• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2014

Objectives: The aim of this study was to suggest preliminary data for the establishment of communication methodology of asbestos risk, fit for the features of each audiences, by grasping the features of risk communication by each element for each group survey. Methods: For this study, a questionnaire survey has been conducted from May to August 2012 and responses of 617 people including 214 school asbestos managers, 95 asbestos business managers, and 308 general public have been analyzed. Results: The feature by element of risk communication shows that to give information through non-governmental organizations with reliability such as colleges, research institutes, asbestos-related associations, etc among the entire investigated groups, is most effective. Lastly, for stakeholders related to asbestos, the public feedback for governmental asbestos management policy shows that it was considered that there is lack of reality due to comprehension deficit for situation, lack of a system of asbestos general management in the country and lack of policy connectivity among the branches of the government, and between the central government and the local government. However, the general public selected lack of various information disclosure, education, publicity for asbestos and lack of communication with citizens as the biggest problems.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제35권
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• pp.46.1-46.12
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• 2023

Background: As unpredictable work schedule (UWS) has increased worldwide, various studies have been conducted on the resulting health effects on workers. However, research on the effect of UWS on workers' well-being in Korea is still insufficient. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between UWS and work-family conflict (WFC) using 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS). Methods: Both UWS and WFC were measured using self-reported questionnaires, using data from the 6th KWCS conducted between 2020 and 2021, including 31,859 participants. UWS was measured by questions regarding the frequency of changes in work schedules and limited advanced notice. WFC was measured by questions regarding work to family and family to work conflicts. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to investigate the association between UWS and WFC. Results: The prevalence of UWS was higher among men, those under 40 years old, service and sales workers and blue-collar workers, and those with higher salaries. Workplace size also influenced UWS prevalence, with smaller workplaces (less than 50 employees) showing a higher prevalence. The odds ratio (OR) for WFC was significantly higher in workers with UWS compared to workers without UWS after adjusting for gender, age, marital status, occupation, salary, education, weekly working hours, shift work, company size, and having a child under the age of 18 years, employment status (OR: 3.71; 95% confidence interval: 3.23-4.25). Conclusions: The analysis of nationwide data revealed that UWS interferes with workers' performance of family roles, which can lead to WFC. Our findings suggest that it is crucial to implement policies to address unfair work schedule management, promoting a healthier work-life balance and fostering a conducive environment for family responsibilities.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2008

Objectives: This research was conducted to suggest a recommendation for the Korean credentialing policy of health education specialist as the primary human resource in community health promotion activities from the special group perspective of the Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion. Methods: This research was conducted by the professional focus group discussion and descriptive literature review on health education and promotion. Results: This draft recommendation for Korean credentialing system development of health education specialist was based on the four background reasons for modifying health promotion related acts, for developing better policy of health education credentialing, for keeping the public and ethical responsibilities as the competitive professional society, and for improving health promotion activities in Korea. Theoretical background of the four reasons was Ottawa Charter. We classified three credentialing levels of health education specialist based on health education own competencies, coordiating competencies with environmental factors, and research competencies. Furthermore, we developed 10 major roles and categorized 53 sub-roles based on these competencies above. We recommended 10 classes required to take to become Health Education Specialist. These 10 classes were developed based on the credentialing systems in the United States and Japan. These 10 classes were about health education and promotion methods and strategies not health intervention topics. We also built the draft plan for continuing education to keep KCHES based on the NCHEC in the United States. Conclusions: Further research should be conducted to build better health education specialist credentialing systems modifing current communtiy-based health promotion activities in terms of modifying public regulation, developing KCHEC examination system, protecting job security both in public and private sectors, and creating professionalism in KCHEC.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.57-68
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• 1986

The present survey was designed to investigate correlations among blood pressure, nutritional intakes, and various environmental factors in Korean adult males, and to observe the difference in dietary intakes between hypertensive patients and normotensive subjects. Two hundred forty-three adult men from Seoul and rural areas were interviewed about their food intakes, dietary patterns, food habits, and general environmental factors from December 20, 1982 to February 15, 1983. Their dietary intakes were surveyed by means of 24-hour recall diet method. Dietary score card was used in order to evaluate the quality of routine diet of the subject. Variables of environmental factors and factors related to hypertension were expressed as percentage, and the differences in nutrient intake and food score of each sub-group were examined by means of t-test. Correlation of all the variables were analyzed by Pearsons Correlation Coefficient. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. 38% of the subjects were between the ages of 40~49, and about one-half of the subjects were middle or high school graduates. 28% of the subjects earned 210, 000~350, 000 Won per month, and income distribution was almost identical to that of the urban population of Korea. 2. There was more overweight or obese found in the hypertensive patients than in the normotensive subjects. About 40% of the hypertensive patients reported a family history of hypertension, and their knowledge about hypertension was rather poor, but slightly better than the normotensive subjects. The patient group had less adherence to smoking and alcohol compared with the normotensive subjects, but no difference was observed in coffee drinking. The mean value of the blood pressure for the normotensive subjects was 127/86mmHg and 175/109mmHg for the hypertensive group. 3. Nutrient intake for the hypertensive group was lower for most of nutrients than in the healthy group. Hypertensive patients on diet therapy consumed less calories and carbohydrates compared with those who do not follow diet therapy. 4. There was no difference intake of these food groups between patients and the healthy group. Food score was strongly related to consumption of animal protein, saturated fats, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin A, Riboflavin, and Vitamin C, which are prone to be deficient in the typical Korean diet. 5. Blood pressure had a strong positive correlation with age, body weight, and socioeconomic level. In addition, monthly income was positively related with age and education level. 6. Three was a positive relationship between blood pressure and consumption of vegetable protein, and a negative relationship with consumption of Calories, Carbohydrates, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Niacin, and Vitamin C. Animal protein intake increased as income and education levels increased, but this tendency was opposite for carbohydrates. In summary, nutritional intakes are strongly correlated with various environmental factors and the level of blood pressure. There was no difference between normotensive and hypertensive subjects with respect to the quality of food consumed except restricting energy and carbohydrate in the patient group.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.663-675
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• 2011

Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) using the equations of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) / NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) were validated over the seas around Korea with satellite-tracked drifter data. A total 1,070 of matchups between satellite data and drifter data were acquired for the period of 2009. The mean rms errors of Multi- Channel SSTs (MCSSTs) and Non-Linear SSTs (NLSSTs) were evaluated to, in most of the cases, less than $1^{\circ}C$. However, the errors revealed dependencies on atmospheric and oceanic conditions. For the most part, SSTs were underestimated in winter and spring, whereas overestimated in summer. In addition to the seasonal characteristics, the errors also presented the effect of atmospheric moist that satellite SSTs were estimated considerably low ($-1.8^{\circ}C$) under extremely dry condition ($T_{11{\mu}m}-T_{12{\mu}m}$ < $0.3^{\circ}C$), whereas the tendency was reversed under moist condition. Wind forcings induced that SSTs tended to be higher for daytime data than in-situ measurements but lower for nighttime data, particularly in the range of low wind speeds. These characteristics imply that the validation of satellite SSTs should be continuously conducted for diverse regional applications.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.115-132
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• 2003

본 연구는 제 7차 실과교육과정의 6학년 재활용품 만들기 단원에 창의적 문제해결 수업모형을 적용하여 환경의식 및 창의성을 증진시킬 수 있는가를 실험적으로 검증함으로서 초등 실과 환경 단원의 교수-학습 방법에 관한 기초 자료를 제공하는데 연구의 목적을 두었다. 본 연구는 초등실과환경 단원에 적용한 창의적 문제해결 수업 안의 효과를 알아보기 위하여 실험집단에는 창의적 문제해결 수업안을 적용한 교수-학습 계획안을, 비교집단에는 전통적 수업모형을 적용한 교수-학습 계획안을 적용하였다. 본 연구에서는 창의적 문제해결 수업안을 적용한 실험집단과 전통적 수업모형을 적용한 비교집단간의 환경의식의 차이를 검증하기 위하여 t-검증을 실시하였다. 연구 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 내릴 수 있었다. 첫째, 초등실과 환경단원의 창의적 문제해결 수업모형을 적용한 실과수업을 받은 아동은 환경의식 점수가 의의 있게 향상되어, 창의적 문제해결 수업이 아동의 환경의식 증진에 효과가 있음을 알 수 있다. 이는 환경단원의 창의적 문제 해결 수업이 실천적이고 일상 생활에서 일어나는 생활 습관에 관련된 교육 내용이 많이 포함되어 있어 환경 보존 실행의지가 강화되고, 스스로 찾은 여러 가지 환경 문제를 파악하고 해결하기 위해 다양한 학습을 전개하고 환경관련 주제에 대해 다양한 기능이 배양된 것으로 학생들의 환경의식과 실천태도가 향상되었음을 알 수 있다. 또한 환경문제를 해결하기 위한 재활용 만들기가 우리 생활에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것을 눈으로 확인함으로서 환경에 대한 인식이 긍정적으로 형성된 것으로 본다. 둘째, 실과교과에의 창의적 문제해결 수업의 적용은 아동의 창의성 검사결과 유의한 결과가 나타나 창의적 문제해결 수업이 아동의 창의성 향상에 효과가 있음을 알 수 있다. 이는 주변의 환경에 대해 민감한 관심을 보이고 이를 통해 새로운 탐색 영역을 넓히려는 민감성이 생겨났고, 의식적, 무의식적 강박 관념을 없애고 일단 떠오르는 모든 생각들을 수용하고 활용함으로써 특정한 문제 상황에서 가능한 한 많은 양의 아이디어를 산출할 수 있는 능력이 커졌으며, 자신에게 익숙한 관점에만 고착되어 문제를 해결하거나 결론을 내리는 경향에서 벗어나 고정적인 사고의 틀을 깨고 발상 자체를 전환시켜 유연하고 융통성 있게 생각이 변환되어 자기만의 독특한 아이디어를 산출할 수 있는 능력이 형성된 것으로 본다. 이상의 연구 결과를 볼 때, 초등실과환경 단원의 창의적 문제 해결 수업 모형의 적용은 아동의 환경의식과 창의성을 신장시킨다고 할 수 있다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2009

Rapid social change affects residential environments and this in turn creates new stimuli to which people have to adapt. These stimuli have been seen to increase stress levels. Therefore, dwellers in these environments try to reduce stress through various methods. The purpose of this paper is to: 1) identify the general trends of coping styles about residential environmental stress, 2) analyze the differences in socio-demographic characteristics and how the physical characteristics of buildings affect stress, find out how personal backgrounds affect stress levels and the ability to get rid of environmental-related stress. The subjects in this study consisted of people living in multi-family housing in Gwangju. The city is divided into 5 districts and used quota sampling. 324 housewives were surveyed from the households by self-administered questionnaires. The survey was conducted in December, 2006, after the questionnaire was revised based on the results of preliminary survey. After all the questionnaires were collected, the data was coded and analyzed using the SPSS 12.0 program. This study confirmed that the manner in which those in multi-family housing coped with stress. Especially, we need a policy which seriously considers residents who are of low social-economic standing. As well as being exposed to residential environmental stress, they also have no means to deal with it. The age of a building had a strong impact on coping styles about residential environmental stress. We have to make special studies about the adaptive reuse of buildings for the reduction of residential environmental stress and to greatly improve coping styles. In conclusion, it emphasized the importance of education, information, and economic aid. Reasonable housing management would surely lead to a rise in residential satisfaction and the promotion of residential welfare.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.687-697
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• 2003

This study was conducted to investigate the antecedents of teachers' science teaching efficacy in day-care setting. Also, this study aimed to identify relationships between day-care teachers' personal science teaching efficacy and their perspectives on early childhood science education. The subjects were 176 day-care teachers in rural area of ChoongCheongNam-Do. The survey method was used to collect data from the day-care teacher. The instrument were Rigg & Enochs(1990)'s Science Teaching Efficacy Belief and Kim(l998)'s scales for the Goa1s in Early Childhood Science Education. Main results were as follows: 1. Day-care teachers' personal science teaching efficacy were significantly related with the personal variables such as teachers' education, in-service science workshops, science book reading, science-related hobby but not with teachers' age, pre-service science credits and total years of teaching experience. 2. Among the environmental variables, science activity areas were significantly associated with day-care teachers' personal science teaching efficacy. However, location of day-care center, age of children, number of children, teacher-child ratio, facilities for science education and scheduled time for science education did not affect it. 3. Day-care teachers of high content- and process-oriented goals in early childhood science education were highly efficacious teacher, while the teachers of low content- and process-oriented perspectives gained the lowest score. However, the content-oriented teachers and the process-oriented teachers did not differ in terms of day-care teachers' personal science teaching efficacy.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.912-930
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• 2016

이 연구는 지리환경교육에서 있어서 전통적인 인간(또는 사회)과 자연의 이분법을 타파하기 위한 방법으로 최근 지리학을 비롯한 사회과학에서 논의되고 있는 자연의 사회적 구성, 즉 사회적 자연 개념의 수용을 주장한다. 이를 위해 영국과 오스트레일리아 그리고 우리나라 지리 교육과정 및 교과서 분석을 통해 인간과 자연과의 관계, 환경의 의미, 사회적 자연 개념의 수용 정도를 파악하였다. 최근 학문과 교육의 키워드가 통합 및 융합에 초점을 두고 있다는 점에서, 사회적 자연은 지리환경교육에도 꽤 설득력을 지닐 수 있다. 실제로 자본주의가 고도화되면서 자연은 인간의 정치, 경제, 사회, 문화적 실천에 의해 사회적으로 구성되고 있다. 따라서 지리교육은 자연과 인문이라는 영역의 간극 을 좁히면서, 단순한 인간과 자연과의 관계 탐색을 넘어 자연이 어떻게 사회적으로 구성되는지를 탐색하는데 초점을 맞출 필요가 있다. 이러한 사회적 자연이 지리환경교육적 측면에 가지는 또 하나의 의의는 학생들에게 인간과 자연, 인간과 장소의 관계에 대한 관계적 감수성을 길러 줄 수 있다.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.21-38
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• 2019

Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of early childhood teachers' current working conditions such as welfare and wages, working hours, ECEC center's environmental characteristics, and parental involvement and community engagement on the professionalism of teachers. Method: A total of 988 respondents participated in the nationwide online survey. The data were analyzed by correlation analysis and structual equation modeling. Results: First, there were no statistically significant direct effects of ECEC teachers' working conditions on teacher professionalism. Second, there were significant direct effects of teacher efficacy and well-being on teacher professionalism. Third, there were significant indirect effects of teachers' working conditions on their professionalism, via efficacy and well-being, linking the impact of working conditions and the professionalism of teachers. Conclusion/Implication: The results of this structural model imply that policy input for teacher welfare, wage increases, and the enhancement of teachers' well-being and efficacy are valid and significant for the professional development of ECEC teachers. These results provide the data-driven evidence for the importance of welfare and socio-cognitive approaches for teachers.