Objective: This study aimed to identify the timing and events that sparked nursing students’ interest in global health. Furthermore, it aimed to detect the relationship between helping norms and interest in global health, the proportion of students willing to participate in global health activities, and the factors that prevented them from participating.

Method: An anonymous questionnaire was administered to nursing students. Respondents were asked about their grade, helping norms, interest in global health, the timing of inspiration, the event that sparked their interest, their willingness to participate, and the factors related to it.

Results: Students in the later years of their coursework were significantly less interested in global health than the early-year students. The helping norms of interested students were significantly higher than those of uninterested students. Interested students who were not willing to participate were significantly less confident in their ability to communicate in a foreign language than were willing students. Many students indicated that they became interested in global health when they were in high school, or their interest was triggered later by television programs or movies about developing countries as well as listening to stories of someone who had experience in global health activities.

Discussion: To stimulate the interest of nursing students in global health, it is important to cultivate stronger helping norms in students; provide information, such as the required foreign language level; and expose students to stories and experiences shared by global health workers.

Objective: To identify factors related to community commitment that are associated with the social activities of the elderly.

Methods: An anonymous self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among elderly people aged ≥65 years residing in community organizations. The responses from 625 respondents (valid response rate: 80.5%) were included in the logistic regression analysis using social activity as a dependent variable.

Results: The high-scoring group showed high total score on the community commitment scale in terms of “personal activities,” “social participation,” and “learning activities.” The high-scoring group showed high perceived health, many friends, more invitations from friends for “personal activities”; many friends, good recognition in social activities, invitations for activities from administrative staff in terms of “social participation”; and high perceived health, good recognition in social activities, and browsing the bulletin board in terms of “learning activities.”

Discussion: The factors affecting the social participation of elderly people were different for different activities. Overall, there is a need to provide appropriate support to the elderly to participate in each activity and also to cultivate greater community commitment.

Purpose: This study observed the development of novice public health nurses’ (N-PHN) home-visiting skills for a year.

Methods: The PHN preceptors evaluated N-PHNs’ home-visiting skills with 36 items three times in a one-year longitudinal study.

Results: Based on the average of 36 items, 37% of the N-PHNs were evaluated as “independent level: being self-supporting” after 12 months of employment. The items that were evaluated as “high” focused on establishing a relationship of trust. The items that were evaluated as “low” concerned comprehensive judgment, including complicated elements (e.g., about community) and interpretation of the value of home visits. The ratio of items that were rated as “independent level” among the 36 items between 4 and 12 months was highly correlated. There were many significant differences in the ratio of “independent level” of each item in a year, particularly from months four to eight. However, there were fewer differences between the eighth and twelfth months.

Discussion: As the development of N-PHNs’ home-visiting skills varied across items, the preceptors may give instructions according to the level of each item. The high evaluation at the time of employment resulted in a high evaluation one year later. It was suggested that strengthening basic home-visiting skills in school education before employment is necessary.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to clarify the actual condition of group cohesion in a voluntary group based on the structure of group cohesion and the factors related to group cohesion.

Method: A total of 270 people aged 65 and above participated in voluntary group activities. The questionnaire asked questions about basic attributes, group characteristics, group cohesion, and willingness to participate in group activities.

Results: Questionnaire responses were obtained from 227 participants, and the number of valid responses was 194 (valid response rate: 71.8%). Factor analysis revealed that group cohesion consisted of 11 items with four factors: Factor 1 was “attraction to group activities,” Factor 2 was “strong solidarity,” Factor 3 was “strength of connection between group members,” and Factor 4 was “cooperation to achieve goals.” There were statistically significant associations in the case of group cohesion based on gender, age, and subjective health.

Discussion: It was shown that the participants in the voluntary group were cohered based on the activities and the interactions among the participants. Thus, it is necessary to organize group activities according to the age and health status of the people.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing sex education at home by parents of adolescents.

Methods: Data were collected through focus group interviews. Each interview was included five to six parents of high school students. All data were qualitatively analyzed, following which the identified categories were classified according to the PRECEDE-PROCEED model.

Results: Four focus group interviews (N=22) were conducted, and 25 categories and 51 subcategories were identified. Some of the influencing factors surrounding sex education at home were: “parental preparedness to provide sexual education,” “support from parents who have children of same age,” “find the appropriate method to provide sexual education,” and “cooperation with school.”

Discussion: It was suggested that to enhance the function and role of parents of adolescents in sex education at home, public health authorities must provide important support through health education to improve knowledge about sexual health and attitudes towards sex education. Additionally, there must be collaborations between school, home, and community to conduct health promotion activities.