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대구지역 초등학교 4, 5학년 대상 어린이 식생활 안전관리 교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과 평가 (Development of Children Food Safety Education Program for 4th and 5th Grade Elementary School Students in Daegu and Evaluation of Its Effects)

  • 김정미;이난희
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제41권2호
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2012
  • 대구광역시 소재 4개의 교육청별 관할 46개 초등학교 4 5학년 학생 8,370명을 대상으로 어린이 식생활 안전관리 교육을 실시한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 4학년 3,932명, 5학년 4,438명으로 교육청별로는 A 교육청 3,268명, B 교육청 2,890명, C 교육청 1,672명, D 교육청 540명을 대상으로 실시하였으며, 교육 장소는 방송실에서 교육한 학교가 31개교였고 교육 받은 학생 수는 6,925명(82.7%)으로 가장 많았으며, 교육 장소 간에 교육 받은 학생 수는 유의한 차이가 있었으며(p<0.001), 교육시간도 1교시 전에 교육 받은 학생수가 2,586명(30.9%)으로 가장 많았으며, 교육 시간에 따른 교육 받은 학생 수는 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.001). 어린이들의 간식 섭취이유는 고열량 저영양 식품(p<0.01), 부정 불량식품(p<0.001), 어린이 정서저해식품(p<0.001) 모두 '맛있어서'가 가장 높았으며, 항목 간 유의한 차이가 있었다. 교육내용 인지도에 대한 교육 전후 비교는 어린이 식생활 안전관리 특별법과 관련된 6개의 항목으로 어린이 식생활 안전관리 특별법, 어린이 식품안전보호구역(Green Food Zone), 어린이 기호식품 품질인증표시, 고열량 저영양 식품, 부정 불량식품, 어린이 정서저해식품 등을 '알고 있느냐'의 질문으로 6개 항목 모두 교육 전에 비하여 교육 후 유의한 수준으로 인지도가 증가하였다(p<0.001). 고열량 저영양 식품, 부정 불량식품, 정서저해식품의 섭취이유에 대한 항목 중 '맛있어서'는 고열량 저영양 식품이 81.6%로 가장 높게 대답하였으며, '호기심에서'는 어린이 정서저해식품이 28.0%로 가장 높게 응답하였고, '가격이 저렴해서'는 부정 불량식품이 27.1%로 가장 많이 답하였다. '어린이 식생활 안전관리 교육의 필요성'은 교육 전 '있다' 92.4%, 교육 후 93.6%로 유의하게 증가하였으며(p<0.05), 교육 전후 손씻기에 대한 비교는 '씻는다'가 교육 전 60.7%에서 교육 후 62.9%로 다소 증가하였으나 유의성은 없었다. 현재 초등학교에 영양교사가 근무하고 있기는 하나, 학교 사정에 따라 영양교육이 체계적으로 이루어지고 있지 않으며, 영양교육을 실시하는 일부 학교에서는 정규 시간이 아닌 재량활동시간, 수업 전시간 등을 활용하여 교육이 이루어지고 있는 실정이어서 이번 어린이 식생활 안전관리 교육이 비록 1회이지만 가능한 많은 어린이들에게 교육의 기회를 제공하고자 대구지역의 일부 학교가 아닌 4개 교육청 관할 학교 4, 5학년 남녀 학생을 고른 분포로 교육을 실시하였다. 이번 연구결과로 볼 때 1회 교육으로 인지도는 향상되었으나, 실천율 변화는 미흡하였으므로 향후 관련 연구에서는 반복적인 교육프로그램을 개발하여 어린이들이 바람직한 식생활을 실천할 수 있도록 해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

일본 공모설치관리제도(Park-PFI)의 적용을 통한 노후 도시공원 정비사업 시뮬레이션 및 타당성 분석 (Simulation and Feasibility Analysis of Aging Urban Park Refurbishment Project through the Application of Japan's Park-PFI System)

  • 김용국;김영현;김민서
    • 한국조경학회지
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    • 제51권5호
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    • pp.13-29
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    • 2023
  • 도시공원은 시민들의 건강, 삶의 질, 그리고 커뮤니티 형성을 지원하는 사회적 기반시설이다. 조성된 후 20년 이상이 지난 도시공원 비중이 커지고 있는 가운데, 노후 도시공원의 물리적 공간환경 개선과 기능 제고를 위한 정비사업 추진 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 관 주도의 노후 도시공원 정비는 재원 확보와 공원 매력 증진 측면에서 한계가 있기 때문에 민·관 협력을 통한 추진이 필요하다. 우리나라에 앞서 노후 도시공원 문제를 겪은 일본은 2017년 「도시공원법」 개정을 통해 공모설치관리제도(Park-PFI)를 도입하여 다수의 공원 정비사업을 성공적으로 추진 중이다. 이에 본 연구는 민·관 협력을 통해 국내 노후 도시공원 서비스의 질을 개선하고, 지속적으로 관리·운영하기 위한 대안으로서 일본 공모설치관리제도(Park-PFI)의 특성을 다각적으로 검토·분석하고, 이를 국내 노후 도시공원에 시범 적용한 후, Park-PFI 적용을 통한 노후 도시공원 재정비사업의 타당성을 분석하고자 하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 일본의 공모설치관리제도(Park-PFI)는 노후 도시공원의 서비스 질 향상과 기능 다양화를 위한 민·관 협력 수단으로 국내 여건에 맞춰 도입하는 것에 대한 논의를 시작할 필요가 있겠다. Park-PFI의 국내 도입을 위해서는 민간 자본 및 수익시설 설치에 따른 도시공원의 공공성 저하와 장소성 훼손, 공원녹지법 및 공유재산법 등 관련 규제 개선 등에 관한 사회적 논의와 후속 연구가 필요하겠다. 둘째, 노후 도시공원의 정비 필요도가 높고, 사업을 추진하기에 적합한 입지라는 전제하에 Park-PFI 사업은 시민, 지자체, 민간 사업자 모두의 편익을 증진시킬 수 있는 정책 대안이라고 판단된다. 인천광역시 부평구에 위치한 노후 도시공원인 세영공원에 Park-PFI 사업을 시범 적용한 결과, 수익성지수(PI), 순현재가치(FNPV), 내부수익률(FIRR) 등의 측면에서 수익성이 있는 것으로 분석되어 민간 부문의 사업 참여가 가능할 것으로 판단된다. 지자체 차원에서도 민간 자본을 활용하여 노후 도시공원의 물리적 공간환경을 정비하는 것은 물론 민간 사업자의 시설 사용료와 수익의 일부(연매출의 0.5%)를 환원받음으로써 발생하는 재원을 활용하여 해당 도시공원의 유지관리 예산을 확보할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

정신과 교대근무와 주간근무 간호사에서 수면의 주관적 및 활동기록기 평가의 비교 (Comparisons of Subjective and Actigraphic Measurements of Sleep between Shift-working and Daytime Psychiatric Nurses)

  • 곽준;윤보현;전봉희;시영화;송제헌;박수희;김경민;정하란;정유란;박진형
    • 정신신체의학
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.166-175
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    • 2017
  • 연구목적 교대근무는 수면장애를 포함한 다양한 건강상의 문제와 연관이 있고 결국에는 삶의 질을 떨어뜨리는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 임상현장에서는 주로 대상자의 주관적인 보고에 의하여 수면을 평가하고 있다. 본 연구는 정신과 교대근무 간호사의 수면을 주관적인 수면평가와 활동기록기를 이용한 수면평가를 통해 주간근무자와 비교해 보고자 하였다. 방 법 교대근무 간호사 23명과 주간근무 간호사 25명을 대상으로 하였다. PSQI를 이용하여 주관적인 수면의 질을 평가하였고 기타 자기보고척도를 이용하여 정신사회적 측면을 평가하였다. 객관적인 수면을 측정하기 위해 활동기록기를 총 7일간 착용하도록 하였고, 그 기간 동안 수면일지를 함께 작성하였다. 교대근무군과 주간근무군간에 활동기록기의 수면변수, PSQI 총점과 구성요소 그리고 자기보고척도로 평가한 결과를 비교하였다. 결 과 PSQI 총점은 양군 간 유의한 차이를 보이지는 않았으나 PSQI 구성요소 중에서 교대근무군이 유의하게 수면의 질(C1)이 나쁘고, 수면장애(C5)와 수면제 사용(C6)이 많으며, 주간기능장애(C7)가 심한 것으로 나타났다. 활동기록기로 측정한 수면변수에서 교대근무군이 주간근무군에 비해 유의하게 잠자리에 누워있는 시간과 총 수면시간이 짧으며, 수면효율이 떨어지고, 평균각성시간이 긴 것으로 나타났다. 결 론 교대근무 간호사가 주간근무 간호사에 비해 주관적 수면평가 및 활동기록기를 통한 객관적 지표 모두에서 수면에 문제를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 활동기록기가 수면장애를 평가하는데 있어 주관적 설문만으로는 측정이 어려운 객관적 수면변수를 측정하는 데 유용한 도구일 가능성을 시사한다.

Panax ginseng and its ginsenosides: potential candidates for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced side effects

  • Wan, Yan;Wang, Jing;Xu, Jin-feng;Tang, Fei;Chen, Lu;Tan, Yu-zhu;Rao, Chao-long;Ao, Hui;Peng, Cheng
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • 제45권6호
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    • pp.617-630
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    • 2021
  • Chemotherapy-induced side effects affect the quality of life and efficacy of treatment of cancer patients. Current approaches for treating the side effects of chemotherapy are poorly effective and may cause numerous harmful side effects. Therefore, developing new and effective drugs derived from natural nontoxic compounds for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced side effects is necessary. Experiments in vivo and in vitro indicate that Panax ginseng (PG) and its ginsenosides are undoubtedly non-toxic and effective options for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced side effects, such as nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and hematopoietic inhibition. The mechanism focus on anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, and anti-apoptosis, as well as the modulation of signaling pathways, such as nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor 2 (Nrf2)/heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), P62/keap1/Nrf2, c-jun Nterminal kinase (JNK)/P53/caspase 3, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK), AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MKK4)/JNK, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT. Since a systemic review of the effect and mechanism of PG and its ginsenosides on chemotherapy-induced side effects has not yet been published, we provide a comprehensive summarization with this aim and shed light on the future research of PG.

영국의 노인공동생활주택에 대한 검토 (Review of Communal Housing for the Elderly in the UK)

  • 홍형옥
    • 가정과삶의질연구
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.49-68
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was 1) to review communal housing in the UK, 2) to consider the policy implications for elderly communal housing in Korea. The research methods used were 1) literature review about communal housing and related policy in the UK 2) field survey in the UK 3) interpretative suggestion for the proper policy implication to develope communal housing for the elderly in Korea. Sheltered housing in the UK had been developed as communal housing for the elderly with special needs since the 1970s. The type of sheltered housing were category 1 and category 2. Very sheltered housing with more facilities and meal services was added in 1980s. Sheltered housing was evaluated as the most humanistic solution for older people in the UK in 1980s. Because of the policy of moving institutional care to community care, sheltered housing became less in demand because of more options for older people including being able to stay in their own home. So new completion of sheltered housing by registered social landlords reduced saliently. Sheltered housing already totalled over half million units in which 5% of all elderly over 65 still lived and a small quantity of private sector for sale schemes emerged in the 1990s. The reason why the residents moved to sheltered housing was for sociable, secure, and manageable living arrangements. In general the residents were satisfied with these characteristics but dissatisfied with the service charge and quality of meals, especially in category 2.5 schemes. The degree of utilisation of communal spaces and facilities depended on the wardens ability and enthusiasm. Evaluation of sheltered housing indicated several problems such as wardens duty as a \"good neighbour\" ; difficult-to-let problems with poor location or individual units of bedsittiing type with shared bathroom ; and the under use of communal spaces and facilities. Some ideas to solve these problems were suggested by researchers through expanding wardens duty as a professional, opening the scheme to the public, improving interior standards, and accepting non-elderly applicants who need support. Some researchers insisted continuing development of sheltered housing, but higher standards must be considered for the minority who want to live in communal living arrangement. Recently, enhanced sheltered housing with greater involvement of relatives and with tied up policy in registration and funding suggested as an alternative for residential care. In conclusion, the rights of choice for older people should be policy support for special needs housing. Elderly communal housing, especially a model similar to sheltered housing category 2 with at least 1 meal a day might be recommended for a Korean Model. For special needs housing development either for rent or for sale, participation of the public sector and long term and low interest financial support for the private sector must be developed in Korea. Providing a system for scheme managers to train and retrain must be encouraged. The professional ability of the scheme manager to plan and to deliver services might be the most important factor for the success of elderly communal housing projects in Korea. In addition the expansion of a public health care service, the development of leisure programs in Senior Citizens Centre, home helper both for the elderly in communal housing and the elderly in mainstream housing of the community as well. Providing of elderly communal housing through the modified general Construction Act rather than the present Elderly Welfare Act might be more helpful to encourage the access of general people in Korea. in Korea.

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지역사회 재가 암환자 관리 체계 구축 - 일 시 지역을 중심으로 - (Development of a Community-Based Management System of Home-Stay Cancer Patients)

  • 김분한;정연
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.154-160
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    • 2001
  • Purpose : This study, as the first year project of setting up a community based management system, was attempted for the cancer patients and their family to improve their quality of life; investigating and managing the cancer patients, educating volunteers and connecting the patients with the volunteers were performed. Method and result : The education of managing cancer patients for the volunteers was done once in lune for 2 days to the 80 volunteers. Questions about education effect, volunteer motivation and so on were made up. The survey showed, generally, education satisfaction level was high and a longer education and an intensive course were needed and was suggested that organizing a volunteer community be needed for the continuous further education and systematic management. As the result, after the public health center and volunteers deliberated, a volunteer community consisting of 4 teams, 28 members was organized, launched in Oct. and operated for the cancer patients and their family. For investigating and enrolling the patients, advertising on a local information paper, recommending of local doctors, publicizing by educating the heads of a subdivision of the city, the heads of a neighborhood association and the people in charge of the related local communities such as women's society, and surveying the community by volunteers were performed and the total, 41 patients were registered. Management of cancer patients was carried out by volunteers in a community and in a nursing school. A regional volunteers' community is composed of 23 members and they have worked 87 times, that is 3.8 times per capita on an average. The content of duties is attending the education (41.1%) the most. A volunteers' community of nursing students composed of 12 members have worked 135 times, that is 11.3 times per capita on an average. The content of duties - consulting with patients and home visiting (37.8 %) were the most and survey for investigating the cancer patients was the second. Conclusion : This study has the meaning that this is the guiding attempt in building a community based management system, and especially the achievement of this study is that a regional society organized a volunteer community for the cancer patients by itself and went into action for the cancer patients and their family. Furthermore, to activate this volunteering, it is necessary to keep managing volunteers and running continuing education or the intensive course of the volunteers. Indeed we should let the patients have good impression on this program through publicity and education for the residents to keep track of more cancer patients. For that, systematic and powerful cooperation of a self-administrative organization is required.

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슬관절의 통증과 기능장애의 평가도구에 관한 연구 (The Research of Pain and Functional Disability Assessment Scales for Knee Joint Disease)

  • 정찬영;김은정;황민섭;조현석;김경호;이승덕;김갑성
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.123-142
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    • 2010
  • Objectives : The knee pain is the main reason of getting acupuncture treatment. In order to have confidence in the results of a study, it is necessary to establish that questionnaire is both valid and reliable in questionnaire related study. The aim of this study was to review the instruments that are currently in sue for assessing the knee joint. Methods : A literature study was performed to choose appropriate scales for assessment for pain and the function of the knee. Theoretically based scales were selected for review. Therefore, 18 scales for knee and 9 scale for pain were reviewed. the status of scales involved in knee treatment of acupuncture throughout several countries was evaluated. Results & Conclusion : Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, Cincinnati knee rating system(CKRS) are adequate for ligament injury in knee. International Knee Documentation Committee scoring system(IKDC) may become a publication requirement for journals in view of the international standing of the committee. The available outcome measure for use in osteoarthritis are Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC), Lequesne Functional Severity Index(LFI) and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score(KOOS), and in rheumatoid arthritis are McMaster-Toronto Arthritis patient function preference questionnaire(MACTAR), Quality of Life-Rheumatoid Arthritis Scale(QoL-RA Scale). Visual analog scale(VAS), verbal rating scale(VRS) are commonly used for the standard pain scale. For long term follow-up study The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36(SF-36), Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales(AIMS), Health Assessment Questionnaire(HAQ) should be included. Each measurement has its own composition and characteristics. Their validity, reliability, responsiveness and practical characteristics were already evaluated. We found 20 domestic and 28 overseas papers about knee treatment using acupuncture assessed with knee scales.

Supplement of High Protein-Enriched Diet Modulates the Diversity of Gut Microbiota in WT or PD-1H-Depleted Mice

  • Xie, Yajun;Zhao, Ping;Han, Zhigang;Li, Wei;Shi, Dan;Xu, Lei;Yi, Qiying
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제31권2호
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    • pp.207-216
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    • 2021
  • Supplement of high-protein food plays an important role in improving the symptoms of malnutrition and the immune capacity of the body, but the association of high-protein diet and gut microbiota remained unaddressed. Here, we systematically analyzed the internal organs and gut microbiota in C57(WT) or PD-1H-depleted (KO) mice (T cells were activated) fed with pupae or feed for six weeks. We observed that the body weight gain in the mice fed with pupae increased less significantly than that of the feed group, while the villi and small intestine lengths in the pupa group were reduced compared with that of mice given feed. However, the average body weight of the KO mice increased compared with that of the WT mice fed with pupae or feed. Pupae increased the concentration of blood glucose in WT, but not in KO mice. Moreover, in the feed group, there was no difference in the weight of the internal organs between the WT and KO mice, but in the pupae-fed group, liver weight was decreased and spleen weight was increased compared with that of KO mice. The amounts/plural/amounts of Melainabacteria, Chloroflexi, and Armatimonadetes were specifically upregulated by pupae, and this upregulation was weakened or eliminated by PD-1H depletion. Some bacteria with high abundance in the feed-fed KO mice, such as Deferribacteres, Melainabacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes and Verrucomicrobia, were decreased in pupae-fed KO mice, and Proteobacteria and Deinococcus were specifically enriched in pupae-fed KO mice. Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Akkermansia were associated with weight loss in the pupae-fed group while Lachnospiraceae and Anaerobiospirillum were related glucose metabolism and energy consumption. Based on high-throughput sequencing, we discovered that some gut bacteria specifically regulated the metabolism of a high-protein diet, and PD-1H deficiency improved life quality and sustained blood glucose. Moreover, PD-1H responses to high-protein diet through modulating the type and quantity of gut bacteria. These findings provide evidence about the association among gut microbiota, T cell activation (for PD-1H depletion) and high-protein diet metabolism, have important theoretical significance for nutrition and health research.

인터넷 영양정보의 모니터링-메타데이터의 분석 (Monitoring of On-Line Nutrition Information-Analysis of Meta Data)

  • 강혜경;강명희;유경혜;이선영
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제37권8호
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    • pp.688-700
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    • 2004
  • This study was conducted to analyze how appropriate the on-line nutrition information was externally as a web information. Four-hundred-ninety-seven web sites from 5 internet search engines (Yahoo, Empas, Nate, Hanmir, Naver) were selected on the basis of April 25th, 2004. The skillful personnels monitored them about 8 evaluating categories: clarity, purpose, authority, durability, advertisement, privacy and/or security, responsibility, and contents. Forty percent of the selected web sites were operated by the companies which had commercial purpose like internet shopping malls and 5.6% by academies, societies, research institutions, schools/colleges and public institutions. Most of web sites (76.1 %) were managed for advertisements and sales of companies' commodities, and 32.6% had the food and nutrition information as first purpose. Ninety-three percent of web sites were targeted to healthy individuals through whole life cycle. Specifically, there were lots of web sites for the obesity which were offered by diet related companies. Of the 497 web sites, 193 mentioned the name providing the nutrition information, but only 1/3 had reliability on their specialty. As a source of nutrition information, 52.7% of web sites were using 'books of the major field' and 42.0% 'newspapers' and 23.7% 'broadcasting', respectively. Most web sites mentioned 'setting-up date' but not 'renewal date'. Thirty-six percent of web sites took '2 - 3 days' for the operators to answer the questions through the bulletin. Forty-seven percent of web sites answered' 1 - 10 questions' per 1 week, but 40.1 % of them didn't answer for a week at all. There were 118 web sites (23.7%) to record the connected frequencies and 36.0% of them put the advertisements. Around 96% of web sites mentioned feedback addresses. Among the menus of web sites, 68.0% were about self-advertisement and 64.0% about nutrition information. Each web site was scored to judge its external quality according to the operators by selecting 13 items. Web sites managed by public institution had highest scores (9.5), and lowest in private vendors', food companies' and individual web pages. Among search engines, Naver got the highest score of 7.0 and Nate the lowest one of 6.1. As it was only the pilot study, there were several limits in evaluating tools, time and monitored quantity. To make monitoring of on-line nutrition informatiions actively, standardized monitoring forms might be developed under the integrated studies.

대중매체 식품영양정보에 대한 성인 여성의 요구도 조사 (A Survey for Needs and Preference of Food and Nutrition information on Mass Media for Korean Female Adults)

  • 곽정은;이서연;이상훈;고광석
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제19권6호
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    • pp.550-557
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the preferences and needs of typical Korean females adults for food and nutrition information provided by the mass media. Methods: A total of 343 females (77 in their 20s, 85 in their 30s, 88 in their 40s and 93 in their 50s) residing in the Seoul/Gyeonggido area was surveyed on general characteristics, main sources of food and nutrition information and needs for sources and contents of nutrition information. Results: The survey showed that typical Korean females obtained knowledge of food and nutrition mainly through the Internet (30.4%) and broadcasting (29.0%). Typical Korean females were interested in 'dietary management for weight control' (21.9%), 'the prevention and treatment of disease' (20.0%), 'food safety' (16.8%), 'proper dietary habits' (14.6%), 'cookery' (11.8%), 'functional foods' (9.6%), 'restaurant details' (3.5%) and 'life-cycle-specific dietary guideline' (1.6%). Needs for food and nutrition program forms on TV were 'educational programs' (34.3%), 'documentaries' (20.8), 'expert lecture-style' (13.0%), 'entertainment programs' (11.9%), 'expert conversation' (11.4%), 'news-style' (4.6%) and 'public campaign advertisements' (4.0%). On the Internet, 38.6% of the respondents preferred to get information provided by food and nutrition-related institutions (38.6%) while 26.1% preferred webtoons for nutritional information. The favored forms in mobile applications were 'monitoring their diets' (29.5%), 'data-based texts information' (21.4%), 'experts feedback' (20.6%), 'communities' (15.1%) and 'games' (13.1%). The rates of the preference to obtain information from experts such as nutritionists and dietitians and doctorsor dietitian turned reporters increased markedly with older ages. Conclusions: Since the mass media is a main source of food and nutrition information for the general public, the effectiveness and accuracy of the information provided should be enhanced by taking the needs of the public into account. The quality of information should be improved by involving more nutrition experts.