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KIMCHI (Koreans Invested in Making Caregivers Health Important)

What Is KIMCHI?

KIMCHI is an educational outreach project on different health topics tailored to the Korean American culture for caregivers and other stakeholders that serve Korean Americans. 

 

 

 

Our Goal

The goal of “KIMCHI” is to help Korean Americans learn more about healthy cognitive aging, dementia caregiving, advanced care planning, and how to better care for themselves and their loved ones. 

 

Why is KIMCHI important?

It can be difficult to find information about caregiving and advanced directives that is
- Accurate
- Updated
- In Korean

KIMCHI will share this information for Korean American caregivers and family members so they can feel comfortable using the new research to better care for themselves and their loved ones. 

 

 

 

What can care look like?

Care we mean assisting with different tasks like bathing, cooking, or other things that help this person's daily life. Care can also include making phone calls, providing transportation, or staying nearby to keep the person calm or safe. The care you provide can be in person, or from a distance if you don't live with the person who needs this care.

Meet Our Team 

Hye-Won Shin, PhD
Project Lead, Somang Society

Dr. Van Ta Park

Van Ta Park, PhD, MPH
Project Co-Lead, UCSF

Eun Jeong Lee, PhD
Community Lead, AARIN

Dr. Bora Nam, PhD, MSN, RN
Research Project Manager 

Nicole Phan

Nicole Phan
Project Policy Analyst 

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Bobin Kim
Research Data Analyst

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Daren Huang, MPH
Data System Analyst

Elizabeth Lee
Administrator, Somang Society

 

 

Scientific Advisor & Community Advisory Board

Lee A. Lindquist, MD, MPH, MBA
Scientific Advisor

Kathy Lee Siepker, PhD, LCSW
Community Advisory Board 

David Choi, JD
Community Advisory Board  

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 

Who can participate?

- Be an adult (18 years old or older)

- Identify as Korean American

- Can speak Korean and/or English

- Is interested in learning more about how to make better health care choices for themselves and their loved ones

What will happen if I take part in KIMCHI project?

If you agree to be in KIMCHI, you will need to participate one of our dissemination activities (60-90 minutes) and complete an online survey. You will also be asked to complete a survey about your changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors before and after the dissemination activities, with basic sociodemographic information. It will take you about 10-15 minutes to complete the survey.

Are there benefits? 

There will be no direct benefit to you from participation in this project. However, it is hoped that the information gained from the project will help improve the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to caregiving of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as well as the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in the Korean American community.

A small compensation is awarded to participants who complete the surveys.

Who can answer my questions about the project? 

You can contact the study team with any questions, concerns, or complaints you have about this study at ‪415-498-0580 or email [email protected].


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