• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.595-596
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• 2024

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.138-150
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• 2010

Objectives: There are at least three conceptual models for the effects of the childhood social environment on adult health: the critical period model, the social mobility model, and the cumulative risk model. However, few studies have investigated all three different models within the same setting. This study aims to examine the impact of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic positions and intergenerational social mobility over the life course on the health in adulthood based both on the critical period model and the social mobility model. Methods: This study was conducted on 9583 adults aged between 25 and 64 years old and they were the respondents to the Korea Welfare Panel Study (2006). A multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out, using the critical period model and the social mobility model out of the life course approaches, to look into the impact of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic positions and intergenerational social mobility on the health status in adulthood. Results: Household income and occupation out of the adulthood socioeconomic position indicators had an independent influence on the adulthood health status. The childhood socioeconomic position indicators, except for the place of childhood residence, affected the adulthood health status even after adjustment for the adulthood socioeconomic position. The effect of intergenerational social mobility was also statistically significant even after adjusting for the adulthood socioeconomic position, but it became insignificant when the childhood socioeconomic position was additionally adjusted for. Conclusions: Adulthood health is indeed affected by both the childhood and adulthood socioeconomic positions as well as intergenerational social mobility. This result shows that a life course approach needs to be adopted when dealing with health issues.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2023

Purpose - The pandemic has magnified and deepened existing socioeconomic disparities, including healthcare, education, income, gender, and housing. This study aims to examine the intersectionality of these disparities and their implications for promoting equity and justice. Research design, data, and methodology - This study is a comprehensive review of the literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on socioeconomic disparities. The review includes empirical studies, policy reports, and academic articles on healthcare, education, income, gender, and housing disparities. Result - The pandemic has exposed significant disparities in healthcare, education, income, gender, and housing. Healthcare disparities have been highlighted, and there is a need for more equitable access to care and addressing social determinants of health. Educational and income disparities are closely linked, perpetuating cycles of poverty and inequality. Gender disparities have been exacerbated, with women experiencing disproportionate impacts on their health, well-being, and economic security. The pandemic has highlighted the need for safe, stable, and affordable housing. Conclusion - The pandemic has brought to light numerous socioeconomic disparities that require systemic change to address. Promoting equity and justice requires a comprehensive, long-term approach that addresses systemic factors and promotes social and economic equity. By taking action to address these issues, we can create a more just and equitable society that promotes the health and well-being of all its members.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제65권1호
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• pp.10-20
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• 2022

The prevalence of developmental disabilities is increasing worldwide over time. Developmental issues in infancy or early childhood may cause learning difficulties or behavioral problem in school age, further adversely affecting adolescent quality of life, which finally lead to low socioeconomic status in family, increase in medical expenses, and other relevant issues in various ways. Early childhood has brain plasticity, which means there is a high chance of recovering from developmental issues by early detection and timely intervention. Pediatricians are placed an ideal position to meet with young children till 6 years of age, of which age range is the time applicable to early intervention. Determining child's developmental status can be made by 2 pathways such as developmental surveillance and developmental screening tests. For better results, pediatricians should update their knowledge about developmental issues, risk factors, and screening techniques through varying educational program or other relevant educating materials. This paper will update reports on the prevalence of developmental disabilities and review the recent results of the Korean developmental screening test and discuss relevant issues. Finally, it will be addressed the pediatrician's role in early detecting developmental issues and timely intervention.

• 기술경영경제학회:학술대회논문집
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• 기술경영경제학회 1999년도 제16회 동계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.216-239
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• 1999

Korean government has planned a large scale multidepartment-participated national R&D program to advance and improve her science and technology and the quality of life In the level of advanced(especially G-7) countries in the forthcoming 21st century. It is called as "Highly Advanced National projects" or "G7 projects", which was initiated in 1991 with 18 sub-programs to date. It has planned to be continued until 2001 with its total fund of 4, 591 billion Won, comprised of 2, 033 billion Won from the public sector and 2, 558 billion Won from the private sector. Evaluation activities, the country has carried out to date, for national R&D programs including HAN projects are focused mainly on the assessment of scientific and technological results to decide that a specific program should be continued, terminated, or modified. Thus, it is necessary for national R&D programs to be evaluated socioeconomically for the purpose of assessing the nationwide economic and social impact from the program. Socioeconomic evaluation would be told how and where the program contributed to the society, and what the socioeconomic impacts are resulted from the program. It would be useful for the means of (ⅰ) fulfillment of public accountability to legitimate the program and to reveal the expenditure of pubic fund, and (ⅱ) managemental and strategical learning to give information necessary to improve the making. program and policy decision making, The objectives of the study are to develop the methodology of modeling the socioeconomic evaluation, and build up the practical socioeconomic evaluation model of the HAN projects including scientific and technological effects. Since the HAN projects consists of 18 subprograms, it is difficult In evaluate all the subprograms simultaneously. Despite, each program is being performed under the category of HAN projects, so the common socioeconomic issues are existing, The followings are main results of the study. First, the hierarchical structure of the socioeconomic evaluation are constructed; Evaluation Perspective, Evaluation Bounds, and Evaluation Aspect. Second, based on the goals of the HAN projects, the evaluation perspectives are established as (ⅰ) the strengthening of industrial competitiveness, (ⅱ) the enhancement of national scientific and technological capability, (ⅲ) the improvement of quality of life. Third, the evaluation bounds for each evaluation objective are defined to specify the affected area. Finally, the evaluation aspects for each evaluation bounds are formulated containing essential elements describing the evaluation bounds.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.475-486
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• 2007

Objectives : Socioeconomic position (SEP) refers to the socioeconomic factors that influence which position an individual or group of people will hold within the structure of a society. In this study, we provide a comprehensive review of various indicators of SEP, including education level, occupation-based SEP, income and wealth, area SEP, life-course SEP, and SEP indicators for women, elderly and youth. Methods and results : This report provides a brief theoretical background and discusses the measurement, interpretation issues, advantages and limitations associated with the use of each SEP indicator. We also describe some problems that arise when selecting SEP indicators and highlight the indicators that appear to be appropriate for health inequality research. Some practical information for use in health inequality research in South Korea is also presented. Conclusions : Investigation into the associations between various SEP indicators and health outcomes can provide a more complete understanding of mechanisms between SEP and health. The relationship between specific SEP indicators and specific health outcomes can vary by country due to the differences in the historical, socioeconomic, and cultural contexts of the SEP indicators.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.371-389
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• 2009

실종아동문제는 한 가정의 문제로 끝나는 것이 아니라 사회문제로 발전할 수 있다는 데에 그 심각성이 있다. 하지만 실종아동문제에 대한 사회적 관심은 초보적인 수준에 머무르고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 실종아동문제에 대한 사회적 관심을 불러일으키기 위해 아동실종의 사회경제적 비용을 추계하는 것이다. 전체적으로 1명의 장기실종아동이 발생하였을 경우, 약 5억 7천만원 정도의 비용이 발생하였다. 직접비용은 약 6,532만원으로 전체의 11.5%였으며 간접비용은 약 5억원으로 전체의 88.5%였다. 이는 실종을 예방하는 것이 가장 중요하지만, 실종 이후에는 단기간 내 찾기가 매우 중요함을 보여주고 있다. 본 연구결과를 통해 실종으로 인한 사회경제적 비용이 계산되어 실종에 대한 국민의 관심을 유발할 수 있고 예방에 대한 적정 투자비용에 관하여 자료를 추산할 수 있으며, 결과적으로 실종 예방에 대한 적극적인 국가적 투자를 유인할 수 있을 것이다.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.6-15
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• 2022

Climate change is among the most important issues facing mankind in modern society. However, global PV energy expansion has been driven mainly by OECD countries. We investigate the determinants of PV energy growth by panel data of selected OECD countries from 1991 to 2018. We investigate four categories of driving factors: socioeconomic, technological, country specific, and policy factors. The test results support that PV capacity growth is significantly driven by technology development and multidimensional environment policy factors. Socioeconomic factors such as CO₂, GDP, and electricity price are statistically significant on the growth of PV energy, too. Whereas, country-specific solar potential factor is the least related. As most of the socioeconomic factors are exogenous, we need to focus more on PV technology development and policy measures.

• 한국노년학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.611-632
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• 2016

노년기 건강문제는 의료적 관점에서뿐만 아니라, 사회경제적 지위와 같은 사회적 조건과의 상호작용 속에서 해법을 찾을 필요가 있다. 이러한 인식 하에, 본 연구에서는 사회경제적 지위가 노인의 건강불평등에 이르는 메커니즘을 파악하고자 하였다. 구체적으로는 사회경제적 지위(소득 및 교육)와 신체적 건강의 세 차원(의료적 건강/기능적 건강/주관적 건강) 간의 사이에서의 중간기제로서 건강행동, 의료시설 접근성, 사회참여, 사회적 관계망의 매개효과를 규명하는 것이다. 연구모형의 검증을 위해 2014년에 실시된 전국노인실태조사 데이터를 2차 분석하였다. 본 연구의 대상은 65세 이상 남녀 노인 10,451명으로, 매개모형 검증을 위해 Baron & Kenny(1986)가 제안하는 절차에 따라 위계적 다중회귀분석을 실시하였고 매개효과의 유의성 검증을 위해 Sobel test를 실시하였다. 분석결과, 노인의 소득수준과 교육수준의 건강에 대한 효과가 동일하지는 않았고 건강의 하위차원에 따라서도 다소 다른 결과가 도출되기는 했지만, 전반적인 결과의 방향은 노인의 사회경제적 지위는 건강격차를 야기하고 있었으며, 그 메커니즘은 건강행동, 의료시설 접근성, 사회참여, 사회적 관계망을 매개한다는 것이다. 특히 본 연구에서 교육은 소득보다도 건강에 대한 보다 강력한 효과를 나타내었다는 점, 사회참여와 같은 사회통합요인의 효과가 부각되었다는 점, 거주지역을 통제한 이후에도 잔존한 의료시설 접근성의 유의미한 매개효과 등은 본 연구의 결과 중에서도 주목할 만하다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 사회경제적 조건으로 인한 건강불평등의 메커니즘을 규명하고 이를 완화시킬 수 있는 대안을 모색할 수 있었다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의가 있다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.407-409
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• 2012

The ACTION (Asean CosTs In ONcology) Study will be one of the largest observational studies of the burden of cancer ever conducted in Asia. The study will involve 10,000 newly diagnosed patients with cancer and will be carried out across eight low- and middle income countries within the ASEAN region (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Laos and the Philippines). Patients will be interviewed three times over 12 months to assess their health, use of health care services, out of pocket costs related to their illness, social and quality of life issues. The project is a collaboration between the George Institute for Global Health, the ASEAN Foundation and Roche. The aim of the study is to assess the health and socioeconomic impact of cancer on patients in ASEAN communities, and the factors that may impact on these outcomes.