Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association J. Korean Home Econ. Assoc. Vol. 50 No. 7, 21-35, November 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/khea.2012.50.7.021 www.jkhea.org eissn 2234-2818 pissn 1225-0937 A Qualitative Analysis of the Certified Healthy Family Specialists Perspectives on Family Service Practice Department of Family Welfare, Sangmyung University Department of Early Childhood Education, Songwon University Department of Child & Family Studies, Changwon University Division of Humanities, Myungji College Graduate School of Education, Seoul National University of Education Abstract Based on the premise that perspectives or the frame of cognition may affect the ways that family practitioners support or intervene in families, this study aimed to investigate the perspectives of Certified Healthy Family Specialists (CHFS) on family practice in the Healthy Family Support Centers. A total of 9 CHFSs gave information about their beliefs and perspectives on family practice in in-depth interview. Additionally, 5 CHFS participated in focus group interview and gave information about their values, beliefs, and perspectives on family practice. Through qualitative analyses, four perspectives were found to be explicitly or implicitly carried by CHFSs: System theory perspective, Strengths perspective, Family cognition perspective, and Public intervention perspective. These four perspectives are currently leading themes of family research and are prospected to prevail in family support and intervention practices in the Healthy Family Support Centers in South Korea. Based on the results of qualitative analyses, directions and range of influence in perspectives on family practice perceived by CFHSs were discussed. In this study, the subject of Healthy Family Project, the CHFSs aims, and emphasis on family practice were dealt with, and developmental direction establishment related to the Healthy Family Support Centers and CFHSs in the dimension of practice and policy in the future were implied. (Certified Healthy Family Specialist: CHFS), (family service), (perspectives on practice), (discourse theory), (Healthy Family Support Center) Corresponding Author : Youn Shil Choi, Department of Family Welfare, Sangmyung University, 7 Hongji-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-743, Korea Tel: +82-2-2287-5317, Fax: +82-2-2287-0061, E-mail: yschoi@smu.ac.kr 2011 64. Copyright 2012, The Korean Home Economics Association. All rights reserved. - 21 -
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Table 1. In-depth interview participants general information Case Gender Age Marital status Educational attainment Major (Graduate school major) Years of career 1* Female 28 Married University Family Welfare 4 2* Female 29 Single 3 Female 32 Married Graduate coursewor-k Graduate school Family Welfare (Social Work) Social work (Family Counseling & Therapy) 4 Female 25 Single University Social Work 2 Area of specialty Status at team Multicultural family support Member 6 Generalist Intermediate manager 6 Management support Family education Member Member 5 Female 31 Single University Social Work 4 Family culture Member 6 Female 41 Single University Social Work 4 7 Female 32 Single Graduate school 8 Female 31 Single University 9 Female 25 Single University * Also participated in focus group interview. Child and Family Studies (Social Work) Child and Family Studies Child and Family Studies Family counseling Manager 4 Project planning Manager 4 Family culture Manager 2 Multicultural family support Member Area Metropolitan S city Kyunggi K city Metropolitan S city Jeonnnam K city Jeonnam K city Jeonnam K city Gyeongnam C city Gyeongnam C city Gyeongnam C city - 26 -
Table 2. Focus group interview participants general information Case Gender Age Marital status Educational attainment Major (Graduate school major) Years of career Area of specialty Status at team Area 10 Female 25 Married University Home Economics 2 Family education and culture Member Metropolitan S city 11 Female 38 Single Graduate school Home Economics 4 Family education Manager Metropolitan S city 12 Female 37 Single Graduate school Sociology (Family therapy and counseling) 1 Family counseling Manager Metropolitan S city - 27 -
Table 3. Participants perspectives on family service practice Case System theory perspective Strength perspective Family cognition perspective Public intervention perspective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12-28 -
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Figure 1. Directions and range of influence in perspectives on family practice perceived by Certified Family Health Specialists. - 31 -
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