취약계층 자활증진을 위한 커뮤니티가든 활동 유형별 프로그램 개발 및 적용방안 연구

Abstract

In this study, programs to improve the self-support ability of vulnerable groups were developed by different community garden activity types and these programs were applied to the homeless and the elderly to propose methods of application of the programs. The programs utilizing community gardens can be classified into healing type, self-consumption type, social relation type, and job related types. The effects of the programs to improve the self-support of vulnerable groups were examined through literature review and the programs by type were proposed. The derived programs were applied to the homeless and the elderly 11 times and 10 times, respectively, and the application methods and proportions of each of the four types of programs were proposed through participant observation and evaluation. As the result of the program, 90% of the respondents showed that they felt motivated to participate in other programs indicating that they obtained their life goals and their self-esteem was enhanced compared to before participating in the programs. In the evaluation of improvement of sociality, positive changes were shown in the domains of communication and interpersonal relations. The elderly were divided into participants and non-participants after the implementation of the programs to measure their resilience and community spirit and the two groups did not show any statistically significant difference. Given the results of the study, this research proposed that when applying community garden programs for the promotion of improvement of vulnerable groups' self-support, the conditions of participants should be examined first, that the healing type, self-consumption type, social relation type, and job type programs should be applied step-by-step, and that the proportions of application of programs by type should be changed to suit the characteristics of vulnerable groups.