction with adult children and the quality of life of the elderly

Most people like the idea of giving and receiving care within a community. But, the gendered organization of care giving not only subordinates women, it also subordinates and devalues caring. Here would be suggested what are the benefits of care and the limits of care giving in communities, gendered division of care work, and the future of care giving. In concluding, care giving in communities could review the major arguments about the social institutions have produced gendered care and gender inequality. Then it would describe four social changes that could expand care giving and gender equality in the future. First, it would have to involve building a widespread consensus on the value of care as well as a collective commitment to better care and gender equity. Second, it would have to aim to develop institutions of social care that support and complement care in families. Third, it would have to reward care giving on the same level as other valued work and other duties of citizenship. Forth, it would have to involve creating gender equality in both opportunities and obligations to care.

Care management has evolved from being perceived as a rather simple bureaucratic task performed by nonprofessionals to a complex and demanding intervention that requires a wide range of knowledge, skills, and resources. Although a variety of models exist, there is some agreement that most care managers need to be resource coordinators, service providers, planners, monitors, supporters, and evaluators. The focus of care management is not therapy or even service provision. It is managing, coordination, and guiding a client through a series of steps. These include an initial assessment, which defines both problems and strengths; planning; linking and coordinating; monitoring and supporting gradual change; and, finally, summarizing and closing. The provision of coordination of needed resources are essential to all care management. Those resources vary according to the specific issues presented by client. However, care managements typically need access to social resources to develop social network systems and reduce stressors in the environment; information about medical care and health; and, finally, physical resources, nutrition, nursing, social welfare including economic aid and adequate housing.