• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.161-176
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to conduct a family impact analysis to examine the effects of policies to lower fertility in families in Korea. Data were collected from a purposive sample of three groups of government officials, family scholars, and staff at family-related organizations and associations. 105 family policy professionals responded to the self-report questionnaire. The family impact analysis scale was formulated by the researcher based on Ooms'(1995)'A checklist for assessing the impact of policies on families' and Lawson & Lawson's(2001)'An example on family impact analysis checklist or inventory.' The results showed there were eight factors in the family impact analysis on the policies to low fertility in Korea; strengthening family membership and stability; providing various convenient public services; recognizing family interdependence; recognizing the efficiency of implementing policies and support of vulnerable families; strengthening the family function of childbirth; recognizing family relationships; preventing family problems and empowering families; and recognizing family diversity. The conclusions and implications of these findings were also discussed.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.335-352
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• 2024

Purpose - Low fertility rate is a serious problem, and this study analyzes factors affecting total fertility rate using panel data from 16 metropolitan cities and provinces in Korea from 2000 to 2022. Design/methodology/approach - Estimating the SAR model considering the weak cross-sectional dependence that exists in variables related to the regional total fertility rate, and using the DKSE estimation method considering the strong cross-sectional dependence. Findings - Estimation results considering weak and strong cross-sectional dependence were similar, confirming the robustness of the results. Female labor force participation rate has a positive effect on total fertility rate, and employment rate has no effect. However, the interaction term is a negative (-) sign. Crude marriage rate has a positive effect on total fertility rate, and apartment price has a slightly positive effect. Environmental factor has no effect, and policy factor has a negative effect. Research implications or Originality - In order for an increase in the female labor force participation rate to lead to an increase in the total fertility rate, qualitative improvements in female employment must be made. Financial investment policies for childbirth must increase their effectiveness. The problem of low fertility rate requires not only population policy but also social, economic, cultural, environmental, and policy conditions to be considered.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.396-407
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• 2023

Background: This study investigated the awareness and utilization of maternity protection and work-family balance support policies among dental hygienists in dental hospitals and clinics. Methods: We surveyed 200 dental hygienists. Twenty-two who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded, leaving 178 participants for analysis. The self-administered 48-item questionnaire gathered information on demographics, workplace details, policy awareness, government knowledge, and suggestions for improvement. Results: Awareness of maternity and family support programs significantly differed with age, marital status, number of children, and clinical experience. Dental hygienists in general hospitals and university hospitals reported greater ease of utilizing these policies compared to those in dental clinics. Among the participants, 27.7% took pre- and post-maternity leave, 26.6% took parental leave, 16.9% had reduced working hours during pregnancy, 15.8% had reduced working hours during childhood,and 8.5% during family leave. To promote program uptake, participants suggested mandatory implementation across workplaces (68.4%), expanded support for substitute workers (48.6%), and increased education and promotion of government support (42.4%). Conclusion: While most dental hygienists were aware of the Maternity Protection and Work-Family Balance Assistance Policy, utilizing it proved challenging due to several factors. Organizational policies or practices may not fully implement this policy, while workplace culture could discourage its use. Unfair treatment and the lack of available substitutes further hindered access. To prevent career interruptions for dental hygienists due to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, and family care, and to maintain career continuity, the dental community and government should establish a multifaceted social support system. This system should prioritize several key areas: strengthening policy promotion, fostering a family-friendly atmosphere, improving management and supervision of policy implementation and developing a robust support system for substitute personnel.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Food shortage situation in North Korea has gained much interest, however food insecurity caused by the food shortage in North Korean households has not been much investigated. This study examined food security experiences and food consumption pattern of displaced North Korean households currently living in South Korea. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Food security experience among 51 North Korean households living in South Korea was examined using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) in three time points: immediately before childbirth, immediately before leaving North Korea, and immediately before entering South Korea. Meal/snack consumption frequencies and food diversity were also examined. RESULTS: Food security situation was the worst at the time of immediately before leaving North Korea with the average HFIAS score of 10.05. The households that were food insecure, they tended to be "severely" insecure. Although majority of the subjects reported having three or more meals a day, food diversity in their diet was very low with the average food diversity score of 2.17 immediately before childbirth and 1.74 immediately before leaving North Korea. Their diet appeared to heavily rely on grain and vegetable. CONCLUSIONS: This study is one of few that specifically examined food security of North Korean households with a pre-developed scale, and that demonstrated food security situation at different time points in quantified terms. Replicating this study with different groups of North Korean households for different time points would allow more complete understanding of impacts of food shortage. Food diversity score could provide a good way to examine changes of food consumption occurring to North Koreans in the process of adaptation. More attention to the changes occurring during adaption to South Korea should be given to understand the process and impact and to prepare public nutrition policy for the re-unified Korea.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.477-484
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• 2012

날로 증가하고 있는 다문화가정의 이주여성이 한국의 농촌에서 겪는 임신과 출산경험의 의미의 본질을 밝히고자 현상학적 연구 방법으로 분석하였다. 자료수집은 A 농촌지역에 거주하는 다문화가정의 결혼이주여성 9명을 대상으로 심층 면담을 하여 녹취하였다. 자료 분석은 Colaizzi의 현상학적 방법에 의해 분석하였다. 연구 결과 다문화가정 여성의 임신과 출산 경험을 통해서 한국사회로의 삶이 전환되는 과정은 4개의 범주와 9개의 주제 모음이 도출되었다. 최종으로 도출된 4개의 범주는 '미지의 세계에 대한 기대', '새로운 위기를 겪음', '고통 속에서 피어나는 행복감', '새 생명 속에서 희망을 느낌-삶의 전환'으로 도출되었다. 이러한 연구 결과는 결혼을 전제로 새로운 삶을 시작하는 다문화가정의 여성들이 한국에서의 적응 과정에서 겪는 어려움을 이해하고 이에 대한 문제점을 도울 수 있는 적극적인 적응 프로그램 운영을 위한 자료를 제공하고자 하였다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 임부의 자아통제감, 우울 및 불안 정도를 측정하고 그 변수들 간의 관계를 규명하며, 불안에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하는데 있다. 본 연구는 160명의 임부를 대상으로 자료를 수집하여, 분석은 t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, Stepwise Regression Analysis를 이용하였다. 대상자의 자아통제감은 평균 20.49±3.49점으로, 가족구성원의 수입에 따라 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 대상자의 우울은 평균 6.71±4.76점으로, 직업 유무, 시댁식구와 동거여부 및 계획된 임신여부에 따라 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 대상자의 불안은 평균 39.59±8.56점으로, 연령, 분만경험에 따라 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 대상자의 불안은 우울과 정적 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났고, 자아통제감과는 부적 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 우울과 자아통제감과는 부적 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 임부의 불안에 영향을 주는 요인은 자아통제감, 우울, 분만 경험이 없는 경우이었다. 본 연구결과는 산전관리 시 임부의 자아통제감과 산전우울 정도를 사정하고, 이를 근거로 임부의 불안 완화를 위한 간호중재개발 및 적용의 필요성을 제시한다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2020

Purposes: This study purposed to identify influence of postpartum care services on health-related quality of life in women after birth. Methodology: Korea Health Panel Survey 2009-2015 provided by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and National Health Insurance Service was used for the analysis. The health-related quality of life evaluate as a EuroQoL-5D(EQ-5D-3L, used the weight of the CDC) was used as dependent variables. Postpartum care services was used as independent variable. Demographic factors(education, economic activity, region, house income), health related variable(presence of chronic disease, self-rated health), birth related variable(birth-related problem, childbirth, pregnancy of advanced maternal age) used as covariates. Regression analysis was used. Findings: The rate of use of postpartum care services is increasing year by year. Postpartum care services and self-rated health positively influence on the health-related quality of life in women after birth and chronic disease and birth-related problem negatively influence on. Practical Implications: Therefore, it is necessary that the government's policy of the postpartum care service be expanded and systematized to increase accessibility on. There are rare studies on the health-related quality of life of women after childbirth, adjusted for birth-related variables. So this study has significance.

• 아동학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2009

In the last thirty years, societal changes have affected Korean families at a fast pace. Some of these changes include the fall of childbirth rate, expansion of women in the workforce, delay of first marriages, and rise of divorces, remarriages, and international marriages. These new trends have created and diversified new contexts for family structures and parent-child relationships. Both parents and children are now confronted with a myriad of new challenges and in need of understanding the newly transformed-family environments in respond to new ecological pressures. Contemporary issues concerning parent-child relationships are discussed by analyzing the new trends and research issues on particular social issues and pressures. Future policy issues are discussed based on these analyses combined with the critical impact of the parent-child relationships on child development.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.555-568
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• 2004

The current national pension system tends to be sexually discriminatory in that it excludes elderly women. It is because the system is based on family incomes usually earned by men. Considering structural changes in a family - for example, a growing divorce rate, an increasing number of unmarried couples living together, and broken families - and socio-economic changes - such as an improved level of women's education and more female participation in economic activities, this paper will make some suggestions as follows: 1) to introduce basic pension system which guarantees incomes for the elderly with "one pension per person" policy; 2) to enlarge voluntary enrollment; 3) to implement pension credit system which pays women allowances for childbirth and upbringing; 4) to improve ways of allotting retirement pension of a husband; also to provide for an elderly woman both divided pension that derives from her husband's pension and an old-age pension of her own.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.245-254
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• 2015

본 연구는 융 복합시대 여성의 산후조리와 육아휴직으로 인한 우리나라의 출산장려정책이 경제활동에 어떤 상관성이 있는지에 대하여 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 서울시에 위치한 **글로리 산후조리원, *세계 산후조리원, **한 산후조리원, **노블 산후조리원에 입소한 산모들을 대상으로 설문지를 260부를 배포하여 설문조사에 성실하게 응답한 산모들의 설문지 222부를 채택하여 본 연구에 사용하였다. 또 현 정부에서 지원하는 출산장려정책에 대해 선행연구와 국, 내외 기존문헌을 토대로 연구하였다. 출산장려정책의 특성요인으로서 사회보험 및 세제, 출산비, 보육서비스, 사회문화의 결정요인을 도출하고 이들 요인과 출산여성의 경제활동여부와, 매개변수로 육아휴직의 관계에 대한 연구모형과 가설을 설정하여 이를 실증적으로 분석, 검증하는 연구를 목적으로 두었다.