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Relationship between Dietary Behavior and Health-related Characteristics and Experiences of Major Oral Disease Symptoms in Adolescents (청소년의 식생활 및 건강관련 특성과 주요 구강질환증상경험과의 관련성)

  • Lee, Eun-Ju;Lee, Mi-Oak
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.229-241
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    • 2019
  • Objectives: This study analyzed the relationship between dietary behavior and health-related characteristics and experiences of major oral disease symptoms using online raw data on adolescent health behavior. Methods: Using the raw data on 61,858 adolescents collected through the 13th Adolescent Health Behavior Online Survey, a complex samples logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess risks of major oral diseases. Results: The less one consumes sweet drinks and the more one eats vegetables per day, the less likely one is to experience symptoms of tooth decay and periodontal diseases. Undergoing scaling and oral health education help prevent major oral diseases. Brushing after school lunch prevents periodontal diseases and foul breath, and using dental floss and interdental brush also help prevent periodontal diseases. Conclusions: To minimize experiences of oral diseases during adolescent years, it is necessary to periodically scale teeth and provide knowledge regarding the personal management of dental plaque through school oral health education.

Estimation of Nutrients Reduction Rates to Prevent Eutrophication on the Hwaong Reservoir (화옹호의 부영양화 방지를 위한 영양염류 삭감률 산정)

  • Kim, Mi-Ah;Kim, Young-Hee;Lee, Hong-Keun;Hwang, Dae-Ho;Kim, Ji-Young
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.589-596
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    • 2004
  • In this study, the reduction rates of nutrients were suggested to prevent eutrophication on the Hwaong reservoir in the year of 2008 and 2012. With EPA's WASP6 model, future water quality were simulated. In 2008, T-N would be 1.36mg/L and T-P 0.100mg/L on average. ; In 2012, T-N 2.66mg/L and T-P 0.128mg/L. With all the water quality management plans that the government authorities are carrying out, these results indicate that the reservoir would be reach the eutrophic or hypertrophic state according to the Vollenweider's trophic states. Therefore, the Hwaong reservoir requires additional plans for nutrients management. Here, the target water quality to prevent eutrophication of the reservoir sets into mesotrophic state ; T-N 0.475mg/L and T-P 0.02mg/L.(median of Vollenweider index for mesotropphic state) The reduction rates of nutrients on Namyang and Eoeun streams were estimated with uniform treatment method to meet the goal. The results showed that nutrients from two streams should be reduced up to 78% in 2008, and 84% in 2012. Since the ratio of T-N/T-P would be higher than 16 at target years, T-N was not considered as the limiting factor and was not reduced.

A Study on Taoist Prevent Health of Hong, You-Son (홍유손의 양생사상 연구)

  • Pyo, Bo-Young;Ahn, Sang-Woo
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.199-211
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    • 2008
  • Hong, You-Son($1452{\sim}1529$) overcame his suffering, caused by his low social standing, through Taoism. Hong, You-Son could be infatuated with Taoism because Taoism was still spread all over the country in early Chosun dynasty and in more permissive atmosphere than the atmosphere after the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592. Therefore, Taoist health prevention, not religion, reflecting theory of Taoist hermit and wishing for perennial youth and long life was prevalent among the intellectual class in that period. In addition, it was very fascinating idea for Chosun intellectual class to prevent health with practice because medicine was not developed in that period. The importance of his health prevention was vitality ; he insisted that people can get health and long life with it and need mind practice to discard greed of this life. His advocacy was agreed with Kim, Si-Seup, and Chung, Ryum, the members of Danhak School, and his health prevention became a base for medicine developments preventive medicine. Hong, You-Son seemed to use Taoism not to avoid temporally, but to overcome his suffering, and furthermore, find out self identity. He became one of major members of Danhak School because the ideas of Taoism such as accomplishing health and long life with self practice and achieving self satisfaction with discarding utilitarianism was fitted for conflict mind of Hong, You-Son. Taoist ideas were reflected in his poetry and his everyday life ; he identified a Taoist hermit with Himself in his poetry and acted like a hermit in his everyday life.

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A Study on the Improvement Plan of Electrostatic Safety Management Level through Injury Analysis (재해분석을 통한 정전기 안전관리 수준 향상 방안 연구)

  • Choi, Sang-won;Jeong, Seong-Choon;Park, Jae Suk;Yang, Jeong Yeol;Byeon, Junghwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2019
  • The characteristic of fire and explosion related to electrostatic discharge is that it is difficult to reproduce the electrostatic charge and discharge phenomenon in addition to the large human and material damage. Therefore, in order to prevent accidents and disasters related to electrostatic in fire and explosion hazard areas, it is important to manage the level of electrostatic in a safe manner from the perspective of system between industrial facilities and human bodies. Rule 325 of the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, "Prevention of Fire / Explosion due to Electrostatic", requires the use of grounding, conductive materials, humidification and electrification in order to prevent the risk of disaster caused by static explosion and electrostatic in the production process. In order to comply with these measures, related technologies, standards and systems are needed from the viewpoint of preventive measures related to electrostatic in fire and explosion hazard areas, but in Korea, it is still insufficient. Therefore, technical, institutional and managerial measures are needed as a precautionary measure to improve the level of ESD safety in fire and explosion hazard areas and prevent electrostatic related injury. In Korea, we analyzed the current status and characteristics of electrostatic related disaster by using the statistics of industrial accident and fire statistics of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. We also analyzed the current status and characteristics of electrostatic related disasters in Japan using JNIOSH accidents and disasters investigation cases and JNIOSH fire accident data of Japan Fire Bureau. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the current status of electrostatic related accidents and disasters in Korea and Japan in order to improve the safety management of electrostatic in fire and explosion hazard areas. In order to prevent accidents and disasters in the industrial field, The technical, institutional, and managerial measures to manage the level of electrostatic in a safe state were derived from the system point of view.

Study on Sexual Harassment-related Experience, Awareness, Coping of Health Care Providers and Institutional Efforts to prevent Sexual Harassment (보건관리자의 성희롱과 관련된 경험, 인식, 대처 및 기관의 성희롱 예방 노력에 대한 실태조사)

  • Uhm, Dong Choon;Jung, Gye Hyun
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.219-229
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study explored the sexual harassment-related experience, awareness, coping, and institutional prevention schemes for health personnel in industrial settings. Methods: Data were collected using self - report questionnaires from 300 health personnels. Data were collected between September 1 and December 31, 2017. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Health personnels experienced 29% of sexual harassment, in order of verbal, visual, physical. The frequency of sexual harassment was higher when women were younger, particularly younger than men. Although the average health personnel's awareness of sexual harassment was high, the common coping style was passive such as distancing form the perpetrator. Institutional efforts to prevent sexual harassment included separating employees and staff, but perpetrators tended to account for a high proportion of the supervisors and staff. Conclusion: Health care managers should develop an effective and effective sexual harassment prevention education program by raising gender equality awareness in relation to the awareness of sexual harassment and identifying the influencing factors that can bring about appropriate sexual harassment coping behavior.

Promising Services Based on AI for Mental Health (정신건강을 위한 인공지능 활용과 유망 서비스)

  • Song, G.H.;Kim, M.K.;Park, A.S.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.12-23
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    • 2020
  • Because of economic polarization and difficulties, extreme personalization, and the complexity of social relationships, modern people are experiencing various mental disorders or pathologies. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to prepare more active countermeasures and support those with mental health difficulties to improve mental health and prevent abnormal pathologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to improve the mental health of individuals through emotional enhancement beyond affective computing. We investigated how to use AI to prevent and diagnose mental diseases or disorders, support treatment, and manage followup. In particular, promising services that can be used in daily life or medical clinics were discovered and active directions for realizing these services are suggested.

Occupational Cancers with Chemical Exposure and their Prevention in Korea: A Literature Review

  • Rim, Kyung-Taek
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.3379-3391
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    • 2013
  • The usage and types of chemicals being developed, with diversified new exposure of workers, are of natural concern to occupational disease. In Korea, with industrialization, application of many chemicals has increased. A large proportion of mortality and disease is due to cancer, and the causal hazardous agents include chemical agents, like heavy metals and so on. Due to the long latency period with malignancies and the fact they are usually found after workers' retirement, it is suggested that management policies must be established to prevent occupational cancers occurring among workers in Korea. To give a general description about the efforts to prevent the occupational cancer with exposure to chemicals, articles on the trends of occupational cancers were reviewed and summarized with related research and efforts for prevention in Korea. It is important to improve the understanding of occupational cancer and help to maintain sustainable and appropriate measures to guarantee workers safety and health.

A Study on Improving Techniques of Festooning for Denture Base (총의치의 자연스러운 치은형성법에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Moo-Hak;Kim, Yeoum-Soo;Choi, Un-Jae;Chung, Hee-Sun
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to ensure natural restoration of gingiva's form by making effective use of materials in a bid to improve the technique of festooning for denture base. 1. The improved technique is expected to prevent the degradation and deformation of cavity structure and restore it. 2. The improved technique is expected to prevent the change of facial appearance from esthetic viewpoint and restore it. 3. The improved technique is expected to impress again the deformed part on wax denture for additional festooning.

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Present status and effective control measure of water-borne infectious diseases in Korea (수인성 전염병의 현황 및 효율적 관리)

  • 김호훈
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 1994
  • Water- borne infectious diseases can be acquired by contact with contaminated water or by ingestion of contaminated water. There are many water- borne infectious agents such as bacteria, virus, and parasite. Among many of water- borne infectious diseases, health authorities of Korean government has particularly intensified to prevent and control typhoid fever(class I ), shigellosis(class I ), cholera(class I ), paratyphoid fever(class I), amebiasis(class II ) and leptospirosis(euivalent to class II ) under the communicable disease control law. Water- borne disease Prevention and control guideline itself has been also well provided by the health authorities. However, in practical public health point of view, there are still many problems remained to be solved out; no prospective investigation project to survey water borne infectious diseases under the national disease prevention and control programmes, incredible statistic data of annual notifiable disease report frequent appearance and varieties of drug resistance water- borne infectious agents, little cooperation and information- exchange system in between the related government authorities( the health authorities, the environment sanitation authorities and the food hygiene authorities) which should be closely collaborated, lack of health consciousness of the people, necessity of evaluation and Hndification on to the outcomes of performed health activities and programmes, neglect activities for water quality investigation, shortage of expertise and human resources in the related field, and poor investment of the government budget to develope and improve public health and sanitation field. In order to prevent and control water- borne infectious diseases effectively, it is emphasized that all the above indicated should be considered and performed to improve under the national health and sanitation development programmes.

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