Seoul Think Tank Council Holds Big Data-Based 'Solitary Death Prevention Seminar' at Seoul City Hall

Analysis of High-Risk Groups for Solitary Death, Smart Plug Improvement Plans, and 3 Other Topics Presented and Discussed

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Think Tank Association (SeTTA) announced that it will hold a policy seminar on "Big Data-Based Prevention of Solitary Death" at Seoul City Hall on the 20th to create a "Happy Seoul without the Risk of Solitary Death."

Recently, the issue of solitary death, where people living alone isolated from those around them face death, such as the "Changsin-dong mother and child death," has emerged as a social problem. According to an analysis by the Seoul Institute of Technology, many cases of death occur after no counseling history exists in welfare departments or about three months have passed after counseling. Additionally, there are cases where care functions do not operate despite requests for counseling support, highlighting the need for more accurate data analysis for high-risk group designation and management.

Accordingly, the first keynote presentation of this seminar will be an "In-depth Analysis of Solitary Death Case Investigations," presented by Research Fellow Choi Soo-beom of the Seoul Institute of Technology. Through analysis of the social welfare integrated management network "Happiness e-Eum" data, the results will include ▲ cases where medical treatment was needed but hospital visits were refused ▲ the time interval from counseling to solitary death ▲ exploration of characteristics of solitary death among non-beneficiaries and beneficiaries.

The second keynote presentation will be on "Smart Plug-Based Monitoring Measures for Solitary Death Prevention," presented by Research Fellow Choi Jun-young of the Seoul Institute of Technology. It will cover ▲ ICT technology for caring for vulnerable groups ▲ the current status of smart plug solitary death monitoring and improvement plans, including proposals for detecting internal and external temperature differences and the need for monitoring data analysis.

The third keynote presentation will be on "Analysis of the Risk Status of Solitary Death in Seoul," presented by Senior Research Fellow Song In-joo of the Seoul Welfare Foundation. After all keynote presentations, a comprehensive discussion and Q&A session will follow.

Seoul City and the Seoul Think Tank Association plan to share the results discovered through data analysis access accumulated in each welfare department and conduct collaborative research with related organizations to derive more active and detailed high-risk group designation and management measures in the future.

Chairman Lim Sung-eun said, "This will be an important opportunity to start utilizing policy through data analysis for the designation and management of high-risk groups for solitary death in Seoul," adding, "Starting with this seminar, I hope that Seoul City and its collaborative research institutions will put their heads together to produce effective research outcomes to create a 'Seoul without solitary death.'"

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