• Korean Public Health Research
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.25-34
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• 2018

Objective : This study aimed to examine the association Self-Rated Health(hereafter SRH) and Activities of Daily Living(hereafter ADL), Independent Activities of Daily Living(hereafter IADL) among Korean elderly. Methods : Using nationally representative cross sectional studies called 2014 Survey of living conditions and welfare needs of Korean elder persons. We used SRH as an independent variable, disabilities of ADL and IADL as dependent variables. Logistic regression was implemented and potential confounders such as socio-economic status, demographic characteristics and others were adjusted. Results : It was revealed that people who were female(than male) and 75 or more years old(than less than 75 years old) were shown to have poor SRH and disabilities of both ADL and IADL. In logistic regression model, poor SRH was associated with ADL and IADL disabilities. Especially, their association was more remarkable among male than among female. It can be understood that socio-economic contexts affect quality of life among elderly and SRH can be differently perceived by gender. Conclusions : Our notable findings showed that gender perspective is needed to understand SRH and daily living among elderly.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.99-107
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• 2022

This study was conducted to empirically analyze the effect of life behavior and socio-environmental satisfaction on life satisfaction of the elderly with or without hearing loss. To this end, 3,071 elderly people of 「the Survey on the Actual Condition of the Elderly」 in 2020 were set as the subjects. After controlling for their demographic variables, the multiple regression model showed that the elderly with hearing loss had different factors of life behavior and socio-environment satisfaction that affected their life satisfaction compared to those without. As a result, the sub-factors of life behavior in the elderly with hearing loss, such as economic activities, social group activities, the use of the center, and the sub-factors of social environment satisfaction, such as family satisfaction and environmental satisfaction, had a positive (+) effect on life satisfaction. Especially, the elderly with hearing loss had more limitations in both the area of living behavior and the area of social environment satisfaction than the elderly without hearing loss. Therefore, in order to improve the life satisfaction of the elderly with hearing loss, it is suggested that the government and local governments should simultaneously supplement welfare policies and facilities for the elderly with hearing loss.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.384-394
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• 2022

This study aimed to examine how COVID-19 affected life and health of welfare recipients by comparing groups associated with sex, living with children, and household type and suggest directions for welfare policy and services. Researchers collected a random sample of 500 recipients from 𐩒𐩒gu, Seoul who are registered in Haengbok E-eum, the social security information system and conducted a survey on overall life domains and physical and mental health. For data analysis, t-test, Anova and chi-square test were used. The results showed that factors of sex, living with children, and household type made significant differences in difficulties of employment status, child care, leisure and cultural activities and overall social activities. In terms of health status, mental health status and life satisfaction have been decreased after COVID-19. There were statistical differences in COVID blue and thinking about death among different groups. Based on these findings, this study suggested directions for welfare services for the future New Normal society.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.52 no.12
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• pp.1311-1320
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• 2009

Childhood obesity has rapidly increased in Korea during the past 20-30 years. Approximately 1 of 10 children and adolescents is obese. Appropriate prevention and intervention measures urgently need. Obesity prevention starts early in life, i.e., obesity prevention and education begins during the period of fetal development in utero. Behavioral changes are the most positively reflected during pregnancy. Infants should be fed breast milk, and inculcated with healthy eating and behavioral habits during infancy to ultimately establish a healthy lifestyle in children. For achieving a lifestyle and behavior that successfully allow children to overcome obesity, although individual motivation is important, active support of parents and family members is also imperative. Health care providers should also make an effort to actively prevent obesity and take necessary intervention actions. Although the efforts of individuals, family, and healthy care providers are important to prevent the rapid increase in obesity, primary prevention should be encouraged at a higher level. Schools should specifically aim at improving nutrition and physical activity by allocating times for healthy eating, playing, and physical education. Moreover, local communities should provide support by funding for safe recreational environments, such as playgrounds and walking tracks. Public health strategies in community and national policies, such as city planning, food marketing, and advertisements, are required for primary prevention of obesity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.300-303
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• 2020

코로나 19사태로 인한 '사회적 거리두기' 운동이 지속되면서 사람들의 생활 형태가 변화된 양상을 띈다. 특히 모임 활동 및 단체 활동의 제한으로 개인 시간이 이전에 비해 증대되었다. 홀로 자택에 머무르는 시간의 증가로 인해 사회적 단절감과 고립감이 심화되며 "코로나 블루"로 일컫어지는 신종 정신 질환이 많은 사람들에게 생겨나 사회적 문제로 이슈화 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 사회적 문제를 완화시키기 위해 고안된 새로운 디퓨저 개발과정 및 기존 디퓨저에서 볼 수 없었던 IoT기술과 조향기술과의 접목을 통한 차별성에 대해 서술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.81-81
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• 2016

가뭄은 국민생활, 경제 등에 막대한 손실을 초래하며, 지역사회 공동체나 사회기능에 심각한 영향을 끼칠 수 있는 재해이다. 가뭄피해 최소화를 위해서는 단기대응, 복구지원 등의 사후대책에서 사전대비 및 예방으로의 정책 전환이 필요하며, 이러한 정책 수립을 뒷받침하기 위해서는 가뭄에 따른 정량적인 피해영향 평가가 우선적으로 필요한 실정이다. 가뭄은 그 지속기간이나 피해양상 및 영향범위 등에 있어 일반 자연재해와는 다른 특성을 지니고 있다. 우선 그 시점과 종점이 모호하고 다른 재해에 비해 장기간에 걸쳐 피해가 누적되며, 가뭄이 해갈된 후에도 장기간 파급효과가 나타날 수 있다. 또한 가뭄이 장기화 될수록 대형복합재난의 형태로 사회전반에 영향을 주기때문에, 영향범위를 설정하고 피해규모를 추정하는 것조차 쉽지 않은 것이 현실이다. 특히 가뭄으로 인한 제한급수, 단수 등의 상황에서 생 공용수의 부족으로 인한 국민생활과 산업의 피해규모 추정과 관련해서는 그 필요성에 비해 연구되거나 적용된 사례가 극히 드물다. 본 연구에서는 국가 가뭄정보분석센터에서 운영 중인 가뭄정보시스템을 통한 가뭄영향평가 정보 생성 및 제공을 위해, 가뭄 영향평가에 대한 국내 외 사례를 조사하고, 생 공용수에 대한 가뭄 피해액 추정 기법을 국민안전처, 국토연구원 등에서 수행된 연구사례와 일본의 갈수에 의한 감 단수피해액 추정기법을 중심으로 검토하였으며, 가뭄정보시스템 구축자료와의 연계 활용 방안에 대해 고찰하였다.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.305-320
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• 2011

The objectives of the present research are twofold. First, this research aims to compare the effect of trait characteristics(sensation seeking, social resistance and type-A behavior) with that of driving specific characteristics(driving anger and type-A driving) on problematic driving behavior. Second, the role of life stress as a mediator in the relationships between general trait characteristics and traffic safety index was examined. 1158 licensed commercial vehicle drivers were surveyed and their accident-related records were obtained in this research. Results showed that driving specific characteristics were significant indicators of traffic safety and life stress mediated the relationships between general trait characteristics and traffic safety index. These findings implicate that understanding drivers' driving specific characteristics and their levels of life stress is important to reduce problematic driving behaviors and enhance traffic safety.

• 한국노년학
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.243-259
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating effect of home-based welfare facilities for older adults on the associations between the activities of daily living (ADL) / instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and the depressive symptoms among Koreans in later life. Multilevel analysis was conducted with Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging 5th data and the public report about welfare facilities from Ministry of Health and Welfare in Korea. Samples were 4,139 older adults over 65 years old. The dependent variable was depressive symptoms, and individual level independent variables were ADL and IADL. The ratio of home-based welfare facilities out of 10,000 older adults in each city and province was the moderator. As a result, the effects of ADL on depressive symptoms vary according to the proportion of elderly welfare facilities out of the old population in the community. In specific, the older adults who live in the place where the elderly welfare facility rate was higher were less affected by ADL. Also, the more IADL people had, the more depressive symptoms they had. However, the interaction effect between IADL and the proportion of home-based welfare facilities was not significant. It suggests that delivering welfare services helping ADL through the home-based welfare facilities may be useful for decreasing depressive symptoms. Moreover, considering the proportion of facilities and older population will be helpful to make the welfare facilities efficiently work.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.2
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• pp.71-91
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• 2004

The National Basic Livelihood Security System implemented from October 2000 has expanded cash assistance to cover the poor households that have work ability. The cash assistance for the households with work ability has positive aspects of providing basic livelihood security for all people, but many people have worried about its negative aspects such as the decrease of labor supply among the low-income people with work ability. However, there has been few study that evaluated the effects of the NBLS implementation on labor supply. One of the reason for this may be related with the difficulty of research methodology that there were neither program group nor control group, because NBLS was implemented for all the people at the same time. This study suggests alternative program groups and control groups based on work ability and education. Using wave1 to wave5 data of the Korean Labor and Income Survey, this study estimated the effects of the NBLS implementation on employment and work hours. A difference-in-difference approach was applied to these alternative program and control groups. I found that the implementation of NBLS did not have any statistically significant effects on employment an work hours. It is too early to conclude from this result that cash assistance for the poor households with work ability does not induce any labor supply decrease in Korea. Rather, I interpret this result as reflecting that the NBLS system was too limited to induce any sizable decrease of labor supply or that the work requirement imposed on the recipients with work ability was effective in deterring work disincentive among the low-income population. Future research need to explore better program and control groups and investigate long-term effects.

• The Optical Journal
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• s.159
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• pp.17-19
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• 2015

스스로 주행하는 지능형 자동차가 천천히 하지만 뚜렷하게 우리에게 다가오고 있다. 실험주행 수준이지만 자동주행 자동차가 실제 도로 위를 누비고 있다. 구글, 테슬라 그리고 애플, 다른 한편에 비엠더블유, 다임러 벤츠 그리고 폭스바겐. 미국 기업과 독일 기업 사이에는 전운마저 감돌기 시작했다. 누가 미래 기술을 선도할 것일까 그리고 이를 통해 다양한 비즈니스의 폭발성을 선점할 것인가를 놓고 실리콘 벨리의 기술 기업과 유럽 대륙의 전통 자동차 기업의 한판 대결을 준비하고 있다. 자동주행 자동차는 기술의 문제로 제한되지 않는다. 자동주행 자동차는 어떻게 교통안전을 담보할 수 있을까, 자동주행 자동차는 새로운 시간과 생활의 가치를 어떻게 제공할 수 있을까, 만약 사고가 발행할 경우 그 책임소재는 어떻게 다툴 것인가, 자동차 보험은 어떻게 재편할 수 있을까 등 무수한 사회문제를 동반하고 있다.