• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.255-267
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• 2012

High Internet usage and the public's keen interest on health have influenced the health care system, and a potential value of the online health information and medical consultation market is immense. This study reveals results from data collected from Seoul residents in the age group of 20s in 2011. Out of 499 respondents, 75.2% answered that they used online health information; however, only 7.2% answered that they have used online medical consultation services. Findings on the purposes of using online medical consultation included treatments of symptoms(33.6%) and self-disciplines of one's health(19.5%). Mostly used Websites for health information search included search engines and blogs, but respondents preferred to use government sites and hospital sites in the future. When choosing a medical consultation, respondents preferred a certain website for different reasons including creditability of the consultant(23.7%), creditability of the organization(23.7%), rapid responses(21.2%), and more. Overall, although health information search via web is being highly utilized among people in their 20s, utilization of online medical consulting is not. Thus, promotion efforts to increase awareness and utilization of online medical consulting based on the site selection criteria, type of personal information disclosure, and other preferences are essential. Also, creating websites meeting these criteria is important.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.5931-5941
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• 2015

It should be given the opportunity to acquire information about the health of infants for a new type of way of life with the passage of time, of which the internet is a lot of people are required to use the media in the modern world. So, we want to find out the status of kindergarten teachers' internet utilizing and how to utilize the internet health information on field. The purpose of this study is to explore the direction of improvement. We produce this research based on a precedent study about perception and actual condition of health information utilizing. The objects of this study are 180 kindergarten teachers working in Dae-jeon and most of them have experience of searching health information through internet. The collected data calculated frequency and percentage with SPSS 18.0 program. As a result, first, kindergarten teachers think the information of infants' health is relatively important, still they obtain it from the Internet. But they feel a difficulty in finding the proper information because it takes so much time. Second, they utilize the Internet whenever necessary to find health information and they could find it. However, health information obtained from the Internet, have not been unexpectedly useful. Therefore, training about the content of infant's health and utilizing method of internet health information is needed.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.989-998
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• 2023

As diseases are already increasing due to aging population and changes in eating habits, interest in digital healthcare is increasing. According to the 2020 Elderly Status Survey, 84% of South Koreans aged 65 and older suffer from at least one chronic disease, and the number and duration of drugs taken by the elderly are also increasing. Effective management that enhances compliance of chronic disease patients can prevent the onset of complications, thereby averting progression to severe illnesses. Thus, a proper medication-taking habit is crucial. This paper proposes a medication information retrieval system using OCR technology. By leveraging Google Cloud Vision API, the system detects and recognizes the names of medicines. Once recognized, the medication name is searched in a database to provide users with medication information and medication schedule management services. By providing accurate medication information through the search, it is possible to induce changes in medication methods and habits. By eliminating the inconvenience of direct input through OCR technology, we anticipate enhancing user convenience by promptly delivering information.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.54 no.4
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• pp.398-411
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• 2021

Purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate food and nutrition information utilization practices of adults aged between 20 and 30 years to provide the basic data for developing customized content. Methods: Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS program (ver. 24.0) for the 𝛘²-test, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and Duncan's multiple range test. Results: Of the 570 subjects surveyed, 45.4% were men, 54.6% were women, 66.3% were in their 20s, 33.7% were in their 30s, 41.4% were single-person households, and 58.6% lived with their families. On average, 14.2% of televisions (TVs), 26.0% of personal computers (PCs), and 63.7% of smartphones were used for more than three hours per day. 30.9% of respondents searched for food and nutrition information more than once a week. 70.0% of the respondents had then applied the information in real life and 54.7% of the respondents said they would share information with others. Information retrieval rate was in the order of 'restaurant (64.8%)', 'diet (57.5%)', and 'food recipes (55.7%)'. Overall satisfaction with food and nutrition information averaged 3.33 on a five-point scale. Satisfaction score was in the order of 'enough description and easy to understand (3.43)', 'matching title and content (3.35)', and 'providing new and novel information (3.22)'. Satisfaction scores were significantly higher in the group that searched for information (p < 0.001), the group that used the retrieved information in real life (p < 0.001), and the group that conveyed this information to others (p < 0.001). Conclusion: To improve information user satisfaction, it is necessary to provide customized information that fits the characteristics of information users. For this purpose, it is necessary to continuously conduct surveys and satisfaction evaluations for each target group.

• 한국노년학
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.467-480
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the cell phone utilization and depression among the Korean elderly living alone using '2014 Korean National Survey on Older Adults. A total of 2,493 survey data of the elders living alone 65 years or more was included in the analysis. The degree of the cell phone utilization were categorized into (1) No cell phone, (2) Only phone calls, (3) Phone calls and text messages, and (4) Searching news and information through the internet surfing. The results showed that 81.5% elderly living alone had a cell phone. The 'no cell phone' group was 19.5% while 'information search' group was 3.5% among the elderly living alone and has more probability of depression than 'information search' group (OR=0.064, 95% CI=0.018-0.227), which indicates that as elders living alone utilize their cell phone more, the probability of the depression decreased. This result implies that elders living alone who utilize their cell phone more are engaged in social interaction more and this can lead to decrease in depression.

• Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.664-674
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• 2002

청소년을 위한 영양 웹사이트의 컨텐츠 개발을 목적으로 사이버 영양정보 이용 현황과 요구도를 파악하고자 서울, 대전, 광주, 대구의 4개 대도시의 남녀 중고등학생 1262명을 임의로 선정하여 2000년 9월부터 10월에 걸쳐 설문지 조사를 실시하고 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 조사대상의 인터넷/PC통신의 이용시간은 전체 하루 평균137.0 $\pm$ 100.6분으로 나타났고 남학생이 여학생보다 평균 20.2분 길었다(p<0.05) 영양정보 급원의 이용 비중은 TV/라디오가 가장 컸고(3.69 $\pm$ 1.48) 인터넷/PC통신의 비중은 남녀, 중고생간의 차이 없이 매우 낮았다(1.30 $\pm$1.53). 인터넷/PC통신의 이용은 주로 게임 오락, 채팅이나 사교, 숙제자료를 찾기 위해서였으며 학교 공부 이외의 정보와 지식을 얻기 위한 활용도는 낮았다. 조사대상 중 인터넷/PC통신을 통해 영양정보 습득 경험이 있는 비율은 전차의 34.5%였으며 여학생(38.3%)이남학생(30.3%)보다 높았다(p<0.01). 영양정보 습득을 위해 인터넷/PC퉁신 이용 빈도는 응답자의 72%가 한 달에 1회 이하였으나, 한 달에 4회 이상 이용자도 10.9%나 되었다. 이용 목적은 ‘숙제를 위하여’가 가장 많았고 ‘자신의 건강’ 또는 ‘다이어트를 위함’이 그 다음 순이었다. 이용한 영양 웹사이트들의 전반적인 만족도는 ‘보통’의 수준(3.05 $\pm$ 0.92)이었으며 별로 또는 전혀 만족하지 않는 비율이 29.2%나 되었는데, 개선점으로 ‘정보의 빈약’(36.3%), ‘내용의 지루함과 흥미 부족’ (23.8%), ‘접속 속도의 느림’ (20.7%)의 순이었고, ‘내용의 난해도’는 전체의 13.0%가 지적하였다. 영양 컨텐츠의 내용에 대한 요구도를 조사한 결과 청소년 수준에 맞도록 쉽고 구체적이며 (71,8%), 새로운 정보의 빠른 업데이트(60.6%), 그리고 화면구성면에서는 쉽게 찾아 들어올 수 있고(88.6%) 복잡하지 않은 화면(61.9%)과 캐릭터를 많이 쓰는 것(51.1%)에 대한 요구도가 높았다. 한편 인터넷/PC통신을 통한 영양상담 경험은 남녀나 중고생간의 차이 없이 전반적으로 매우 적었으며(8.1%) 그중 91%가 한 달에 1회 이하로 저조한 상담 빈도를 보였다. 상담목적은 ‘자신의 건강’, ‘숙제’, ‘다이어트’, ‘가족의 건강을 위해’ 순으로 나타났으며, 상담결과에 대한 만족도는 ‘보통’보다 낮은 수준으로서(2.53 $\geq$ 1.01) ‘별로 또는 전혀 만족하지 않는’ 비율이 45.9%로 나타났다. 영양상담사이트의 개선점으로는 답변의 빈약함(43.2%), 난해성(22.7%), 느린 답변(22.7%) 등을 지적하였으며 친절하고 충분한 답변에 대한 요구도가 크게(48.7%) 나타났다. 조사대상들의 영양정보 습득이나 영양상담의 접속 경로는 주로 검색엔진을 통해서였으며 야후와 다음이 가장 많이 이용되었다.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.395-400
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• 2012

In this study, we analyzed the database for items reported to Korea Food and Drug Administration as for manufactured health/functional food during 2010. There were 183 health functional food products manufactured in domestic having over 2 functional ingredients (hereinafter, combinational health functional food) among total 7319 products. Among 183 products, there were 177 products having over two kinds of functional ingredient and 6 products were over 3 ingredients. The most commonly used functional ingredients in the combinational health functional food were Garcinia cambogia extracts which were used in 41 products, Octacosanol and Saw Palmetto extract. When we searched the safety information for the pair of ingredients used in combinational health functional food using several database, there were no reports for safety concern. However, as there are still safety concerns when intake various functional ingredients at once, we suggested to enforce the reporting system of adverse event in order to strength safety management of health functional food. With these complement, the safety management of health functional food might be achieved including a combinational products.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.410-417
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• 2010

Various functional foods, marketing health and functional effects, have been distributed in the market. These products, being in forms of foods, tablets, and capsules, are likely to be mistaken as drugs. In addition, non-experts may sell these as foods, or use these for therapy. Efforts for creating health food regulations or building regulatory system for improving the current status of functional foods have been made, but these have not been communicated to consumers yet. As a result, problems of circulating functional foods for therapy or adding illegal medical to such products have persisted, which has become worse by internet media. The cause of this problem can be categorized into (1) product itself and (2) its use, but in either case, one possible cause is lack of communications with consumers. Potential problems that can be caused by functional foods include illegal substances, hazardous substances, allergic reactions, considerations when administered to patients, drug interactions, ingredients with purity or concentrations too low to be detected, products with metabolic activations, health risks from over- or under-dose of vitamin and minerals, and products with alkaloids. (Journal of Health Science, 56, Supplement (2010)). The reason why side effects related to functional foods have been increasing is that under-qualified functional food companies are exaggerating the functionality for marketing purposes. KFDA has been informing consumers, through its web pages, to address the above mentioned issues related to functional foods, but there still is room for improvement, to promote proper use of functional foods and avoid drug interactions. Specifically, to address these issues, institutionalizing to collect information on approved products and their side effects, settling reevaluation systems, and standardizing preclinical tests and clinical tests are becoming urgent. Also to provide crucial information, unified database systems, seamlessly aggregating heterogeneous data in different domains, with user interfaces enabling effective one-stop search, are crucial.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.49-55
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality and problems of Web sites for management of childhood and adolescent obesity. Methods: We evaluated 203 Web sites identified from the search engine, Korean Yahoo, using the word of 'childhood and adolescent obesity'. 203 Web sites were classified according to medical institutions, health information Web sites, beauty shops. etc. We surveyed whether childhood and adolescent obesity distinguished with adult obesity was considered, or not. and researched the unique managements of childhood and adolescent obesity including the cardinal treatment. Results: Of the 203 Web sites, 157(77.3%) provided detailed information about treatment of obesity, 46(22.7%) provided only simple information about one. The sites providing detailed information were composed of 52.2% of oriental medicine clinics, 35.0% of clinic & hospitals including pediatric hospitals. Distribution of the sites about management of childhood and adolescent obesity distinguished with adult's one was only 23% of oriental medicine clinics, but 93% of childrens hospitals. Conclusion: Without considering the speciality of childhood obesity, inaccurate information are distributing on internet web sites. It is necessary for concern and development of advertizing system on the internet distributing accurate information about treatment of childhood obesity.