• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1463-1470
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• 2012

Objective: The aims of this study were to explore Turkish women's knowledge, behavior and beliefs related to cervical cancer and screening. Methods: The study was performed in two cities in the East of Turkey between September 2009 and April 2010, with a sampling group of 387 women. Data were collected by means of an interview form with the Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test - Turkish Version. Results: Women in the research group were found to have poor knowledge, inadequate health behavior and low/medium level false beliefs regarding cervical cancer screening. There was relation between health beliefs and characteristics of women and particularly education (F = 10.80, p = 0.01). Similarly, it was found that Pap smear barriers were influenced by demographic characteristics and that women with low-level education (p = 0.001), divorced women (p = 0.05), women with low-income(p = 0.05), women who gave their first birth when they were 18 or younger (p = 0.05) and women not applying any contraceptive method at all (p = 0.01) were determined to have negative Pap smear barriers. Conclusions: Primarily the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of women in the target group should be evaluated to increase their participation in cervical cancer screening and to prepare effective education strategies.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.419-426
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• 2008

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate impact of knowledge familiarity, and prejudice about mental illness as well as demographic factors on the social distance from mentally ill people, which is a proxy measure of discrimination. Method: To assess the impact of knowledge and familiarity, prejudice about mental illness and demographic factors on the social distance from mental illness, we conducted a telephone survey in South Korea with the responders being nationally representative people who were 18 years old or over (n=1040). Independent samples T-tests, one way ANOVA and linear regression analysis were performed to analyze the results of the survey. Result: The social distance from mental illness decreased as the knowledge and familiarity increased, but the social distance was increased as prejudice was increased. Prejudice had a greater impact on social distance than familiarity and knowledge. Females showed greater social distance than did males. A higher education level had a negative effect on social distance. Conclusion: to reduce the social distance from mentally ill people, efforts to increase the familiarity about mental illness as well as efforts to educate people about mental illness are important.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.67-87
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• 2006

Objective: In order to provide basic data required to evaluate the knowledge and behavior of old people towards health promotion and primary factors that influence them, to develop a health educational program. Method: A survey was conducted from March 6th 2004 to June 10th 2004. A total of 949 senior citizens over 60 participated in the survey. Results: The old people was the lower the educational level they had, the lower the level of health education experience they had and the lower the frequency of regular health check-ups they had. In regards to health education and health promotion, seniors citizens were neglected because of a lack of health awareness and knowledge, wrong habits related to healthy living, low access to medical examination, poor economic state, and low educational level. In addition to social atmosphere and systematic efforts by the government, senior citizens tried to find their own ways to have healthy living by improving their educational level, health awareness, and level of health knowledge, and lifestyle. Conclusion: Therefore, not only their family members, but local communities, public organizations, and the whole nation should make every effort to provide a effective health education system by using health educators for senior citizens. There is also a need to prepare a practical and systematic health education program for senior citizens so that they can enjoy comfortable and healthy living in their old age.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 대학생의 치매에 대한 지식, 태도, 교육요구도를 알아보고 이들의 관계를 규명하기 위한 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상자는 146명의 대학생을 모집하였고 자료분석은 SPSS/WIN 20.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, Person's Correlation 등의 방법으로 분석하였다. 치매에 대한 지식정답률은 79.6%이었고, 태도는 평균 3.74점, 교육요구도는 평균 4.02점으로 나타났다. 지식과 태도 간(r=.23, p=.005), 태도와 교육요구도 간(r=.61, p<.001)에 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 교육요구도는 기본적 일상생활동작에 대한 요구가 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 대학생의 치매에 대한 정확한 지식을 향상시키고 긍정적인 태도확립을 위한 노력이 필요하다. 연구에서 밝혀진 구체적인 교육요구도는 향후 대학생을 위한 맞춤형 교육프로그램 개발에 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2019

Planting intercropping in rubber plantations is another alternative for generating more income for farmers. However, farmers still lack the knowledge of choosing plants. In addition, information for decision making comes from many sources and is knowledge accumulated by the expert. Therefore, this research aims to create a decision support system for growing rubber trees for individual farmers. It aims to get the highest income and the lowest cost by using semantic web technology so that farmers can access knowledge at all times and reduce the risk of growing crops, and also support the decision supporting system (DSS) to be more intelligent. The integrated intercropping ontology and rule are a part of the decision-making process for selecting plants that is suitable for individual rubber plots. A list of suitable plants is important for decision variables in the allocation of planting areas for each type of plant for multiple purposes. This article presents designing and developing the intercropping ontology for DSS which defines a class based on the principle of intercropping in rubber plantations. It is grouped according to the characteristics and condition of the area of the farmer as a concept of the rubber plantation. It consists of the age of rubber tree, spacing between rows of rubber trees, and water sources for use in agriculture and soil group, including slope, drainage, depth of soil, etc. The use of ontology for recommended plants suitable for individual farmers makes a contribution to the knowledge management field. Besides being useful in DSS by offering options with accuracy, it also reduces the complexity of the problem by reducing decision variables and condition variables in the multi-objective optimization model of DSS.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제36호
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• pp.227-252
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• 2008

본 연구는 사회복지 이용시설에 근무하는 사회복지사를 대상으로 인식론적 신념과 지시적 실천정도를 탐색하였다. 인식론적 신념은 지식에 관한 이론으로서 사회복지사에게 실천행위의 근거를 제공해 준다는 의미에서 사회복지실천과 관련성을 찾을 수 있다. 본 연구에서 인식론적 신념은 객관주의와 구성주의 인식론으로 분류하여 분석하였으며, 지시적 실천정도는 Rothman 등이 제안한 클라이언트에 대한 사회복지 실천유형을 근거로 구분하였다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 사회복지사의 인식론적 신념이 지시적 실천정도에 어떤 영향력을 미치고 있는가를 밝히는 것이다. 분석결과 사회복지사의 인식론적 신념은 객관주의 인식론에 비해 구성주의 인식론이 상대적으로 높게 나타났으며, 객관주의 인식론은 사회복지사의 지시적 개입에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 사회복지 실천과정의 복잡성과 독특성을 고려할 때 사회복지사에게 다양한 인식론적 입장이 필요하다는 것과 객관주의 인식론에 대한 성찰을 요청하고 있다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.607-613
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• 2019

본 논문은 external knowledge를 사용한 lattice 없는 상호 정보 최대화(Lattice Free Maximum Mutual Information, LF-MMI) 기반 음향 모델링 방법을 제안한다. External knowledge란 음향 모델에서 사용하는 학습 데이터 이외의 문자열 데이터를 말한다. LF-MMI란 심층 신경망(Deep Neural Network, DNN) 학습의 최적화를 위한 목적 함수의 일종으로, 구별 학습에서 높은 성능을 보인다. LF-MMI에는 DNN의 사후 확률을 계산하기 위해 음소의 열을 사전 확률로 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 LF-MMI의 목적식의 사전 확률을 담당하는 음소 모델링에 external knowlege를 사용함으로써 과적합의 가능성을 낮추고, 음향 모델의 성능을 높이는 방법을 제안한다. External memory를 사용하여 사전 확률을 생성한 LF-MMI 모델을 사용했을 때 기존 LF-MMI와 비교하여 14 %의 상대적 성능 개선을 보였다.

• 한국보육학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.267-277
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 유아교사의 개념도를 통해 장애유아통합교육에 대한 개념지식을 알아보고, 교사유형(통합교육무경력 일반유아교사, 통합교육유경력 일반유아교사, 유아특수교사)에 따른 차이를 고찰하는 것이다. 이를 위해 공립유치원 유아교사 60명을 대상으로 장애유아통합교육에 대한 개념도 작성을 실시하고 분석했다. 연구결과로는 첫째, 총 209개의 상위개념이 나타났으며 유사한 내용으로 범주화한 결과 13개의 대표용어(교육과정, 장애유아이해, 통합유형, 통합개념, 통합주체, 교수전략, 사회적상호작용 지원, 가정 및 지역사회 연계, 개별화교육 지원, 교사협력, 교육환경, 행정 지원, 시설 지원)가 나타났다. 둘째, 총 1,585개의 종속개념이 나타났으며, 부분통합, 완전통합, 협력교수가 상위 빈도를 보였다. 셋째, 교사 유형에 따라 장애유아통합교육에 대한 개념도를 고찰한 결과 상위개념 및 종속개념에서 차이를 보이는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 토대로 장애유아통합교육에 대한 시사점을 도출하고 논의했다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2021

Background: The objective was to assess the knowledge level, attitude, and practice of health care workers towards standard precautions, and to identify the related factors. Furthermore, it was attempted to identify the proportion of having the experience of needle stick injuries (NSIs) and associated factors among participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a teaching hospital among 233 health workers using a self-administrated questionnaire. The questionnaire included eight knowledge items, seven practice items, and five attitude items. Based on the mean score of each category, responses were grouped into "satisfactory" and "unsatisfactory". Univariate, bivariate, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done. Results: The mean age of the participants 32.95 (SD ± 9.70) and 62.2% of them were women. 57.5% of the staff had a satisfactory level of correct knowledge (>5 correct answers), 37.3% had a satisfactory positive attitude (>3 correct answers), and 30.9% had a satisfactory practice (>3 correct answers) towards standard precautions. The occupation was one of the predictors as doctors were less likely to have satisfactory knowledge and practice compared to nurses (OR = 0.269, 95% CI: 0.10-0.70 and OR = 0.248, 95% CI: 0.08-0.77, respectively). Out of 174 participants, 31.6% of them reported experiencing NSIs and support staff were 71% less likely to experience NSIs compared to nurses & paramedics. Conclusion: The findings revealed a substandard adherence of standard precautions among participants, which highlighted the necessity of the provision of a periodic, tailored training program based on the occupation and risk exposure.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.547-554
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• 2024

Objective: This study aimed to identify the relationship between bovine brucellosis prevalence, farmers' knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP), and social factors on migratory draft cattle and smallholder dairy farms in the central dry zone of Myanmar. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 54 migratory and 38 dairy cattle farms between August 2020 and February 2021. A structured questionnaire was used to identify farmers' behaviors. Bulk milk was sampled and tested using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA). STATA 17 was used for all the analyses. Results: Migratory cattle farms had a higher farm level brucellosis prevalence (14.8%) than dairy farms (2.6%; χ² = 3.75; df = 1; p = 0.05). Only 2.8% of the farmers had knowledge about brucellosis, while 39.1% and 41.6% had attitudes and farm practices with respect to brucellosis, respectively in the study area. Socio-economic attribute of training in animal husbandry (p<0.01), raising system (p<0.01), practice of separating the aborted cow (p<0.01) were negatively associated to brucellosis. The overall farm level brucellosis prevalence was strongly associated with cattle herd size (p = 0.01), free movement grazing practices (p<0.01), practice of self-removal of placental debris without using personal protective equipment (p<0.01) and farmers' attitudes towards eating cow placenta debris (p<0.01). Conclusion: Farmers had little knowledge of brucellosis. Attitudes and practices differed significantly between migratory and dairy farmers. Training and extension programs are necessary to make farmers aware of their KAP situation since livestock migration and the custom of eating cow placental debris contribute to the spread of brucellosis. Persistent efforts are required to reduce the adverse effects of brucellosis. Therefore, the study suggests that a feasible control intervention and public awareness campaigns need to be conducted regarding methods of preventing human exposure to brucellosis.