• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.321-332
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to identify relationships among level of e-Health literacy, subjective health status and health-seeking behaviors. Subjects were 102 senior citizens who used the internet at least once in the last month and visited elderly community centers and welfare centers. Collected data were analyzed descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression using SPSS version 25.0. Fifty five percent of subjects responded the average weekly internet usage hours was 'less than 3 hours', The e-health literacy (r=.349, p<.001) and subjective health status (r=.466, p<.001) were positively correlated with health seeking behavior. Subjects' gender (β=.22, p=.012), type of disease (β=.23, p=.013) and subjective health status (β=.38, p<.001) had significant effects on health-seeking behaviors. The results suggest that the development of intervention programs to increase the level of e-Health literacy and subjective health status to improve of their health-seeking behaviors.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.1381-1387
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• 2018

This study was conducted to find ways to improve people's perceptions to prevent and detect breast cancer. Health belief model(HBM) was used to examine the relationship between. risk perception of breast cancer, and benefit perception, and information seeking. In addition, the role of autonomous motives was included in the model. The results shows that the more people perceived cancer as dangerous, or perceived cancer screeing as beneficial, the more likely they seek relavant health information. Also, high autonomous motives showed positive effects on info seeking. Information seeking behaviors also had a positive impact on health screening intentions.

• Proceedings of the KHMA Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.87-103
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 전국에 거주하는 20세 이상 남녀 총 2,000 명을 조사대상으로 한 한국소비자원 (2007)의 "국민소비행태 및 의식구조 조사"자료를 가지고 소비자의 안전추구행동을 조사분석하였다. 구체적으로, 소비자안전의식과 가정생활양식 변수가 소비자 안전추구행동에 미치는 요인을 조사하였다. 본 연구의 분석결과를 정리 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 소비자들은 자동차를 제외하고 농산물 구매에서 안전성보다는 가격, 신선도 등 다른 요인을 중요한 기준으로 고려하고 있어 안전추구행동이 낮은 수준이라고 하겠다. 둘째, 소비자 안전의식은 여성, 젊은 소비자, 가족 수가 3인 인 경우, 농산물 수입개방에 대해 중간적 입장을 취한 소비자의 경우, 미래지향적인 소비자들에게서 높은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 대체로 농산물 구매에 있어서 소비자가 환경지향적이고 농산물 수입개방에 대해 부정적인 소비자 일 수록 안전추구행동 수준이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 자동차의 경우 남성, 미혼자, 연령이 낮은 경우, 가족 수가 적은 경우 안전성을 중요한 구매기준으로 고려하고 있었다. 대체로 여성, 미혼, 나이가 많은 경우, 가족수가 적은 경우, 환경의식이 높은 경우 술의 소비가 적었으며, 여성, 고졸이하, 나이가 적은 경우, 가족 건강 여가 지향적인 경우 담배를 전혀 소비하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 여성, 대졸, 고소득, 가족 건강지향적, 부정적 농산물수입개방 태도의 경우 수입농산물 구매에서 안전성을 제일 중요한 기준으로 삼고 있었다. 끝으로, 여성, 고졸 소비자, 여가 현재 지향적, 환경의식이 높은 소비자의 경우 안전추구행동 수준이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나, 소비자의 안전의식은 안전추구 행동에 직접적 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.403-411
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors associated with internet health information seeking behavior of younger children's parents. The subjects included 108 parents with infants and children, the survey was conducted with structured questionnaires about attitudes to internet health information, e-health literacy, and internet health information seeking behavior. Data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, and multiple regression analysis. As a results of the study, perceived usefulness and information utilization was founded to factors associated with internet health information seeking behavior of younger children's parents. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to develop a program to provide health information and manage utilization by considering the characteristics, usefulness, and information utilization of infants and their parents.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.357-367
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• 2019

This study was to investigate the effects of workers' attitudes to internet health information(AIHI), e-health literacy(eHL) on internet health information seeking behavior(IHISB) and health-related behavioral intention(HBI). 152 workers conducted the structured questionnaires from May to July 2017. Data analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. Factors affecting IHISB were identified to be eHL (${\beta}=.33$, p<.011), and perceived usefulness for internet health information(PU)(${\beta}=.28$, p=.002), and factors affecting HBI were identified to be PU(${\beta}=.33$, p=.001), information utilization(IU)(${\beta}=.24$, p=.003), and eHL(${\beta}=.18$, p=.002). As above results, considering the eHL of workers, it is necessary to build an internet health information system and develop education program that increase IU.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.225-239
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to research the relationships among LOHAS trends, healthy menu and healthful dietary behavior of university students as one of the performance variables. For this research, sample group was composed of the university students in Daegu & Gyeongbuk areas. The study required the analysis derived from a hypothesis, literature reviews and data collected. It used SPSS 14.0 from 626 university students. First, LOHAS trends was found to have positive effects on healthy menu and reusing had only positive effects on nutrition elements and nutritional value. On the other hand, durability was found not to affect nutrition elements and nutritional value significantly. Second, reusing and durability were found to have significant effects on healthful dietary behavior. Third, nutrition elements and nutritional value were found to have positive effects on healthful dietary behavior. Based on the results of this study, it is suggested that food industry managers should pay particular attention on the eating behavior of university students in developing healthy menu.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.344-353
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the factors that influence the mental health help-seeking behavior in Korean and immigrant married women. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. Participants were 110 Koreans and 91 immigrants in D metropolitan city. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ${\chi}^2$-test, t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression with SPSS 21.0 program. Mental health help-seeking behavior was significantly correlated with depression, belief toward mental illness, and perceived need for mental health service in Korean women, and with Korean fluency, belief toward mental illness, and social support in immigrant women. In the regression analysis results, the predictors of mental health help-seeking behavior were belief toward mental illness in Korean married women (10.5%), and Korean fluency, nationality, belief toward mental illness, and social support in immigrant women (59.0%). These findings should be considered when developing strategies for enhancing the mental health help-seeking behavior in married women.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.148-157
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• 2016

This study verified the effects of the quality characteristics of dessert cafes by business start-ups according to dietary life styles of consumer. Data was collected over 15 days starting from April 15, 2016 from 218 customers who visited dessert cafes. In brief, the research results are as follows. First, in order to verify the influence of service quality of dessert cafes according to dietary life styles, 3-kinds of variables, namely taste-pursuing type, convenience-pursuing type, and health-pursuing type, were set up for the lower variables, and 2-kinds variables, specifically credibility and sympathy, were established for service quality as dependent variables. The results of the regression analysis showed that, taste-pursuing type (${\beta}=.371$, p<.001), convenience-pursuing type (${\beta}=.401$, p<.001), health-pursuing type (${\beta}=.474$, p<.001), all 3-kinds of dietary life style, had a significant, positive(+) corelation ton the credibility of service quality. in addition, regression analysis revealed that the sympathy type of service credibility and, all 3 dietary lifestyle types, taste-pursuing type (${\beta}=.145$, p<.001), convenience-pursuing type (${\beta}=.208$, p<.001), health-pursuing type (${\beta}=.236$, p<.001), showed a significant, positive (+) corelation. Second, as a result of verifying the effects of service quality on customer consuming behaviors at dessert cafes, it was determined that there was a significant, positive (+) corelation with credibility and sympathy in consuming behaviors such like credibility (${\beta}=.313$, p<.001), sympathy (${\beta}=.228$, p<.001).

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.73-99
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to analyze the health information use experience of middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s and to observe and analyze their health information search behaviors according to health consciousness and health information orientation. This study uses Information Foraging Theory with the concept of information scents which leads users to detect and collect cues in information searching. Types and contents of information cues that middle-aged people use when searching for health information were investigated. Also, how their health consciousness and health information orientation affected using information cues were analyzed. Three methods of research were used; (1) pre-interviews, (2) search experiments, and (3) post-interviews. Thirty-two middle-aged people participated in the study. Their performance on health information searching was recorded and referred to in the post-interviews using a think-aloud protocol. Findings presented that middle-aged people's health consciousness and health information orientation affected the perception of information scents in health information search; those with high health consciousness and health information orientation consider the text made by the government office the most critical information cues. We believe findings from this study could be used for public libraries or non-profit institutions to understand middle-aged people's health information behaviors to design education programs for information retrieval considering users' health consciousness and health information orientation. Findings could also contribute to Internet portal site or health-related web site designers developing strategies for middle-aged users to access health information effectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.383-393
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• 2017

This study was conducted to analyze the dietary lifestyle of local Chinese consumers and to classify dietary characteristics according to their dietary lifestyle factors and dietary behaviors. This investigation was conducted for 1 month from 1 January 2017 targeting 300 adult males and females living in China using the online survey company surveymonkey. Four factors relating to dietary lifestyle were identified, gourmet factor, healthy factor, convenience factor and economic factor, and these were grouped into 4 clusters according to their dietary lifestyle factor scores. Group 1, the gourmet economy group, showed a high percentage of living alone and a high frequency of eating out, but a relatively low percentage of three regular meals per day. Their dietary lifestyle was sensitive to gourmet factors and economic factors, but less sensitive to health and convenience factors. Group 2, the wide interest group, contained a high percentage of individuals in their 30s, as well as more highly educated individuals and a higher income than other groups. Because their dietary lifestyle scores tended to be higher than those of other groups, they sought a variety of new foods and gourmet meals for enjoyment of dining and life, as well as well-being food materials and foods related to health. Group 3, the health economic group, constituted a family-type consumer group with lower income level than the other groups. Members of this group were seeking health food and natural food in their dietary lifestyle and tended to pursue a high economic profit ratio when purchasing food. Finally, group 4 showed a relatively higher percentage of women over 30 and individuals with a college level or higher education than the other groups. This group was more interested in health and taste than price and convenience, and showed the highest LOHAS orientation among middle aged Chinese women. Moreover, members of this group directly utilized their knowledge regarding nutrition in real life.