Exploring Health Benefits through Senior Center Engagement: A Qualitative Investigation of Older Korean Immigrants
Exploring Health Benefits through Senior Center Engagement: A Qualitative Investigation of Older Korean Immigrants
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DOI：
10.1080/01924788.2019.1698121
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发表时间：
2019-11-29
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Kim, Jaehyun
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作者：
Kim, Junhyoung;Kim, Jaehyun
老年中心是老年人获得各种健康、社会和心理资源和信息的途径。本研究试图阐明的好处，老年韩国移民获得的种族特定的高级中心。通过对18名参与者的深入访谈，确定了三个与健康相关的益处：（a）体验自我发展，（B）感知心理舒适，（c）培养健康的生活方式。这表明，老年中心不仅提供教育和自学机会，而且增强了参与者的社会和心理健康。它还表明，老年中心创造了一个独特的文化途径，老年韩国移民保持他们的文化价值观，以及接受新的文化观点。
Senior centers serve as an avenue where older adults gain various health, social and psychological resources and information. This study attempted to illuminate the benefits that older Korean immigrants gained at ethno-specific senior centers. Using in-depth interviews among eighteen participants, three major themes were identified as health-related benefits: (a) experiencing self-development, (b) perceiving psychological comfort, and (c) cultivating a healthy lifestyle. This suggests that senior centers not only offered educational and self-learning opportunities but enhanced social and psychological well-being to participants. It also suggests that senior centers create a unique cultural avenue where older Korean immigrants maintain their cultural values as well as embrace new cultural perspectives.