| Literature DB >> 32727094 |
Guey-Shin Shyu1, Shinn-Jou Lin2, Wei-Ta Fang3, Bai-You Cheng2.
Abstract
Engaging in social contributions to enhance social participation and attending community experiential service learning or internship courses have become an essential learning experience for university students. On the basis of postmodern education theories, this study adopted images and oral accounts involving personal experiences to construct a postmodern education research scheme by using the method of collaborative ethnography. This study selected and performed the following services: filming a community documentary, administering community health dance classes, and archiving community cultural artifacts in databases. Interviews were also administered to facilitate implementation of the actual services. Community health services commonly seen in Taiwan and abroad were compiled, and the resources required for each service were examined. Subsequently, factor analysis was performed to explore the characteristic of these services in order to recommend feasible services for university students to undertake. The results indicated that the eight resources required for the 59 common community health services were (1) a designated space or venue, (2) materials, (3) monetary resources, (4) human resources, (5) expertise, (6) professional equipment, (7) patience, and (8) empathy. The results revealed three principal components, namely labor services, high-resource services, and professional services, for a total explanatory power of 67.99%; the individual explanatory power of these components accounted for 25.04%, 21.81%, and 21.15%, respectively. Next, community health care services suitable for university students to perform were selected and implemented, and these services were well received. The study results indicated that community and environmental justice can be realized by identifying with the value of community health services and promoting postmodern education theories and social norms. The research results are suitable for implementation after the COVID-19 pandemic.Entities:
Keywords: community health services; factor analysis; postmodern education theories
Mesh:
Year: 2020 PMID: 32727094 PMCID: PMC7432445 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155402
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health ISSN: 1660-4601 Impact factor: 3.390
Basic information of population in the study area.
| Male | Age | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| 99 (7.0%) | 0–9 | 113 (7.6%) |
| 130 (9.1%) | 10–19 | 134 (9.0%) | |
| 195 (13.7%) | 20–29 | 196 (13.2%) | |
| 213 (15.0%) | 30–39 | 210 (14.1%) | |
| 219 (15.4%) | 40–49 | 212 (14.2%) | |
| 222 (15.6%) | 50–59 | 211 (14.1%) | |
| 189 (13.3%) | 60–69 | 203 (13.6%) | |
| 154 (10.8%) | >70 | 214 (14.3%) | |
| Male | 1419 | - | - |
| Female | 1493 | - | - |
| Totals | 2912 | - | - |
| Number of Households | 1107 | - | - |
(Information updated: June 2020).
Figure 1Organization overview of the target community.
Common community health care services in Taiwan and abroad.
| 1. Sheltered Farms that Provide Jobs for Homeless People (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) | 21. Building Friendly Environments (2)(4)(5) | 41. Providing New and Reliable Health Knowledge (5) |
| 2. Reviving regular community activities (2)(3)(5) | 22. Physical fitness services (2)(4)(5)(6)(7) | 42. Promoting social participation (2)(3)(4)(7) |
| 3. Repairing summer camp facilities for disabled children (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) | 23. Reminiscence therapy (4)(5)(7) | 43. Painting the shelters of homeless people or abused women |
| 4. Building new community facilities for the needed (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) | 24. Art therapy (4)(5)(7) | 44. Painting/maintaining public parks or playgrounds (2)(4)(7) |
| 5. Organizing special festival activities for the community | 25. Community seminars (4)(5) | 45. Charity shops collecting and selling secondhand goods (1)(2) |
| 6. Improving schools (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) | 26. Medical counseling (4)(5)(6)(8) | 46. Cleaning the environment (4)(7)(8) |
| 7. Enhancing community health care network (3)(5) | 27. Spiritual care (religious belief) (5) | 47. Care visits (2)(4)(7)(8) |
| 8. Providing sufficient and sound computer equipment | 28. Promoting dementia prevention policies | 48. Support services for disabled people who lead an independent life |
| 9. Organizing arts nights (1)(2)(4)(5)(6) | 29. Home economics education (1)(4)(5) | 49. Study groups (1)(2)(4)(7) |
| 10. Service centers for foreign spouses (1)(2)(5)(7) | 30. Health education (5)(8) | 50. Filming community documentaries (4)(5)(7) |
| 11. Recycling (2)(4)(5)(7)(8) | 31. Teaching foreign languages (5) | 51. Providing sports and entertainment facilities |
| 12. Employment assistance (5) | 32. Providing instructions on how to use the internet (5) | 52. Establishing community libraries (1)(2)(4)(7) |
| 13. Dance performances (4)(5)(7) | 33. Encouraging lifelong learning (4)(5)(7) | 53. Food provision (2)(4)(7) |
| 14. Pottery DIY courses (1)(5)(6) | 34. Health seminars (5)(8) | 54. Shower provision (2)(4) |
| 15. Painting DIY courses (1)(5)(6) | 35. Spiritual restoration for homeless people (4)(5)(7) | 55. Offering community health dance classes |
| 16. Free clinics (4)(5)(6)(7) | 36. Promoting breast cancer prevention in the community (5) | 56. Lending assistive devices (e.g., wheelchairs, hospital beds, crutches, and walkers) (1)(2) |
| 17. Free haircuts (4)(5)(6)(7) | 37. Archiving community cultural artifacts in databases (4)(5)(7) | 57. Providing open spaces (1) |
| 18. Providing psychological counseling services (5)(7)(8) | 38. Promoting preventive health care (5) | 58. Providing storage rooms (1) |
| 19. Health-promoting services (4)(5)(6)(7)(8) | 39. Advocating healthy diets (5) | 59. Phone greetings (4)(7) |
| 20. Massage services (4)(5)(7)(8) | 40. Publicizing appropriate concepts of medication and seeking medical advice | - |
Note: Resources required by each service are numbered as follows: (1) designated space; (2) materials; (3) monetary resources; (4) human resources; (5) expertise; (6) professional equipment; (7) patience; and (8) empathy. Whether it is executable still needs to be considered on site.
Correlation matrix of service resources required.
| Item | Item (1) | Item (2) | Item (3) | Item (4) | Item (5) | Item (6) | Item (7) | Item (8) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item (1) | 1.00 | 0.37 * | 0.09 | −0.22 * | −0.23 * | 0.23 * | −0.20 | −0.23 * |
| Item (2) | - | 1.00 | 0.39 ** | 0.21 | −0.37 * | 0.16 | 0.18 | −0.09 |
| Item (3) | - | - | 1.00 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.39 ** | 0.17 | 0.03 |
| Item (4) | - | - | - | 1.00 | −0.10 | 0.26 * | 0.73 *** | 0.17 |
| Item (5) | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | 0.32 ** | −0.10 | 0.05 |
| Item (6) | - | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | 0.16 | 0.11 |
| Item (7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | 0.24 * |
| Item (8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.00 |
Note: Resources required by each service are numbered as follows: (1) designated space; (2) materials; (3) monetary resources; (4) human resources; (5) expertise; (6) professional equipment; (7) patience; and (8) empathy. Single tailed test. p Value < 0.05 *, p Value < 0.01 **, p Value < 0.001 ***; Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO) is 0.516; Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity is very significant p < 0.001.
Total variance analysis and factors loading.
| Initial Eigenvalues | Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings | Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factors | Total | % of Variance | Cumulative (%) | Total | % of Variance | Cumulative (%) | Total | % of Variance | Cumulative (%) |
| 1 | 2.18 | 27.24 | 27.24 | 2.18 | 27.24 | 27.24 | 2.00 | 25.04 | 25.04 |
| 2 | 1.79 | 22.33 | 49.56 | 1.79 | 22.33 | 49.56 | 1.75 | 21.81 | 46.85 |
| 3 | 1.47 | 18.43 | 67.99 | 1.47 | 18.43 | 67.99 | 1.69 | 21.15 | 67.99 |
| 4 | 0.84 | 10.54 | 78.53 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 0.76 | 9.46 | 87.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | 0.38 | 4.79 | 92.78 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | 0.36 | 4.43 | 97.21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | 0.22 | 2.79 | 100.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: extraction method: principal component analysis.
Component loading.
| Resources | Component | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Human Resources |
| −0.272 | −0.254 |
| Patience |
| −0.301 | −0.283 |
| Monetary Resources | 0.526 | 0.331 | 0.445 |
| A Designated Space or Venue | –0.032 |
| 0.077 |
| Materials | 0.499 |
| −0.204 |
| Empathy | 0.309 | –0.459 | 0.027 |
| Expertise | −0.069 | −0.393 |
|
| Professional Equipment | 0.528 | 0.160 |
|
Note: 3 components extracted; extraction method: principal component analysis. The bold word with * is main construction variable.