Dr. Jang has played an role in building some of important research related to healthy aging, health equity, care and disability, community based health intervention supported by local and central government. She has contributed seminal research findings on the social determinants of healthy aging in Korean society, as well as conducted intervention studies for vulnerable populations. As a social epidemiologist and nursing scientist who works extensively in the area of international health, she has collaborated with international scholars in public health field. Especially the influence of retirement processes, gender roles, caregiver burden, as well as the influences of marital status, social ties and social capital on population health have been the main topics with collaboration studies.

Dr. Jang also has been conducting a cross-national comparative study with me using longitudinal studies of aging as well as other comparable panel data from Europe, US, Japan and England. Her research promises to yield important insights into what are the shared factors as well as what are the unique factors for health and well being in later life comparing Western and Eastern societies. Her collaboration with researchers has proved to be quite productive and will be influential in determining the future direction of the study of public health in Korea. Dr. Jang leads in the area of community health research, public health nursing, health disparity, aging related social determinants.

1996 B.A., Seoul National University, College of Nursing
1999 M.P.H, Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
2004 Ph.D., Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
2007-2010 Post-doc research fellow, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Boston, USA

Public health and aging, disability, Gender and health, Long-term Care, Health equity, Community care, Health program planning and evaluation

Government advisory
2017.12.1~current Expert committee member, Committee of Social Security, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, South Korea
2017.1.1~2017.12.31 Expert committee member, Committee of long-term care system innovation, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, South Korea
2015.01.01~2017.12.31 Advisory Committee member, National Health Plan 2030, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, South Korea
2015.01.01.-2018.2. Advisory Committee member, Visiting Community Center (“Chat-dong”) program, Seoul Metropolitan City Government, South Korea
2017.01.01.-2018.2. Advisory committee member, Suicide prevention center, Seoul Metropolitan City Government
2013.05.28.- 2018.2. Member, Committee for medical support for vulnerable citizens, Seoul Metropolitan City Government-Hospital
2012.12.18.- 2018.2. Member, Committee of health promotion for older citizens, Seoul
Metropolitan City Government-Hospital
2013.01.01.-2015.12.31. Expert committee member, BigData Center, National Health Insurance Corporation
2010.12.01.- 2018.2. Advisory committee member, Dementia Center in Seoul
Metropolitan City
2011.01.01.-2013.12.31. Chair, Visiting Health Care Center, Hwasung-si, Kyunggi-do

Academic society
2017.06.01.-current Vise chair, Korea Academy of Primary Health Care
2017.06.01.-current Committee member, Korea Health Care Association for People
with Disability
2014.06.01.-current Editorial board member, Korean Journal of Gerontology
2016.06.01.-current Editorial board member, Annals of Gerontology and Medical
Research
2017.01.01.-current Editorial board member, Asian Nursing Research
2014.1.1.~current Committee member, Korean Society for Gerontology
2004.01.-current . Committee member, Korean Society for Equity in Health
2014.07.-current Committee member, Korean Society of Epidemiology
2013.05.24.-current Committee member, Korean Society of Long term Care
2011.01.01.-2016.12. Editorial board member, Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2012.10.01.-current Committee member, Korea Academy for Health Policy
2012.10.01.-current Committee member, Korea Academy for Community Health
Nursing
2014.07.01.-2015.09.01. Secretary General, International Conference of Community Health
Nursing
2010~ current Reviewer of Social Science and Medicine, Women and Health, Archives of
Gerontology and Geriatrics, Scientific Report, Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, PLoS One, Health Policy, European Journal of Public Health etc.

<국제학술지>

Kang, J., Jang, S. N., & Kim, H. S. (2024). What differentiates suicidal ideation from depressive symptoms amongst Korean young adults aged 20?39 years?. International Review of Psychiatry, 1-11.

Kim, H. J., Lim, J. Y., & Jang, S. N. (2023). Korean primary health care program for people with disabilities: do they really want home-based primary care?. BMC health services research, 23(1), 1086.

Lee, J., Jang, S. N., & Kim, C. S. (2023). Predictors of participation in community health promotion programs among older adults in South Korea. Journal of Public Health, 1-11.

Lee, J., Park, S., Cho, M. H., Kang, J. W., Kim, M., Choi, S., ... & Jang, S. N. (2023). Development of a web-based care networking system to support visiting healthcare professionals in the community. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 1427.

Lee, J., Jang, S. N., & Kim, N. S. (2023). Burnout among public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(3), e141-e146.

Lee, J., Jang, S. N., & Kim, C. S. (2023). Patterns and determinants of health and social care service needs among community-dwelling older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 51, 69-75.

Kim, Y. M., Jang, S. N., & Cho, S. I. (2023). Working hours, social engagement, and depressive symptoms: an extended work-life balance for older adults. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 2442.

Kim, H. J., Jang, S. N., & Lim, J. Y. (2022). Service demand for and awareness of a primary healthcare pilot project for people with disabilities. Journal of Korean medical science, 37(30).

Ryu, S. I., Park, Y. H., Kim, J., Huh, I., Chang, S. J., Jang, S. N., & Noh, E. Y. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the social relationships and mental health of older adults living alone: A two-year prospective cohort study. PLoS One, 17(7), e0270260.

Lee, J., & Jang, S. N. (2022). Have changes in internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic affected older adults’ self-rated health? A cross-sectional study of young-old and old-old populations in Korea. Geriatric Nursing, 48, 145-149.

Seo, S., & Jang, S. N. (2022). Willingness to Use and Appropriate Payable Cost for Visiting Nurse Service for the Elderly in the Community. Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 52(1), 105-119.

Lee, H. Y., Kim, R., Jang, S. N., & Kawachi, I. (2022). The relative importance of macro versus micro geographical scale in explaining suicide variation in Seoul, South Korea 2014?2016. PLoS one, 17(9), e0273866.

Shin, D. W., Park, J., Yeob, K. E., Yoon, S. J., Jang, S. N., Kim, S. Y., ... & Kawachi, I. (2021). Disparities in prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survival among men with disabilities: Retrospective cohort study in South Korea. Disability and Health Journal, 14(4), 101125.

Kino, S., Jang, S. N., & Kawachi, I. (2021). Healthy but unhappy? Cross-national comparative analysis of depressive symptoms in Japanese vs. Korean elders. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 95, 104426.

Seo, S., & Jang, S. N. (2021). Analysis of Trends in Willingness to Pay Research in Healthcare Service of Korea. Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing, 32(1), 24-39.

Lee, J., & Jang, S. N. (2021). Actor and partner effects of self-rated health on life satisfaction among family caregiver couples. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 97, 104503.

Takahashi, S., Jang, S. N., Kino, S., & Kawachi, I. (2020). Gender inequalities in poor self-rated health: cross-national comparison of South Korea and Japan. Social Science & Medicine, 252, 112919.

Jang, S. N., & Kim, C. O. (2020). Care inequality among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 24(4), 229.

Kino, S., Jang, S. N., Takahashi, S., Ebner, D. K., & Kawachi, I. (2020). Socioeconomic disparities in self-rated health in two East Asian countries: Comparative study between Japan and Korea. Social Science & Medicine, 253, 112945.

Kim, C. O., & Jang, S. N. (2020). Who are the people willing to pay for physician home visits?. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 35(20).

Kim, Y., Zaitsu, M., Tsuno, K., Li, X., Lee, S., Jang, S. N., & Kawachi, I. (2020). Occupational differences in C-reactive protein among working-age adults in South Korea. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 62(3), 194-201.

Jang, S. N. (2020). Tackling instrumental activities of daily living: time to start rethinking items. Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 24(3), 227.


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강지원, 장숙랑, 김해송, 김민경, 김현수, 주지영, ... & 김유경. (2023). 같지만 다른 그들, 청년: 성별 자살생각과 자살시도 영향요인의 탐색 연구. 보건사회연구, 43(1), 69-84.

김숙희, & 장숙랑. (2023). 가정방문간호사의 임종간호수행 구조모형. 정신간호학회지, 32(2), 124-137.

장숙랑. (2023). 청년이 제안하는 정신건강 정책. 월간 복지동향, (299), 41-44.

장숙랑. (2022). 간호와 돌봄 기본권 보장. 월간 복지동향, (287), 17-22.

박한나, 윤주영, 장숙랑, & 남혜진. (2022). 지역사회 케어코디네이터 교육과정을 위한 기초연구: 교육요구도 분석. 지역사회간호학회지, 33(2), 153-163.

김희걸, 장숙랑, 진영란, 허정이, & 이연숙. (2022). 수도권 지역 보건소 방문간호사의 계약직 취업경험: 고용형태 및 처우를 중심으로. 지역사회간호학회지, 33(2), 175-187.

강지원, 장숙랑, & 이자경. (2022). 방문간호사로 살아가기: 서울시 동주민센터 간호사의 업무 경험. 대한보건연구, 48(4), 51-65.

이태훈, 이자경, 장숙랑, 이혜진, 서동민, 홍종원, & 김창오. (2022). 미국의 거동불편 칩거노인들을 위한 재택의료 서비스. Korean Journal of Family Practice, 12(3), 129-136.

김창오, 남일성, 서동민, 신동수, 유원섭, 윤주영, 장숙랑 & 이자경. (2022). 보건의료서비스가 강화된 통합돌봄 혁신모형의 제안. 장기요양연구, 10(3), 87-129.

장숙랑. (2021). 감염되는 절망: 청년여성의 정신건강. 페미니즘 연구, 21(2), 235-247.

김창오, 홍종원, 조미희, 최은희, & 장숙랑. (2020). 거동불편 대상자를 위한 방문진료의원 모형: 1 년 6 개월간의 운영사례 보고. 한국노년학, 40(6), 1403-1428.


<저서>

『보건행동경제학』 서울의학서적, 2022.12. (공저)
『가장 외로운 선택』 북하우스, 2022.4. (공저)
『노화역학』 범문에듀케이션, 2022.12. (공저)
『사회정의와 건강』 한울아카데미, 2021.08. (공저)
『사회역학 2판』 한울아카데미, 2021.03. (공저)
『국가인권위원회 기획: 나이들어도 괜찮을까』 삶은책출판, 2017. (공저)
『Encyclopedia of Psychogerontology』 Springer, 2016.03. (공저)
『Regulating Long-Term Care Quality: An International Comparison』 Cambridge University Press: London, 2014. (공저)
『Nursing Older Adults』 Open Oxford Press: London, 2012. (공저)