• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.512-517
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• 2019

Background: Rest breaks at work are reported to reduce fatigue and job stress. Apartment janitors in Korea who perform night shift work and work long hours can be exposed to various health problems (HPs). However, few studies have evaluated relationships between their rest breaks and HPs. This study was conducted to examine the relationships between long working hours, shift work, and insufficient rest breaks and HPs among Korean apartment janitors. Methods: Data on 1,212 selected male apartment janitors were obtained from the 3rd and 4th Korean Working Conditions Surveys. Demographic and occupational characteristics were collected using self-reported questionnaires. Rest breaks at work were classified as "sufficient" or "insufficient." Long working hours were considered as working more than 60 hours per week. Zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regression was performed to investigate the effects of shift work and long working hours on HPs and the effects of rest breaks on relationships between HPs and long working hours and shift work. Results: Among those with insufficient rest breaks at work, significant associations were found between long working hours and the risk of HPs [odds ratio (OR) = 1.489; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.038-2.136] and work-related HPs (WRHPs) [OR 1.621; 95% CI = 1.156-2.272], and between shift work and HPs [OR = 1.603; 95% CI = 1.084-2.372]. These relationships became nonsignificant when sufficient rest breaks were provided. Conclusion: It is important to provide breaks at work to reduce HPs because of long working hours and shift work among aged workers such as apartment janitors.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the state of career and employment among dental hygiene students in an attempt to get an accurate grip on their preparation for career and employment. And it's also meant to help improve the efficiency of guidance by dental hygiene education institutions for career and employment. The subjects in this study were every dental hygiene student at three different colleges. After a self-administered survey was conducted, the following findings were given: 1. In regard to the future prospects of dental hygienist, 44.2 percent of the students investigated believed that there would be a bright future for dental hygienist, and 55.8 percent didn't agree to that or considered the prospects to be neither bright nor bleak. 2. As to the motivation of choosing the department of dental hygiene, 51.2 percent thought that it was easy for dental hygienists to get a job, and 22.2 percent wanted to be a professional. 3. Concerning preference for workplace, they hoped to work in a hospital-sized or larger institutions including dental hospitals. As to the reason why they wanted a job, 76.2 percent had their sight set on standing on their own feet. 4. As for the top priority for employment, they took interpersonal relationship into account the most(3.63), followed by aptitude(3.52) and working conditions/environments(3.51). 5. In terms of job values by academic year, all the freshmen, sophomores and juniors attached the most importance to interpersonal relationship. By academic standing in the previous semester, the students who got an A, B or C put more value on human relations, and those who got a D gave more weight to social status and fame. The gap between them was statistically significant. As for the impact of the high schools they graduated from, they took the most statistically significant consideration on interpersonal relationship irrespective of their alma mater.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.153-167
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• 2005

This study was conducted to help develop women's human resources and promote married women's return to workforce. Using various data, we examined the patterns of Korean women's economic activities over the lifecycle, career discontinuation and return to the workforce. We also interviewed twenty full-time housewives who wanted to return to workforce. The interview questions included reasons for seeking employment, desired working conditions, and difficulties in finding a job. Major findings are as follows: First, there were two groups with respect to reasons why they want employment One was an economic need such as earning basic living expenses and supporting the family. The other was self-realization and social participation. Second most women wanted to do unskilled labor such as housekeeping work, whereas some young or well-educated women looked for a professional job. Third, married women preferred part-time jobs, which were compatible with their family care demands. Most of them wanted a workplace located close to home. The women with child-care responsibility preferred working at home. Fourth, regarding difficulties of returning to workforce, they pointed out vocational ability problems due to their career discontinuation, social prejudice such as gender discrimination and psychological pressure in maintaining work and family at the same time. In order to promote employment of married women, it is required not only to change social prejudices but also to increase effectiveness in policy implementation. In addition, counseling for job-search and vocational ability training programs should be provide.

• 한국패션뷰티학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2004

This research studies the job satisfaction and turnover intention of the staffs of beauty parlors located in the City of Busan. The subjects were 300 beauty parlor staffs. They were surveyed for one month from October 1, 2003, to October 31, 2003. Regarding the question of the work satisfaction at the beauty parlor, the degrees of satisfaction were $3.83{\pm}0.70$ in the field of 'I am proud of myself working in a beauty parlor,' $3.78{\pm}0.62$ in the field of 'I feel rewarded after performing an operation on a customer,' $3.73{\pm}0.61$ in the field of 'I have a friendly relationship with the customers'. As to a survey on the job satisfaction and their intention of turnover, 22.7% of the respondents answered that they had the experience to move to another beauty parlors more than five times. This indicates that the matter of turnover is quite serious. When they were asked what is most important in choosing their workplace, 50.7% said 'kind teaching of senior staffs', followed by 'payment' which was chosen by 34.3%. As to the disadvantage of the work in beauty parlors. compared to other occupations, 77.3% of the respondents picked up 'few holidays and long working hours' and 11% 'low social position.' From the results, it can be seen that it is important for the beauty industry to make better working conditions and improve benefits in order to reduce the turnover rate and dropouts.

• 실천공학교육논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2016

사출 성형 공정에서 외관 품질 문제는 대부분의 성형품에서 발생한다. 금형의 열역학적 설계 중의 하나는 어떠한 위치에서 캐비티 표면 온도가 되도록 균일하게 상승하는 것으로 수행된다. 실험적인 평가를 바탕으로 최적의 사출 성형 조건에서 성형품의 미려한 외관 품질을 위해서 캐비티 벽 온도와 다듬질 가공된 캐비티 표면이 성형품의 외관 문제를 피할 수 있는 가장 중요한 요소이다. 또한 잘못된 게이트 형식과 위치 선택은 성형품의 품질에 상당한 영향이 있어서, 각 캐비티로 부터 올바른 러너 밸런스를 유지하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 실질적으로 생산 현장에서 이행될 수 있는 사출 성형 품질을 위한 최적의 금형 설계와 실무 금형 기술 능력 향상을 위해서 현장 교육을 위한 실무적인 금형기술 과정의 교육훈련 모델을 제시하였다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.241-255
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• 2021

본 연구는 핵심어 카드 제작 및 수업시연 온라인 평생교육프로그램이 시간제 발달장애 근로자의 직장출근준비기술에 미치는 효과를 검증하는 데에 목적을 두어 실시되었다. 연구 대상은 시간제로 식당사업체에 근무하고 있는 세명의 발달장애 근로자들이며, 이들이 거주하는 가정과 지하철역을 실험 환경으로 구성하였다. 연구 방법은 단일대상연구를 사용하였으며, 이에 따라 기초선, 중재, 유지를 실험의 설계 조건으로 반영하였다. 연구 결과, 연구 대상들은 핵심어 카드 제작 및 수업시연 온라인 평생교육프로그램을 통하여 직장출근준비기술을 효과적으로 습득 및 유지한 것으로 나타났다. 연구 결과를 통해, 본 연구는 구성된 독립변인과 종속변인이 상호간에 갖는 유의미한 기능적 관계가 타당하다는 측면을 논의 및 결론지을 수 있었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.595-608
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• 2021

본 연구는 장기화된 팬데믹 상황에서 COVID-19관련 환자를 돌보는 간호사들의 직무스트레스와 회복탄력성이 소진에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 간호사 162명을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지를 배포하여 분석하였고, 직무스트레스의 보상부적절, 직무요구, 직장문화, 회복탄력성의 철학적 패턴, 관계적 패턴이 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났다. 직무스트레스와 회복탄력성이 소진에 미치는 효과를 단계적다중회귀분석 방법으로 파악한 결과 최종적으로 유의한 변수는 직무스트레스였다. 간호사의 소진은 간호서비스 질 저하, 병원 경쟁력의 감소, 나아가 방역체제에 영향을 줄 수 있다. 이에, 본 연구는 간호사의 처우 및 근무환경 개선 등 적절한 보상의 정책적인 지원이 필요함을 제언한다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.173-185
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• 2019

Objectives: The objectives of this study are to evaluate the accuracy and precision of exposure model ECETOC TRA v.3.1 by comparing model predictions with repeated exposure measurements in Korean workplaces and to investigate the applicability of ECETOC TRA to Korean workplace exposure assessment in K-REACH. Methods: Measured values and work conditions for 14 kinds of chemicals collected from exposure field surveys conducted at 10 companies in Korea were utilized for this study. All possible process categories (PROCs) considered to be relevant to each work process classification were selected and applied to ECETOC TRA as major determining parameters. In order to quantify the accuracy of the model, the lack of agreement (bias, relative bias, precision) was calculated and the risk ratios for each exposure situation between estimated and measured were also compared. Results: The estimated values varied between five and 25 times according to the PROCs for all exposure situations (ESs) based on tasks/chemicals. The results showed that most of the estimated values were below the measured values, and just 13 of 53 tasks were above the measured values. The overall bias and precision were $-2.91{\pm}1.62$ with ECETOC TRA, and we found that ECETOC TRA showed a low level of conservatism when applied to Korean workplaces, similar to previous studies. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that the existed PROC codes have limitations in fully covering various ESs in Korea. In order to improve the applicability of ECETOC TRA in K-REACH, the addition of new PROCs for Korean industries are necessary.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.837-847
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hospital characteristics on employment rate, working period, and retirement of ward nurses in Korea through a retrospective cohort study based on HIRAS data. Methods: Data were obtained from a report on medical care institutions of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRAS). Data from 259,941 nurses who were working for a day or more from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016, at 2,942 medical care institutions were analyzed. Life table method analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis were conducted. Results: The employment rates of 5 yeas and 10 years for the total sample were 38% and 28%, respectively. The estimated mean value of the working period was 3,642.7 days (SE: 17.4 days). Cox proportional hazard regression analyses revealed that nurses who were working at the general hospital/hospital, clinic, and nursing hospital were more likely to leave the hospital compared to those who were working at the 3rd general hospital. Nurses who were working at the medical institutions which were located in cities and countries, established by the private foundation, rated lower levels of nursing, and owned an insufficient number of beds, nurses and doctors were more likely to leave their workplace compared to those of the counterparts. Conclusion: This study indicates that hospital characteristics may play a significant role in retirement and working period of ward nurses in Korea. The improvement of hospital conditions to reduce ward nurses' retirement are needed.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2022

Background: Dental hygienists study dental radiology through the dental hygiene department and curriculum, and most of the radiography work in dental clinics is performed by dental hygienists; however, the legal work regulations for dental hygienists place restrictions on the type of radiography performed. This study aimed to identify the actual conditions of the radiographic work performed by dental hygienists and to determine the difference according to the type of hospital. Methods: This study included 195 dental hygienists working at dental medical institutions in the metropolitan area. A survey was conducted on regarding the radiographic work performed and the clinical career of the main performers. The radiography work was divided into periapical radiography, bite-wing radiography, occlusal radiography, panoramic radiography, computed tomography (CT), and cephalometric radiography. Results: The frequency of performing intraoral radiography was as follows: periapical radiography, 94.9%; bite-wing radiography, 93.8%; and occlusal radiography, 77.9%. The frequency of performing extraoral radiography was 94.4% for panoramic radiography, 89.7% for CT, and 73.3% for cephalometric radiography. The frequency of internal and external radiography performance was higher among hygienists in dental clinics than among those in dental hospitals and university hospitals. The analysis of the dental hygienists' clinical experience in the areas of intraoral and extraoral radiography showed that those working at university hospitals, dental hospitals, and dental clinics had over 5 years, 2~4 years, and 1 year of clinical experience, respectively. The hygienists with less than 1 year of clinical experience showed high performance frequency (p<0.05). Conclusion: For the dental hygienists to perform radiography safely, a discussion regarding the revision of related laws and regulations is warranted.