• 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.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2008

Purpose: We often have patients who acquired incorrect medical information from the mass media. The purpose of this study was to evaluate credibility of articles in newspapers and medical counseling on websites about renal diseases. Methods: Kidney information was searched in 6 newspapers for the past 10 years, and 4 portal websites and 17 internet health counseling sites for the past 5 years. We classified them according to information providers and evaluated credibility by giving points 3, 2, 1 to correct, mostly correct but ambiguous, and incorrect contents, respectively. We compared the credibility of the groups with each other. Results: Sixty four articles from newspapers, and 789 and 506 medical counselings from portal websites and internet health counseling sites were selected, respectively. The kidney information providers in newspapers were medical journalists(doctors)(31.2%), kidney specialists(doctors)(23.4%) and so on. The consultants in the portal sites were doctors(49.1%)and anonymous reporters (49.9%). In internet health counseling sites, 91% of the consultants were doctors. All articles in the newspapers were credible. Doctors' answers were more credible than nonphysicians'(P=0.005) and anonymous contributors(P<0.001) in portal sites. In health counseling sites, doctors answered more reliably than nonphysicians. Conclusion: The kidney information in newspapers was credible. It is important for questioners to confirm the type of consultants in websites. We suggest that doctors, especially kidney specialists need to increase their roles in offering information to mass media.

• 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 muscle and joint health
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.40-52
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• 2000

Recently with the development in computer technology and its communication system, many changes in medical informatics enable us to use various medical information regardless of time or place. There are many home pages on the web, which provide medical counseling and hospital information. On May 11th 1999, Korean Rheumatology Health Professions Society began its new service as a home page on the web with various rheumatologic health information, questioning/ answering, and so on. This study was undertaken to examine the content and the purpose of health counseling on the web. The data was collected from 173 questioners who visited questioning/ answering site in the KRHPS home page for May 11th, 1999 through November 10th, 1999. Most of the questioners consulted the health problems of their or their families. Over two thirds of them were already diagnosed medically. Rheumatoid arthritis was the most frequent one. Other diseases, such as, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Still's disease were also on the list. Most of the questioners wanted to know treatment strategies, to consult about their symptoms, and to make diagnosis. And many questioners wanted detailed explanations about their diseases or the informations regarding the hospital. These findings suggest that the health counseling on the web may be used to supplement the lack of direct medical interviews with doctors. It also is expected to guide the patients to the right direction.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.43-50
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• 2021

The purpose of the study was to explore experience of self-awareness of nursing students in 'Counseling theory and practice' online class. Participants were 40 of nursing students learning of counseling theory subject in online, and Colaizzi's phenomenological method was used. The results were as follows. There were five theme clusters that 'find hidden my inner side', 'improve my healthy inner self', 'reflection of myself', 'recognize each others' different viewpoints' and 'create an aspiration and an impact'. Therefore, nursing students established self-awareness after learning of 'Counseling theory and practice' online class.

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.68-68
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• 2004

우리나라에서는 이미 1980년대부터 원격진료가 시도된 바 있으나, 큰 실효를 거두지는 못하였다. 하지만 1990년대 이후 인터넷 도입과 의료계의 정보화 관심이 날로 증대되면서 의료 환경은 빠르게 변하고 있다. 원격진료는 크게 인터넷을 통한 건강 상담, 정보통신 기기를 이용한 진료, 병원간 협진으로 나눠볼 수 있는데, 본 연구에서는 '병원간 협진'을 중심으로 하고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.475-482
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• 2007

This study was done to analyze nutrition counseling services in health promotion center and to investigate demands of subjects for nutrition services. Data was collected through the survey of 90 subjects. The results were as follows. The results of people receiving nutrition services showed that 58.5% of the counseling group and 46.4% of the non-counseling group answered having experience with nutrition services. And 50% of them received nutrition counseling through individual counseling. Diet therapy with health check-up results also appeared the highest in contents of nutrition counseling. As a source of nutrition information and health knowledge, subjects relied heavily or most on the TV, internet, books, magazines, and newspapers. On the other hand, they relied much less on advice from dietitians, nutritionists, medical doctors and nurses. The experience of receiving nutrition services and thinking about nutrition education related positively. It showed that the counseling group (95.1%) was significantly higher than the non-counseling group (80.5%) in necessity of nutrition assessment. But, necessity of nutrition counseling wasn't significantly different between the two groups. The method of nutrition counseling subjects preferred was individual consultation. The subjects answered to having need of analysis and evaluation of nutrient intake and calorie prescription in nutrition assessment and individual nutritional status results explanation in nutrition counseling. In conclusion all people visiting health promotion centers need nutrition service of some kind.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.312-316
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• 2001

인터넷의 보급과 네트웍기술의 발달은 실생활과 사회 전반에 걸쳐 많은 변화를 가져오고 있고 시공간에 제작이 많았던 의료분야 역시 이러한 변화를 적극 수용하여 다양한 양질의 서비스를 제공하고자 노력하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 단순한 의료정보 제공 및 건강 상담 차원을 넘어 고혈압이나 당뇨 같이 지속적으로 의사 관찰이 필요한 만성질환의 진료를 지원하는 새로운 형태의 의료 사이트가 제시되어 있다. 환자 자신은 건강 상태를 스스로 관리하고 그 정보를 주치의와 공유함으로서 의사는 온라인 상에서도 환자를 항상 모니터링할 수 있고 특정 전문 분야에 관련된 회사들간 네트워크를 구현하여 새로운 의학 정보 공유 및 상호 컨설팅이 가능하고 공유된 전문 정보를 바탕으로 지역별로 환자가 의료혜택을 고르게 받을 수 있도록 유도하고 있다. 구축한 사이트는 전문적인 정보제공 이외에도 그래프가 포함된 전자차트 기능과 의사소통의 한계성을 극복하고 의료 상담의 정확성을 기하기 위한 동영상 게시판 등 멀티미디어 기능을 강화시켰다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.993-999
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• 2001

The purpose of the study was to develop a nutritional counseling program using expert system to assist obese people to lose weight through behavior modification in the internet. The counseling internet program for weight loss was developed by the accumulation of knowledge for dealing with eating habits and exercising behaviors into expert system tool, Knowledge Engineering Agent (KEA) by a dietitian without any help of computer expert. KEA was built based on the theory of Multiple Classification Ripple Down Rules. To accumulate knowledge into KEA, survey was performed in 150 obese people, the dietitian reviewed and consulted each survey case, and the consulted contents were learned and accumulated into KEA. Survey questionnaires were the same as those of the internet consulting program, and they included general characteristics, dietary habits, lifestyle, and exercise patterns related to obesity. KEA was used for nutritional counseling of obese people after KEA had enough knowledge for weight loss based on behavior modification by the dietitian. To accumulate knowledge to KEA, the dietitian selected proper factors inferred from the survey questionnaire of each case, and added the conclusions for them. Conclusions were made for helping clients to correct bad eating behaviors and accumulate good behaviors for losing weight. When clients answered survey questionnaires in a counseling internet program, KEA gave the recommendation how to eat, to exercise and the deal with stress in a real time for each case. If KEA did not have enough knowledge for a specific case, the conclusion window wrote no conclusion and the dietitian needed to add conclusions for the case. The conclusions for the new case added to the KEA knowledge base. In conclusions, a counseling internet program for weight reduction can be used for give advices how to deal with obesity in a man-to-man way in a real time using KEA where nutritional knowledge based on behavior modification for weight loss was accumulated.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.63-70
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• 2022

This study is a study that collects and analyzes data through An autoethnographyon as one of method of qualitative research, through which researcher have experienced firsthand in the process of developmenting and counseling there a new concept professional mental health mobile service platform as a mental health social welfare expert. The results of this study are as follows.First, there are people in Korea who are directly exposed to mental health issues and need to receive professional medical services, but there are also quite a few members of the public who have a desire for general mental health services, although the level of therapeutic intervention is not required. Second, considering the characteristics of modern society and especially in the pandemic situation of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, more and more people are preferring various mental health service platforms using mobile devices. Third, all generations complain of mental health issues such as family problems, stress, interpersonal relationships, and occupations, and other mental health problems such as self-harm and suicide accidents are frequently mentioned in connection with mental disorders such as depression, anxiety disorder, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Fourth, youngth s were exposed to various mental health-related issues, and above all, they were complaining of serious mental health problems such as self-harm and suicide accidents. Fifth, in delivering professional mental health services, mental health experts with the ability also to provide professional services online through mobile devices are needed as well offline. Finally, based on the results of this study, policy and practical suggestions related to the provision of mental health services in the future, and directions for follow-up studies were suggested.