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저소득 독거노인의 의식확장으로서의 건강연구

 A Study on Health as Expanding Consciousness of the Low-income Elderly Living Alone

지역사회간호학회지 2005년 16권 2호 p.157 ~ 166
KMID : 0607720050160020157
심문숙 ( Shim Moon-Sook ) - 건양대학교 의과대학 간호학과

Abstract

Purpose: This study was to explore health experiences of the low-income elderly living alone reflected in Newman’’s Health as expanding consciousness theory.

Method: The researcher used Newman’’s praxis methodology because it is good for showing the process of interaction between the researcher and the low-income elderly living alone.

Results: The significant characteristics of early health experience during a participant’’s lifetime were demonstrated that blamed themselves, being burden of themselves hopeless of their lives. However, after a turning point in health experience. The health experience of most of the participants evolved as expanding consciousness.

Conclusion: This study has provided support for Newman’’s theory of health. Most of the participants recognized meanings in their patterns and authentic caring relationships with the nurse as researcher, pattern recognition as a nursing practice was a meaningful transforming process in the participant-nurse partnership. This participatory approach expands the scope of sharing health experience with the elderly living alone and with caring community people.
KeyWords
의식확장으로서의 건강, 독거노인, 실무연구방법론
Newman’s praxis methodology, Elderly, Health as expanding consciousness
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