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The relationship between oral health behavior and dental services utilization in Korean adolescents (한국 청소년의 구강보건행태와 치과의료이용과의 연관성)

  • Choi, Moon-Sil;Park, Hyung-Su;Lee, Byung-Hoon;Jeong, Sang-Gil;Park, Jong
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.851-860
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    • 2010
  • Objectives : This study examined the oral health behavior and dental services utilization of adolescents in order to provide information on how to disseminate the correct oral health behavior to the youth and develop programs for the approach. Methods : The raw data of 'The Third 2007 Youth Health Behavior Online Survey' carried out by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention were analyzed. All survey data collected was processed using SPSS ver 17.0 for data analysis as Frequency analysis, chi-square and Logistic regression analysis. Results : 1.The adolescents who have parents with college degree are 70% higher of dental services utilization than the adolescents counterpart(whose parents don't have degrees). And also the adolescents living in cities are 1.3 times higher use of dental services than others living in countries. 2. In case of drinking soda, students having soda 4 days per week on average are 1.2 times higher use of dental services than who don't. 3.The students brushing teeth after lunch are 0.9 times lower use of dental service than who don't. And the students who have tooth ache whenever they have a meal are 1.6 times higher use of dental service than the students who don't have tooth ache. The students who had a dental health education are 1.4 times higher utilization of dental service than who don't. The difference of using dental service between the students who have gum disease and halitosis and the students who don't is almost none. 4. The students who drink alcohol and smoke 10 days more or less a month are 0.8 ~ 0.9 times lower use of dental service than who don't. Conclusions : The rate of utilizing dental service is higher at students who live with parents having college degrees and the more have oral health behavior, the less use of dental service for treatment. We concluded that more educational program should be developed and vitalized so that students can have oral health.

Effects of Major Satisfaction, Learning Commitment, And Time Management Behavior on College Life Adaptation in College of Health Students (보건계열 대학생들의 전공만족도, 학업몰입도, 시간관리 행동이 대학생활 적응에 미치는 영향)

  • Cho, Young-Mi
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.289-297
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the college life adaptation that is affected by major satisfaction, learning commitment, and time management behavior of the college of Health students. The data were collected from 482 College of Health students at U city and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression. As a result of this study, major satisfaction, learning commitment, and time management behavior of College of Health students showed a positive relation with college life adaptation, and those factors affected college life adaptation. Therefore, it is necessary to make and apply the programs to enhance the college life adaptation for the college of Health students, and the supports such as environmental improvement and teaching methods are required to increase the learning commitment.

A study on the oral health recognition and oral health education for man high school students (일부지역 남자고등학생의 구강보건인식과 구강보건교육에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Mi-Sun;Goo, Kyong-Mi;Kim, Yun-Jeong
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2009
  • This study did question, and got following conclusion to ready necessary basic data to develop school oral health educational programs because grasp 388 man high school students in Jeolla-bukdo Namwon per June, 2008 realization about oral health and oral health education actual conditions. 1. Students of 56.7% recognized own oral health as is not healthy in realization about subjective oral health, and students of 72.2% were interested in oral health, and was recognizing oral fitness by important health problems. 2. Oral health realization by class was significant difference in toothbrushing reason, cause of dental caries, cause of periodontal disease. Students who respond that know adjusted water fluoridation did only for 10.3%, and it was 43.0% of students who responded that students of 57.0% do toothbrushing because of draft cleanliness, and responds that cause of dental caries is food dregs. 3. Responded that 87.1% is right toothbrushing by oral disease preservative, and next time was on-time oral medical examination 79.4%, smoking resection 58.5%, sugar intake limitation 55.4% round. 4. Students, who oral health education by interest degree of oral health is interested in oral health, is oral health educational experience and the need rate, participation intention was high when educate.

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An Effect of the Health Education for Health Promotion on College Students (대학생의 건강증진을 위한 일 보건교육의 효과)

  • Song, Mi-Ryeong;Park, Kyung-Ae
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.298-307
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was to test the effect of the health education on college students. The content of the health education was consisted of significance of health, smoking, alcohol use and sexuality, birth control, exercise and nutrition, chronic illness, contagious disease, stress management. Two groups non-equivalent to pre and post test quasi-experimental research design were used in this study. The total number of subjects were 174 college students who did not have a health related major. The experimental group attended this health education program for 16 weeks and the control group attended other liberal arts and science classes for 16 weeks. Data were analysed with the SPSS window program. The homogeneity between the experimental and the control group pretest data was tested by $X^2$ test and t-test. The differences in stress, self-esteem, general self-efficacy, locus of control and health promoting behaviors after the health education were tested with the repeated measure ANOVA. The results were as follows: 1. There was no significant difference in general characteristics, stress, self- esteem, general self-efficacy, locus of control and health promoting behaviors between the two groups before the health education. 2. There was a significant difference in stress(p= .000) and health promoting behavior (p= .000) between the two groups after the health education. 3. There was no significant difference in self-esteem(p= .531), self-efficacy(p= .110) and locus of control between the two groups after the health education. From the results above, it can be concluded that this health education for the college students was effective to relieve stress and improve health promoting behaviors. The above results suggest that repeated studies are needed for another college students and various health education programs should be developed to promote the health of the populace considering many health related concepts.

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Influence of stress on the oral health and quality of life of university students (일부 대학생의 스트레스가 구강건강과 삶의 질에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jae-Eun;Lee, Seong-Tae;Kim, Ye-Eun;Bae, Su-Hyeon;Shin, Hye-Jin;Jo, Jeong-Eun;Kim, Seol-Hee
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.797-806
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze Influence of stress on oral health and quality of life. Methods: The participants were 172 students from 4 universities located in DaeJeon, South Korea. A questionnaire was administered, assessing the impacts of the general characteristics of the participants, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) symptoms, xerostomia, and halitosis on stress. And oral impacts on daily performance were also investigated. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 18.0. Results: The level of stress was higher in female, and the causes of stress was reported scholastic achievement, relations with professors, get a job. The students who were higher stress were more conscious of TMJ symptoms, xerostomia and halitosis(p<0.05). Stress was significantly positively correlated with TMJ symptoms (r=0.376, p<0.001), dry mouth (r=0.360, p<0.001), and bad breath (r=0.343, p<0.001). Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) scores were significantly positively correlated with dry mouth, bad breath, TMJ symptoms, and stress. Regression analysis showed that 54.5% of the independent variables were related to OIDP scores. Stress and TMJ symptoms exerted a significant effect on OIDP scores. Conclusions: Stress among university students affects oral health and quality of life. Stress coping mechanisms and oral health care education programs should be developed and applied at universities.

The Effects of a PMS Nutritional Education Program for College Students (PMS 영양교육 프로그램의 효과 측정 연구)

  • Kim, Hae-Won
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.36 no.7
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    • pp.1164-1174
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the effects of a PMS nutritional education program for college nursing students. Method: Subjects consisted of nursing students(experimental group: 19, control group: 27). The experimental group participated in a PMS nutritional education program for 8 weeks (including group and individual involvement). Data was collected before and after the education, and measurement tools were premenstrual symptoms, PMS knowledge, and self health behavior. Results: After the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant increase in PMS knowledge(Z=6.32, p=.000) and self health behavior(t=3.00, p=.004) compared to the control group. After the intervention the experimental group showed a significant increase in PMS knowledge(Z=-4.64, p=.000) and self health behavior(t=-3.04, p=.005) than before the intervention. Conclusions: These results suggest that the short term effects of a PMS nutritional education program for nursing students was proven useful and the program should be applied to PMS nutrition education for PMS clients as well as health professionals.

The Effect of Clinical Training in Physical Therapy : Based on Local Area (물리치료과 학생들의 임상실습만족도에 관한 연구 : 일부지역을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Sang-Soo;Seo, Hyun-Kyu;Kim, Byoung-Gon;Lee, Jae-Hong;Kwon, Won-An
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.19-23
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    • 2012
  • Purpose : This study was investigation of satisfaction in clinical practice of students in a college. Methods : 250 students were participated in this study for 8 weeks though getting results of clinical practice from 1, 2, 3 clinic hospitals. Results : This was for knowing about achievement, It could figure out the increasing achievement the higher satisfaction with education and environment for clinical practice of physical therapy. As a result, whole satisfactions for environment and course or education in clinical practice was higher. Conclusion : This research was not too much higher satisfaction on participated students in clinical practice. So, it needs to suggest to more study for increasing satisfaction on clinical practice.

Effect of oral health-related factors on oral health knowledge, attitude, and practice of college students (일부 대학생의 구강건강관련요인이 구강보건지식, 태도, 실천에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Su Bin;Yoon, Jeong Weon;Seong, Mi Gyung;Lee, Min Kyung;Kim, Ye Hwang;Lee, Jung Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.124-129
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of oral health-related factors on the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practice of students of the Department of Dental Hygiene major, Health-related major, General major, and to provide primary data to improve the oral care ability of university students. Methods: After institutional review board approval, the study was conducted from May 15 to December 1, 2017. All 363 university students in Busan completed a questionnaire. In total, 332 questionnaires were analyzed. Thirty-one cases were excluded due to unreasonable responses. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24.0. Results: Analysis of the factors related to knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral health according to the major field of study of the respondents indicated that students in the Dental Hygiene major demonstrated significantly better results. Conclusions: It is necessary to determine a way to manage the oral health of university students. In addition, voluntary participation of universities to improve oral health of university students is desirable. It is also necessary to establish national health policies and a national health care education curriculum for university students.

Relationships of Nursing Professionalism, Self-Leadership and Empowerment of Nursing Students (간호대학생의 간호전문직관, 셀프리더십, 임파워먼트와의 관계)

  • Kim, Eun-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.532-541
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    • 2016
  • Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between nursing professionalism, self-leadership, and empowerment in nursing students. Methods. The participants were 226 nursing students. Data collected from November to December 2015 were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients. Results. The mean scores for nursing professionalism ($3.03{\pm}0.41$), self-leadership($3.04{\pm}0.35$), and empowerment($3.13{\pm}0.46$) were above average. nursing professionalism was significantly different according to health concern motivating for nursing. self leadership was significantly different according to grade, religion. empowerment was significantly different according to grade, health concern motivating for nursing. Significant correlations were found between nursing professionalism and self-leadership, nursing professionalism and Empowerment. Conclusions. The results indicate that there is a need to improve nursing professionlism, self leadership, and Empowerment. The above mentioned results should be reflected in the development of effective teaching methods for nursing education program.

Subjective View of and Attitude toward Multiculturalism in First-year Undergraduate Nursing Students after Completing a Multicultural Subject (다문화 과목을 이수한 새내기 간호대학생의 다문화에 대한 주관적 견해 및 태도)

  • Ha, Eun-Ho;Cho, Jin-Young
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.248-259
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: Individuals' view of multiculturalism can be varied. The purpose of this study was to survey subjective view of and attitude toward multiculturalism in first-year undergraduate nursing students who had completed a multicultural subject. Methods: The Q methodology, which integrates quantitative and qualitative methods, was used. Forty one Q-statements selected from each of the 40 participants were classified into the shape of normal distribution using a nine-point scale. The collected data were analyzed using the QUANL program. Results: Two types of view of multiculturalism were identified: 'domestic type-constructive view' and 'global type-advanced view.' Conclusion: The findings show how nursing students think about multiculturalism and provide a basis for further research and education.