• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.217-230
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• 2000

For the longest time, our government has played an inconsiderable role in the public health services of Korea, especially as it relates to their investment. Voices have cried out against increases in national health expenditure and for more establishment of public medical facilities. In light of this, the necessity and importance of public medical facilities have come into focus amidst the recent medical crisis. When public medical facilities filled in the gap created by the suspension or closure of private hospitals and clinics as a result of this national crisis and acted as a safety net, the demand for more establishment of such facilities increased. Although patient diagnosis and treatment are the first priority of public medical facilities, they must also deal with scopes that private medical facilities do not deal with, dislike, or have difficulty with. In this respect, the closure or privatization of public hospitals to reduce their number just because of their low profits or financial burdens that must be carried by the government is to ignore their innate importance and social role; therefore, we must do all we can to block such efforts and further empower these public health facilities according to demands of the time. The improvement of public health services can be realized by redefining its goals and roles, increasing government funding, strengthening of existing public health facilities and reorganizing the public health services system. Even if public health facilities were to increase their medical services and be reinforced, they cannot take on all the services related to public health services, Therefore, in a country like ours where public health services come second to private health services in the health care system, the health of citizens can be safeguarded only when private and public facilities cooperate and private medical facilities share the social responsibilities. Only the show of interest and effort by government, politicians, health professionals, professional organizations and public can initiate the improvement that is sought.

• 의료법학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.239-262
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• 2014

The conventional medical appraisal which was done in the process of medical lawsuit was requested from the court to the designated hospital and was delivered as a pattern of one question and one answer in each. However, the comprehensiveness of medical appraisal which was pursued, for example, in Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency, could be guaranteed in terms of in-depth medical analysis as well as the broader capacity of the causality estimation besides. The comprehensiveness of appraisal would also include how well organized hospital system of medical care is and how well correlated job system among medical staffs, when medical dispute was happened at the hospital. This comprehensiveness will exert a big contribution on making a demonstrative medical care to prevent from the medical dispute and it could achieve the national plan of building the patient safety net which is effective in restoring the worsened quality of contemporary medical service. Therefore, the comprehensiveness of medical appraisal has to be designed to go forward interdisciplinary fused speciality rather than one division of medicine, which is also aiming at the reliable and consistent appraisal with the supreme dignity from one window. In addition to that, the objective and concrete frame of comprehensive appraisal under the computed connection has to be deliberated to make itself possible in collaboration with positive participation of medical community. The comprehensiveness of medical appraisal would serve to expand not only the capacity of speciality but also the ability of influence on a restorative justice, so that it give effect to an increased number of mediation and arbitration rather than medical lawsuit as well as a decreased number of the social cost and social conflict.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.423-435
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• 2010

Objectives: The low benefit coverage rate of South Korea's health security system has been continually pointed out. A low benefit coverage rate inevitably causes catastrophic health expenditure, which can be the cause of the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty. This study was conducted to ascertain the effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty in South Korea. Methods: To determine the degree of social mobility, this study was conducted among the 6311 households that participated in the South Korea Welfare Panel Study in both 2006 and 2008. The effect of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty and the persistence of poverty in South Korea was assessed via multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The poverty rate in South Korea was 21.6% in 2006 and 20.0% in 2008. 25.1 - 7.3% of the households are facing catastrophic health expenditure. Catastrophic health expenditure was found to affect the transition to poverty even after adjusting for the characteristics of the household and the head of the household, at the threshold of 28% or above. Conclusions: 25.1% of the households in this study were found to be currently facing catastrophic health expenditure, and it was determined that catastrophic health expenditure is a cause of transition to poverty. This result shows that South Korea's health security system is not an effective social safety net. As such, to prevent catastrophic health expenditure and transition to poverty, the benefit coverage of South Korea's health security system needs to the strengthened.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2002

It is proposed to raise the debate on Engineering and Technical Education at the global economic level and to examine some of the issues facing developing and poorer countries in managing and improving the quality of engineering education in their countries, especially in the context of internet and IT culture After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world is now divided in two realigned blocks: one of developed(rich or advanced) countries which have a social security safety net for their population and another of developing(or poor) countries which have no such luxuries for their population. For the general public in the developing countries, any engineering or technical degree/diploma is a passport to lifelong wellbeing of an individual and his/her extended family. Therefore, the demand for such qualifications is very high and it is almost a rat race amongst school leavers to get into engineering/technical colleges. In view of this booming demand, there are hundreds of privately funded engineering/technical colleges in countries like Philippines, India, Thailand, etc., besides state funded ones. It is extremely difficult to ensure good quality in this mushrooming scenario. There are also many very small poorly resourced developing countries where there is only one engineering school and/or two-three technical colleges. Products of these schools/colleges work only in their own country and education globalization have little or no meaning for them. Besides highlighting the aforementioned general issues, the Paper also presents a few case studies on problems of accreditation and quality assessment in larger developing countries like India and the Philippines. The Paper also discusses the effects of commercialization on the quality of education and social impacts of IT revolution on educational processes.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2020

Background: Dental treatment has shifted to the center of the community, and the public policy of the country has expanded to support the vulnerable classes such as the disabled. The dental profession needs education regarding oral health services for persons with disabilities, and it is necessary to derive the competencies for this. Therefore, we conducted this study to derive the normative ability to understand the role of a dental hygienist in the oral health service for persons with disabilities and improvement plans for education. Methods: We conducted a qualitative analysis for deriving competencies by analyzing the data collected through in-depth interviews with experts in order to obtain abilities through practical experience. Based on the competency criterion, relevant competency in the interview response was derived using the priori method, and it was confirmed whether the derived ability matched the ability determined by the respondent. Results: The professional conduct competencies of dental hygienists, devised by the Korean Association of Dental Hygiene, consists of professional behavior, ethical decision-making, self-assessment skills, lifelong learning, and accumulated evidence. Also, core competencies of the American Dental Education Association competencies for dental hygienist classification such as ethics, responsibility for professional actions, and critical thinking skills were used as the criterion. The dental hygienist's abilities needed for oral health care for people with disabilities, especially in the detailed abilities to fulfill these social needs, were clarified. Conclusion: To activate oral health care for people with disabilities, it is necessary for dental hygienists to fulfill their appropriate roles, and for this purpose, competency-based curriculum restructuring is indispensable. A social safety net for improving the oral health of people with disabilities can be secured by improving the required skills-based education system of dental hygienists and strengthening the related infrastructure.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.145-162
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• 2021

Purpose: The 2018 General survey of emergency assistance was conducted to examine the working conditions and welfare, including educational direction, interests, and awareness of work, of the fire department emergency medical technicians (EMT). This would be used as basic data for future policy directions. Methods: Among the fire-fighting officers in 16 cities nationwide, emergency rescue workers engaged in first-aid activities were targeted. With prior consent, a survey was conducted through electronic documents. Of the total 1,227 people, responses from 1,151 were finally analyzed, excluding 76 who did not respond appropriately. Results: The working conditions and welfare of 119 firefighters were moderate, but in the fields of education and interest, the learning according to the regulations was high. In particular, satisfaction with the scope of work was found to be below average. However, it was positive that it will play a role as a social safety net in the future and will converge with cutting-edge science. Conclusion: Although this study was a total investigation of the EMT survey, conducting an EMT survey on all fire fighters in Korea is difficult. Further research is needed, particularly on first-class emergency medical personnel who play a major role in 119 paramedics.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.1295-1300
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• 2022

There has been increased interest in researching risk perception of radiation to implement successful risk communication, particularly given the recent worldwide nuclear policy movement regarding nuclear energy. This study aimed to investigate characteristics of risk perception among residents living near normally operating nuclear power plants in South Korea by identifying factors associated with risk perception. A survey was conducted with face-to-face interviews for 1200 residents aged 20e84 years by gender- and age-stratified random sampling. Risk perception was associated with trust perception in nuclear safety, but was not highly correlated with benefit perception for utilizing nuclear power. Relatively high risk perception was observed in women, older age groups, and residents not having experience of nuclear-related education or work. This association remained after adjusting for other factors including benefit perception, trust perception, and psychological distress. In addition to these individual characteristics, risk perception was also associated with a residential district's own unique context, indicating that a strategy of risk communication should be developed differently for residents facing nuclear-related circumstances. Given that risk perception can be changed, depending on social values such as safety culture and economic setting, further studies are required to understand the changing characteristics of radiation risk perception.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2022

Background: Nasal bone fractures are the most common type of facial bone fracture, but are under-studied in adults above 65 years of age. Therefore, we investigated the epidemiology and patterns of nasal bone fractures among older adults in comparison to different age groups. Methods: This retrospective study included 2,321 nasal bone fracture patients who underwent surgery at our hospital from January 2010 to December 2017. The patients were classified by age as preschoolers, school-age children, young and middle-aged adults, and the elderly. We performed pairwise comparisons between elderly patients and each other age group in terms of sex, cause of injury, and fracture type. Results: The 2,321 nasal bone fracture patients included 76 elderly patients (50 men [65.8%] and 26 women [34.2%]). In these patients, the two most common injury causes were falling or slipping down (n= 39; 51.3%) and road traffic accidents (n= 19; 25.0%). According to the Stranc and Robertson classification, the most common force vector was lateral, and plane 2 fractures with lateral forces predominated. Conclusion: The elderly showed similar patterns of nasal bone fractures to those observed in young and middle-aged adults, but significant differences from preschoolers (in the injury vector and plane of fracture) and from school-age children (in the sex ratio and plane of fracture). However, elderly patients presented significantly different epidemiological characteristics compared to the other three groups. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of life of the elderly and prepare for the upcoming super-aged society by taking steps to reduce the incidence and severity of fractures. Possible options for doing so include strengthening individual-level safety factors and expanding the social safety net for the elderly.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.19-39
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• 2016

이 연구의 목적은 교육과정 분석과 학습자의 요구조사를 통하여 중학교 가정과 수업을 위한 '안전' 주제 중심 통합 교수 학습 과정안을 체계적이고 타당하게 개발하여 가정과교사들이 교실현장에서 안전교육을 용이하게 실시할 수 있도록 안내하여 궁극적으로 청소년들이 안전한 생활을 실천하도록 기여하는데 있다. 이를 위해서 우선, 1차에서 2015 개정 가정과 교육과정의 안전교육 내용의 분석 및 부산지역 여자 중학교 512명을 대상으로 실시한 안전교육 요구도를 바탕으로 안전 내용 요소를 도출하였다. 그리고 주제선정기준에 의해 7가지 통합 주제를 선정하고 각 통합주제별로 주제망을 구성하여 가정과 '안전' 주제중심 교육과정과 학습자료를 개발하였다. 연구 결과, 가정과는 1954년에 제정된 1차부터 2015 개정 교육과정 시안에 이르기까지 안전에 대한 내용을 지속적으로 표기하고 있었다. 학생들의 안전교육 요구가 가장 높게 나온 내용요소는 성폭력 및 성매매 예방과 대처방법이고 자살예방 및 대처방법, 집단따돌림 순으로 높게 나타났으며 가장 낮게 나온 항목이 정리정돈이고 42개 모든 항목에서 '필요하다' 이상의 결과를 나타내었다. 이 연구에서 개발한 가정과 수업을 위한 '안전' 주제 중심 통합 교육과정은 식생활안전, 청소년의 성과 안전, 청소년의 친구관계와 안전, 가족생활과 안전, 주생활과 안전, 청소년의 자아와 안전, 사회 환경과 안전의 7가지 통합주제를 선정하고, 각 통합주제에 따라서 3~6개씩 총 28개의 소주제(35차시 분)가 구성되었으며 이를 교실현장에서 손쉽게 실행할 수 있도록 구체적으로 안내하는 교수 학습 과정안 총 28편(35차시분량),과 다양한 학습자료 (PPT 28개, 동영상자료 25편, 읽기자료 4편, 학습지 61개, 활동지 14개, 평가지 16개, 테스트지 3개, 참고자료 2개, 학습자료 모형 4개(냉장고 모형, 토론신호등, 식판모형과 음식스티커, 푸드마일리지 카드)로 총 157개를 개발하였다. 본 연구는 7개 통합 주제를 중심으로 교육과정 개발에 초점이 있기에 우선순위에서 제외된 의생활과 안전, 갈등과 안전, 직업생활과 안전, 소비생활과 안전 주제 중심 교육과정 개발과 함께 이를 현장에 적용하여 학생들의 안전의식과 행동 및 태도변화에 대한 후속연구가 필요하다.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.73-75
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• 2014

본 연구는 해상교통안전시설 투자로 인한 해양사고 예방의 경제적 효과를 분석하는 것이다. 안전시설 투자의 경제적 효과 분석을 위해, 조건부 가치측정법을 이용하였다. 조건부 가치측정법은 특정 응답자들을 대상으로 설문지 또는 면접을 통해 환경재와 같은 비시장재의 가치를 계량적으로 측정하기 위해서 사용하는 방법이다. VTS는 시장재가 아니므로 VTS 시설투자에 대한 경제적 타당성을 추정하기 위하여 향후 VTS 시설 설치 예정 지역의 어민 및 선사 등을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 통역지역 VTS 신설로 인해 발생할 수 있는 연간 총편익은 약110억으로 추정되었다. 2014년부터 5년간 소득세의 형태로 지불하게 된다면, 5년 동안 발생하게 되는 편익은 현재가치 기준으로 약473억원이다. 통영 VTS신설에 따른 경제성 분석결과, 편익-비용비율(B/C ratio)이 3.193로 1보다 높게 나왔고, 순현재가치(NPV)가 325억, 그리고 내부수익률(IRR)이 37.4%로 사회적 할인율인 5.5%보다 높아, 경제적 타당성이 있는 것으로 분석되었다.