# OLDER KOREAN AMERICANS--SOCIAL SUPPORT & LONG TERM CARE

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 1992 · $165,404

## Abstract

The specific aim of this research is to conduct a longitudinal
comparative study of the ways in which social networks and social support
systems inhibit, moderate, or facilitate the utilization of long term
care services among elderly Korean Americans and nonHispanic whites by
examining: the role of family, friends and other community networks;
institutional and cultural barriers; knowledge and information about
health care and social services; and, need for health care and social
services, among a population varying in levels of acculturation and
socioeconomic Status (SES) as well as differences in age cohorts and
gender.  The overall purpose of this research is to examine how social
networks and social supports enhance the functioning and independence of
the elder to maintaing him/her in the community.

A community-based comparative two-wave panel survey of the use of
informal and formal networks and how they change over time as individual
need changes among the older Korean American population of Los Angeles
County is proposed.  Approximately 400 respondents (200 Korean Americans
and 200 non-Hispanic whites) aged 65+ will be interviewed face-to-face at
two intervals, approximately two years apart.  Interviews will encompass
the following domains: contextual (acculturation, SES, gender, age, and
other background variables), service indicators (need for health care and
social services, knowledge and information, barriers), moderators (social
networks and social support) and utilization and outcome (health care and
social service use).  The overall research methodology will employ a
blended methodology of focus groups and structured interviews.

Data analysis is directed at both descriptive and explanatory objectives.
Descriptive analyses include: frequency distributions and transformations
to improve these distributions as necessary; comparisons of sample
characteristics to those of population to assess representation;
calculation of levels of key variables for the entire sample and the
sub-groups, etc.  Explanatory analyses will include confirmatory factor
analysis, latent variable causal models and stratified causal and linear
models.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3123175
- **Project number:** 1R01AG011182-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **SAM.gov UEI:** RN64EPNH8JC6
- **Principal Investigator:** JAMES E LUBBEN
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $165,404
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1992-09-30 → 1996-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3123175

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3123175, OLDER KOREAN AMERICANS--SOCIAL SUPPORT & LONG TERM CARE (1R01AG011182-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3123175. Licensed CC0.

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