Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of digital informatization, e-health literacy, and technological self-efficacy among older adults aged 65 and older, and to identify factors that influence their level of digital informatization. Methods: The study included 150 people aged 65 and older. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation and hierarchical regression analysis with SPSS statistics 27.0 program. Results: The results of the study showed that the level of digital informatization was significantly and positively correlated with e-health literacy and technological self-efficacy. In terms of factors affecting their level of digital informatization, technological self-efficacy, e-health literacy, and gender were found to be significant influencers, with a total explanatory power of 63.9%. Conclusions: To increase the level of digital informatization among older adults, further research is needed to develop and implement programs that include content to strengthen e-health literacy and technological self-efficacy, and to validate their effectiveness.

Merchants in the traditional marketplace are exposed to poor working conditions, such as long working hours, musculoskeletal stress, lack of physical activity, irregular meal times, and nutritional imbalance. This study aimed to develop a community capacity-building program for the wellness of traditional marketplace merchants and examine its effectiveness. A total of 60 merchants from two traditional markets were allocated to an experimental group and control group. The program consisted of four sections: Training wellness leaders in the traditional marketplace, wellness, organizing wellness committee, and promoting wellness partnerships. The program was conducted over 12 weeks. Significant differences were observed in week 12 between the experimental and control groups in leadership (p = 0.010), health knowledge (p < 0.001), health self-efficacy (p = 0.016), wellness (p = 0.001), and community capacity (p = 0.038). The community capacity-building program for the wellness of traditional marketplace merchants was effective in improving marketplace merchants’ leadership, health knowledge, health self-efficacy, wellness, and community capacity. Therefore, it is recommended to actively utilize this community capacity program for market merchants.

Ha Y, et al. J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2022 Sep;33(3):332-339. https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.3.332

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify comparison of mental health before and after outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in older people living alone and those who do not live alone, using the 2019-2020 Community Health Survey data.Methods: 146,063 older people aged 65 years or older were selected as participants using the Community Health Survey. The data were analyzed with frequency test, χ2-test and multiple logistic regression analysis using SPSS 27.0.Results: In mental health, compared to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic, the subjective health of the older people living alone and the older people who did not live alone increased, and stress and depression decreased. However, the overall mental health of the older people living alone was worse than that of the older people who did not live alone.Conclusions: After the pandemic, it is necessary to continuously monitor the mental health of the older people, and in particular, to develop and apply programs to promote the mental health of the older people living alone.

Purpose: An attempt was made to understand the grit, resilience, and career identity of nursing students in an urban area and to identify the factors that influence their career identity. Methods: The data collected was analyzed using the IBM SPSS 29.0 program. The general characteristics, grit, resilience, and career identity were calculated using descriptive statistics. Grit, resilience, and career identity according to general characteristics were analyzed using independent t-test and ANOVA, correlations between grit, resilience, and career identity were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and factors affecting career identity were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. Results: The results of this study showed that the degree of major satisfaction (β=0.46, p=.003) in model 1 and resilience (β=0.63, p<.001) in model 2 were found to be significant factors affecting career identity. The explanatory power increased to 25.7% in Model 1 and 61.4% in Model 2. Conclusion: We recommend further research to develop and test the effectiveness of a resilience promotion program to improve career identity among nursing students.