• 대한간호학회지
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• 제42권7호
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• pp.965-973
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a self-care program for elders with osteoarthritis managed by primary health care workers, Community Health Practitioners (CHPs), in rural Korea. Methods: The self-care program, consisting of 7 areas, was evaluated with a randomized experimental study for patients over age 60 with osteoarthritis in which 150 participants in the experimental group and 140 in the control group were compared. The self-care program was implemented for six weeks, 2 hours per week, at community health posts by CHPs. Data were collected using an interview questionnaire given by the CHPs and laboratory tests before and after the intervention for both groups. Propensity score matching analysis was done to test effectiveness after controlling for confounding variables. Results: The intervention group showed a significant decrease in the number of painful joints (p<.001) and a significant increase in self-care ability (p<.05) compared to the control group. Conclusion: Study results indicate that training and utilizing primary health care workers in rural areas is valuable in increasing the generalization and continuity of intervention programs. As arthritis should be managed life-long, CHP directed self-care programs are useful interventions for rural elders with arthritis to learn self-care management.

• 한국인구학
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 1981

Health policy is directed to equity in the provision of primary care for rural people before the year of 2, 000. This study aimed to define and identify the need for physician's care by using empirical data, and suggested an alternative of the primary care delivery system in rural areas to the government. 1. Twenty percent of the study population wanted to obtain any form of medical care services. : 9.3 percent of the population was in need for physician's care; 15 percent of the need was met by physicians, while 85 percent remained unmet at the time of survey in 1979. 2. For meeting all the need for physician's primary care, 2.9 annual physician visits per capita are demanded. An alternative, which was devised in some favourable way at reasonable cost in rural settings, was suggested. It was to deploy the physician extender such as community health practitioner in the infrastructure of the health care delivery system, whose supervision is provided by physician, based on experience of the KHDI health demonstration project. 3. One physician, two community health practitioners and two community health aides should be assigned in distant locations for meeting all the estimated need for physician's primary care for 10, 000 rural underserved residents.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.795-807
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• 2002

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a community-based nursing center model that can provide health promotion for infants and toddlers as well as a research and practice site for nursing faculty and students. Methods: Review of current health care system and health promotion programs, and workshops with brain-storming were carried out to identify needy areas of services to be provided by the nursing center. Finally, the community nursing center model was developed through expert consultation and filed visits. Results: The services and programs were developed for infants and toddlers residing in Seoul area. These services and programs include growth and developmental screening, environment and health problem assessment, infant stimulation and parent education, and self-help group. Full-time and part-time staff nurses and nurse practitioners will provide those services and offer home visiting if needed. Database system, health information system, and trainers' training programs were developed as well. Conclusion: The nursing center model developed in this study will ensure clients direct access to nursing care and increase of autonomy and accountability of nursing practices. The nursing center model focused on disease prevention and health promotion will enhance the quality of life of the infants, toddlers and their families as well as to decrease national health care expenditure.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 1994년도 교수 연수회(역학)
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• pp.7-11
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• 1994

Twenty years ago, the American Journal of Epidemiology published David Sackett's brief description of. clinical epidemiology and its practitioners [1]. This commentary was a useful focal point for an emerging discipline. By 1983, with clinical epidemiology already thriving in many academic medical centres, Walter Holland called into question both the term, 'clinical epidemiology', and the nature of the discipline [2]. More recently, clinical epidemiology has drawn strong criticism from John Last, a noted academician whose contributions include the editorship of the Maxcy-Rosenau Textbook of Public Health. Writing in the Journal of Public Health Policy in 1988 [3], Last referred to the 'uncritical enthusiasm' for clinical epidemiology in medical schools as 'a danger to health', and staked. a claim to the term 'epidemiology' as appropriate only to the description of what classical or population epidemiologists do. Faced with such views, practitioners and proponents of clinical epidemiology can respond in three ways. They can ignore the criticism, and go on about their business. They can reaffirm their differences and resort to defensive rhetoric. Or, the critique can become an opportunity for reflection about the nature of clinical epidemiology and its relations with sister disciplines in modem medical schools. The latter course is followed here by four physicians who-despite diverse backgrounds and interests-all consider their work to be in the field of clinical epidemiology.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.457-467
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• 2006

Purpose: Community health practitioners (CHP) in Korea have a responsibility for delivering primary health care to remote or isolated communities. The aim of this paper is to analyze CHPs' level of depression and impacts of their Ego state and interpersonal attitude in transactional analysis on depression. This paper gives fundamental data for developing a the program for mental health promotion of CHPs. Method: The subjects Of this Study consisted of 459 Korean CHP who were conveniently selected from the target population. The data was collected through interviews using self-administered questionnaires, including the Korean Ego gram and life position inventory and depression scale. Results: The CHP's Ego gram showed the N type with the top point of NP. The type of interpersonal attitude was I'M OK - YOU'RE OK (I+U++). The level of depression was 35.4, normal range. There was a significant difference in depression according to the duration of the career. There was a significant negative correlation among NP, A, FC ego states, interpersonal OK and depression, and a significant positive correlation between interpersonal Not-OK and depression. The NP, A, FC ego states and interpersonal Not-OK were significant predictors (47.1%) of depression. Conclusion: This study showed that a program for CHPs to should include increasing the function of ego states and positive interpersonal attitude.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2009

By the rural area health care special law in 1980, Primary health care posts were established in rural areas as fundamental elements of the national health system. Nurses have been deployed to the posts after taking an education course mandated by the special law. However, health care posts have confronted environmental changes over the past 30 years such as an aging and decreasing rural population and advanced traffic systems, which make it necessary to reshape their form and role. Therefore, some guidelines are suggested for future role enlargement of health care posts by analyzing their current management and duties. The guidelines are as follows: 1) enlarging the portion of prevention and management of chronic degenerative diseases, 2) development and practice of diverse health promotion programs, 3) extension of primary health care for the increasing older population, 4) development of health programs for married immigrants, 5) practice of timely maternal child health programs, 6) development of adequate health care posts for low-income people in rapidly urbanizing rural areas and in poor areas in big cities, and 7) revision of laws and institutional arrangements for the role enlargement of health care posts to match social changes and customer needs.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.105-119
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• 1993

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the program for the control of acute respiratory infections(ARI) in children in a Korean rural area(Yonchon county). Evaluating the program, we focused on the pattern of prescription and appropriateness of antibiotics prescribed by the health personnel who had participated in the ARI Control Program. It was implemented at the primary health care setting in rural area, such as district hospital, health subcenters, and health posts. During six-months programme monitoring period, medical records were reviewed and collected data were analysed by the pediatrician, research coordinator of this study. The baseline data were collected from medical records of the same period(six months) of one year before the implementation of the ARI programme. The study results were as follow : 1. Common cold was the most prevalent disease(78.7%. 594 cases) among the all ARI cases (755 cases). The less frequent cases were bronchitis(11.9%), acute pharyngitis(5.2%), and pneumonia(1.8%). 2. Significant reduction in the use of antibiotics was observed after the programme implementation. Ninety three(15.7%) of 594 common cold cases were received antibiotics compared with 282(35.2%) of 802 in the baseline period. In the cases of bronchitis and acute pharyngitis, the reduction rates were 15.1% and 23.2% respectively compared to the baseline period. 3. Mean duration of antibiotics prescription was 1.81-1.75 days, similar to the baseline data. 4. The appropriateness rate of antibiotics prescriptions were 84.3%(common cold), 35.6% (bronchitis) and 28.2%(acute pharyngitis). In the case of pneumonia, the antibiotics prescription was compatible to the criteria developed. 5. Pediatrician prescribed antibiotics more appropriately for all cases than general practitioners in health sub-center, and nurse practitioners in health posts. 6. Antibiotics therapy was shown to be of no effect in the treatment of the all ARI cases. At the 5 and 10 days check-up of common cold cases after visits, proportion of improved patients were 58.3% in the antibiotics-used group and 51.4% in the control group. In the other cases of ARI, the patterns of response were similar to common cold. None of the differences in outcome between the antibiotics-used and control group was statistically significant. This ARI programme may have substantial a substantial impact on antibiotics use at the public health institutions(district hospital, health subcenters, health posts) which are of major domain for primary health care in Korean rural areas.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.353-377
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• 2000

보건진료소의 보건의료환경 및 근무여건, 업무현황과 개선에 대한 보건진료원의 의견을 파악하여 향후 보건진료소의 발전 방안을 제시하는데 도움을 주고자 경상북도 소재 보건진료소(1996년 330개소, 1999년 313개소)의 운영상황보고서에 의한 업무 변화량을 분석하였으며, 보건진료원 280명의 설문자료를 분석하였다. 운영상황보고서에 의한 보건진료소의 관할인구 추이는 1996년에 비해 1999년에 전반적으로 감소하였으나 노인인구는 증가하였다. 운영상황보고서에 의한 보건진료소의 업무 활동상황은 1996년도에 비해 전반적으로 증가하였고, 진찰 및 투약관리, 검사, 성인병 및 만성질환관리, 노인건강, 가정방문이 특히 증가하였으며, 전염병 관리와 결핵관리에서 부분적인 감소를 보였다. 재정운영상태는 50.4%가 운영이 잘된다고 하였고, 1.4%만이 운영하기 곤란하다고 하였는데, 현 근무지 근무연수가 많을수록(p<0.05), 그리고 도시근교일수확, 인구가 많을수록, 진찰 및 투약건수가 많을수록(p<0.01) 운영이 잘 된다고 하였다. 보건진료원의 직업적 긍지는 전반적으로 긍정적이었는데, 그 중 하는 일의 중요함이 94.6%로 가장 긍정적이었고, 역할과 임무에 대한 만족정도는 현 근무지 근무연수에 따라 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 보건진료원들의 보건기관과 민간의료기관과의 협조정도는 대체로 긍정적이었는데, 보건소와 협조정도는 연령이 많을수록, 근무 경력이 길수록 긍정적인 응답률이 유의하게 높았으며(p<0.01), 현 근무지 근무연수에 따라 차이가 있었다(p<0.05). 보건진료원들은 운영협의회, 마을건강원, 지역사회조직과도 협조적이다는 응답이 모두 70% 이상이었다. 보건진료소 사업계획서는 96.4%가 적성하였으며, 제2기 지역보건의료계획서 작성에는 11.4%만이 참여하였다. 관할지역주민의 혈압과 흡연여부를 70% 이상 파악하고 있는 보건 진료원은 각각 88.2%, 63.9% 였는데, 혈압파악률은 보건진료원의 연령이 많을수록(p<0.01), 교육정도가 전문대학 이하인 경우(p<0.05)에서 높았다. 보건진료원의 지난 3년 동안에 보수교육외 교육 참여율, 연구사업 참여율은 각각 27.5%로 저조했으며, 보건진료소 수입으로 주민환원 사업을 실시한 경우는 65.4%였다. 보건진료원들이 생각하는 보건진료소의 필요 정도는 국가적 측면, 소속시군 측면, 관할지역 측면에서 모두 95% 이상이 매우 필요 또는 필요하다고 하였으며, 53.9%가 보건진료소의 역할이 증대되어야 한다고 하였다. 지금까지 폐쇄 및 폐쇄 예정된 보건진료소에 대하여 보건진료원은 담당 부서의 보건진료소 업무에 대한 인식부족 및 행정편의, 보건진료원의 신분이 법률로 보장되지 않은 별정직이어서, 단체장의 의지 등을 주된 이유로 제시하였다. 보건진료원은 향후 보건진료소에 대한 평가기준에 대해 노인 및 만성질환자 등의 보건의료서비스 대상자수, 주민의 의견, 인구 규모, 일상생활권을 고려한 교통상황 등의 순으로 제시하였으며, 보건진료원에 대한 평가기준으로는 보건사업실적, 주민과의 유대정도, 진료실적, 행정 및 업무처리 능력 등의 순으로 제시하였다. 객관적인 평가 후 일정기준이하의 보건진료소에 대한 향후 대처 방안에 대해서 보건진료원은 현 구조 유지하면서 업무개선, 도시 의료취약지역으로의 보건진료소 위치 조정 등을 많이 제시하였다. 보건진료소의 가장 필요한 개선부문으로는 절반 이상인 52.5%가 보건진료원의 업무조정이라고 하였으며, 향후 보건진료소가 중점적으로 추진하여야 한 사업으로는 당뇨 및 고혈압 관리, 방문보건사업, 노인보건사업 등이 중요하다고 하였다. 향후 보건진료소가 일차보건의료의 가치체계를 잘 반영하는 조직이 되기 위하여는 지역사회 보건의료요구에 부합하는 업무개선이 이루어져야 하겠으며, 만성질환관리사업, 방문보건사업, 노인보건사업 등이 활성화 되어야 하겠다.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to suggest new directions for public health programs in rural and remote areas. Method: For this purpose, a literature review was done including articles, research reports, and master theses and doctoral dissertations. Results: Public health programs in rural remote areas were found to be very insufficient in terms of professional personnel and program diversity. Especially, there is a lack of adequate manpower and infra-structure in the public health sub-centers at the township and sub county level. Although community health practitioners at the village level are providing public health service beyond medical care, their coverage rate is very low. Conclusion: The results suggest a need to strengthen the function of public health sub-centers to provide comprehensive public health service based on the life-cycle approach. For this new change, legal and political support must be developed.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.564-574
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• 2008

Purpose: This study was a descriptive survey research to compare and to examine the levels of physical health status. family support, and life satisfaction between the aged living alone and living with family, the relations among the factors. Methods: Subjects were the 267 aged (living alone: 133 subjects: living with family: 134 subjects) in Seoul and Gyung-gi province. Measures were Cornell Medical Index(CMI) to check physical health status, family support scale developed by Cobb(l976) to check the family support. and elderly life satisfaction scale developed by Yun(1982) to check life satisfaction. Data were collected from March to August. 2006. Collected data were analyzed through SPSS/PC 12.0 version. Results: First. degree of the physical health status. family support. and life satisfaction in the elderly living with family were better than them in the elderly living alone. Second. the relations among the factors were all positive correlation. Third. the education and monthly allowance in aged living alone did effect to the life satisfaction. Conclusion: Clinical practice should be focused on family support/social support for the aged living alone. Also nursing practitioners for the aged living alone should consider the general characteristics of them.