• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.207-218
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• 2009

Purpose: In an attempt to develop a parental health improvement education program for day care children, survey questions were devised to measured the extent of parental health knowledge, health-guidance execution and needs. Method: Participants were 727 parents whose children attended daycare centers in J province informed consent was provided prior to participation. Result: Respondents were overwhelmingly (91.6%) mothers. Questions with high percentage of incorrect answers were "What should I do if my child swallows harmful drugs, bleach or detergents?" (98.1%) and "What should I do if insects or other bugs enter my child's ear?" (96.6%). In most cases, parental health-guidance execution exceeded 90% except in response to the survey question "Does your child have a dental check-up every 6 months" (51%). Taken together, parental education is necessary concerning growth and development (12.8%), nutrition (12.1%), healthy life styles (10.3%) and general health issues (10.0%). Conclusions: Parental health knowledge about preschooler's health varies with degree of income, education and type of employment. Consideration of these variables is important in a parental health education program.

• 건강소식
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.38-39
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• 2011

한국건강관리협회 '사랑의 끈' 전국 릴레이 자원봉사가 지난 4월 4일 한국건강관리협회 본부에서 건협사랑 어머니 봉사단과 강서지역 지역아동원생 80여 명이 참석한 발대식을 시작으로 전국 릴레이 자원봉사의 첫 출발을 알렸다.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.147-157
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between food behavior and social competence and hyperactivity among 330 children aged 5-6 years. Social competence and hyperactivity of the children were measured simultaneously by both children´s mothers and their teachers using the same checklists. A significant difference was noted between the teachers´ and the mothers´ assessment upon the association of food behavior with both social competence and hyperactivity (p<0.05). Health status was closely related to only the teacher´s food behavior assessment(p<0.05). Children´s social competence was significantly related with the degree of children´s activity and the degree of hyperactivity was negatively related with their sleep status(p<0.05). The higher the teachers´ assessments on the children´s food behavior were, the higher the children´s social competences were(p<0.05). However, this positive relationship between food behavior and social competence were not observed by the mothers´ assessment. These results indicate that food behavior assessed by the teachers, not by mothers, plays a role in children´s social competence and hyperactivity.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.71-77
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• 2009

The objective of this study is to find the improvement in the dental health care of the children through oral hygiene education and TBI. In Taebaek public health care center, an oral hygiene education, TBI and fluoride gel application was conducted 2 times for about 631 preschool children living in Taebaek City. The ages of preschool children were from 4 to 7. To examine the changes, a questionnaire was written and distributed for the collecting the results after the education of the second half for children, parents and teachers. As a result, the children showed better understanding of the caries through oral hygiene education and reduction of fright and fears for dental treatment. Many children learned how to brush and there was a significant increase in the number of brushing. Children learned to be able to classify good food and bad food for teeth and showed the change in eating habits although in small part through the oral hygiene education. Through this study, it is judged that the oral hygiene education of the preschool children has effectiveness and it is in need for the expansion of oral hygiene education in homes, kindergartens and dental offices.

• Korean Journal of Health Psychology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.537-555
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, comparisons on the psychological and physical attributes of normal weight, overweight, and obese children were conducted. Second, the influence of BMI and physical fitness interaction on psychological adaptation in children with obesity was explored. Participants were 245 children between the ages of 9 and 13 years (64.5% males). Data on children considered overweight (n = 45) or obese (n = 78) were gathered from the Korean Obese Children's Physical Activity (KOCPA) projects. Normal weight children (n = 122) were recruited from two Seoul elementary schools. Psychological measurements included Weight Efficacy Life-style Questionnaire (WEL), Physical Self-efficacy Scale (PSES), Child Dietary Self-efficacy Scale (CDSS), Self-concept Inventory (SCI), and the Korean version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Intervention TM Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQLTM4.0). BMI (kg/m2) and physical fitness (e.g., aerobic endurance, flexibility) were recorded by experts in exercise physiology. Results showed that children in the high BMI group reported poorer psychological adaption and demonstrated lower physical fitness when compared to the remaining groups. Compared to normal weight children, children considered overweight and obese were found to have lower physical self-efficacy, more negative self-concept, and poorer quality of life. Further, these children also had significantly lower physical fitness levels than their normal weight counterparts. Physical fitness was found to have a significant main effect on weight efficacy (WEL), physical self-efficacy (PSES), and quality of life (PedsQL) in children considered overweight or obese. A significant BMI-physical fitness interaction effect was found for self-concept (SCI) only. Children with higher BMI reported poorer self-concept regardless of fitness level whereas children with lower BMI and higher fitness reported more positive self-concept. Implications and limitations are discussed.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.125-133
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• 2023

Objectives : This study aims to compare the mental health of adolescents living in child care institutions (orphanages) and youth shelters, to provide basic data for appropriate psychiatric interventions for each facilities. Methods : The sample consisted of 157 adolescents in child care institutions and 31 adolescents in Youth Shelters who completed the Korean version of the Youth Self Report (K-YSR). We compared the K-YSR scores between the two groups and also examined factors related to suicidality. Results : Adolescents in youth shelters were older and had higher rates of drinking (p<0.001), smoking (p<0.001), and "abnormal sleep" (p=0.007) than adolescents in child care institutions. They also showed higher 'suicidality' (p=0.004) and K-YSR scores. On the other hand, adolescents in child care institutions have lower 'suicidality', but they have higher 'suicidality' when they have 'abnormal sleep' (OR 4.194; p=0.006), 'abnormal diet' (OR 2.503; p=0.010), and 'concerns about weight gain' (OR 2.503; p=0.010). Additionally, 17.6% of participants in the study showed 'suicidality'. The 'suicidality' group had a higher overall K-YSR score than the non-suicidal group, and had higher 'abnormal sleep' (OR 3.766; p=0.014) and 'concern about weight gain' (OR 2.864; p=0.032). Conclusions : Adolescents in youth shelters appear to have more serious clinical difficulties than adolescents in child care institutions, so prompt psychiatric intervention is needed. Additionally, it is necessary to consider mental health assessments including suicidality when adolescents in child care institutions complain of sleep, eating, or weight gain problems.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.315-323
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• 2008

Purpose: This study was performed to compare mothers' health promotion behaviors between those who have a disabled child and those who have a healthy child. Method: The participants were 243 mothers from 24 Daycare Centers for Children with Disabilities and 310 mothers from 5 child daycare centers. Mothers with preschool children completed self-report questionnaires, asking about health behaviors for preschool children. Data from these surveys was analyzed using the ANOVA, t-test, and $x^2$-test with the SPSS 15.0 Win program. Result: Mothers with disabled children showed less health promotion behaviors than the mothers' of children without disabilities. Two sub-categories, activity-exercise and health perception-health management pattern, showed significant differences between the two groups. In addition, mothers' health behaviors for disabled children were significantly different according to the children's age, mothers' employed status, and number of children in the family. Conclusion: These results suggest that mothers with disabled preschool children are likely to practice less health promotion behaviors with their children compared to others. These findings suggest that health promotion support programs for mothers with disabled children should be developed and offered. For effective intervention, pediatric nurses also need to be involved in the health of disabled children.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.125-130
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• 2014

In recent years, the IT conversions have rapidly developed along the development of the information technologies and devices. The overuse of IT devices caused by this trend has weakened the physical condition of children these days, compared to the past, therefore a study for this problem is necessary. This study intends to improve the health of children, easy to lack physical activities caused by the addiction to PC and smart phones, by proposing a health care application for them using Kinect. This application will introduce some simple aerobic/anaerobic exercises that could be done in home and will help children to forget the boredom by exercising alone and to coach them by using it.

• 건강소식
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• v.16 no.10 s.167
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• pp.2-5
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• 1992

날로 각박해져가는 사회분위기 속에서 가장 외로움을 많이 느끼는 사람들은 역시 불우한 환경에 처한 사람들, 특히 사회복지시설에 수용되어 있는 사람들일 것이다. 이들에게는 산다는 것, 생활한다는 것 자체가 커다란 짐일 수 밖에 없다. 이런 상황 속에서, 인간에게 가장 중요하다고 할 수 있는 "건강문제"는 부차적인 것으로 밀려나게 마련이다. 이처럼, 어려운 시대를 함께 살고있는 불우한 이웃을 위해 한국건강관리협회 대구지부가 사회복지시설 수용자의 건강관리를 위한 무료검진을 실시해 눈길을 모은다. 지난 7월말부터 8월초까지 실시된 무료순회검진을 통해 1천여명의 대구시내시설 아동ㆍ노인들이 검사를 받았고, 대구지부는 앞으로도 이같은 사회복지사업을 계속 펴나갈 계획이라고 밝혔다.

• 건강소식
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• v.19 no.1 s.194
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• pp.14-17
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• 1995

한국건강관리협회 서울특별시지부가 지난 해 11월 한달 동안, 성노원 아기집 · 삼성농아원 · 은성기술원 등 10개 사회복지 시설의 수용자들에 대한 무료건강검사를 실시해 추운 겨울을 따듯한 이웃 사랑으로 훈훈하게 해주고 있다. 사회 환원사업의 일원으로 실시된 이번 무료검사에서는 670여명의 아동 · 장애인 · 부녀자 등이 검사를 받았다. 매년 다양한 무료검사사업을 실시해 온 건협 서울지부는 앞으로 이들 사회복지시설 수용자, 저소득층주민에 대한 무료검사를 더욱 확대해 나감으로써 전체 국민의 건강증진에 기여해 나갈 것이라고 밝히고 있다.