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Classification for a Standardization System for the Elderly's Necessities (고령친화용품 표준화를 위한 분류)

  • Kim, Yi-Soon;Kwon, Ja-Youn;Shin, Soon-Shik;Moon, In-Hyuk;Hwang, Lee-Cheol;Kim, Gyeong-Cheol
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.328-332
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    • 2006
  • This study aims to provide definitions and standardization for necessities that elderly people can use conveniently and properly in their daily lives and classify necessities for different purposes. First, standard terminologies were defined by reviewing the literature and the relevant laws related to daily necessities for the elders. Secondly, a concept for necessities for the elders was also defined through consultation with experts. Lastly, the elderly's necessities were selected and classified. The elderly's necessities are defined as aids that ordinary elderly people in normal aging process need for the purpose of the convenience of life and aids they wear or use to maintain or improve their health. In this study, the elderly's necessities are divided into three categories: necessities of health, necessities of Oriental medical aids and necessities of daily living. Each category is further classified as follows: Necessities of health include aids for personal medical treatment, aids for personal care and protection and aids for recreation. Necessities of Oriental medical aids include aids for personal medical treatment, aids for personal care and protection and others. Necessities of daily living include aids for personal care and protection, aids for personal mobility, aids for housekeeping, furnishings, aids for communication, information and signalling, aids for handling products and goods and aids for recreation. The classification of the elderly's necessities in this study can be used as basic information for further studies of demand for necessities for the elderly. The results will lay the foundation for a standardization system for the elderly's necessities and the development of silver industry.

Pilot Study on Demand and Quality of Oriental Medical Aids and Necessities for Daily Living for the Elderly (보건의료전문가의 고령친화용품 수요 및 품질에 대한 예비조사연구 - 한방용품 및 생활용품 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Gyeon-Cheol;Kim, Yi-Soon;Kim, Kyu-Kon;Moon, In-Hyuk;Hwang, Lee-Cheol;Gwon, Ja-Youn;Shin, Soon-Shik
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.527-534
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    • 2006
  • This is a pilot study to survey the general demand of senior-assistive necessities before a standardization system for senior-assistive necessities is developed as well as to describe health professionals' opinions about the demand and quality of Oriental medical aids and necessities for daily living for the elderly. This is a descriptive survey in which 29 health professionals are questioned, using structured questionnaires based on ISO 9999. The questionnaires were developed by 7 expert conduction standardization system of senior-assistive products in Korea. The data is analyzed by descriptive statistics. The result is as follows : First, with regard to the demand for all of the items in Oriental medical aids for the elderly, the demand of cupping glasses is the highest, followed by instrument used to apply heat treatment, massage equipment, thermo-therapeutic mattress, and heat or ice packs. With regard to the demand for all of the items for the necessities for daily living for the elderly, chairs are the highest, followed by rolling chairs, beds for health, and heigh adjustable beds. Second, with regard to quality of Oriental medical aids, ${\ulcorner}$aids for hair care${\lrcorner}$ are the best, whereas ${\ulcorner}$aids for boiling Oriental medicine${\lrcorner}$ are the worst. In quality of the necessities for daily living, ${\ulcorner}$chairs${\lrcorner}$ are the best, whereas ${\ulcorner}$beds${\lrcorner}$ are the worst. Above all, this result shows that with ${\ulcorner}$aids for heat or cold treatment${\lrcorner}$, there is relatively high demand and low quaily of Oriental medical aids, and with ${\ulcorner}$Beds${\lrcorner}$, there is relatively high demand and low quality. Therefore, aids for heat or cold treatment and beds in th necessities for daily living are required to be developed for standardization of senior-assistive necessities.

Needs and Demands Assessment on the First Aid Education of General Teachers in Elementary Schools (초등학교 일반교사의 응급처치 교육 필요도 및 교육 요구도에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Keun-Ja
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.139-152
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    • 2007
  • Background and Purpose : Emergencies in the school setting occurs frequently. Therefore, the role of first responders is important. General teachers in elementary schools are expected by first responders in school emergencies. This study attempted to assess needs and demands assessment on the first aid education of general teachers in elementary schools. Method : The subjects of this study were 71 general teachers from 8 elementary schools. Data were collected by the questionnaire during the period from March 19 to April 13, 2007. The data were analyzed through frequency, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, Independent Two samples t-test, paired T-test, One Way ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation by SPSS win 12.0. Result : 1. It showed that 47.9%(34 persons) of general teachers answerd that they experienced emergencies in elementary school setting. Experienced emergencies were wounds(cut, laceration, abrasion etc.) 79.4%(27 persons), bleeding(including epistaxis) 64.7%(22 person), fracture(including dislocation, sprain) 44.1%(15 person), sting or bite 29.4%(10 persons). 2. It showed that 95.8%(68 persons) of subjects answerd that first aid education are necessary. Also 91.5%(65 persons) of subjects answerd that will be educated first aid if opportunities is given. 3. The total mean showed $2.39{\pm}.40$ in necessities of first aid education and $2.17{\pm}.36$ in needs of first aid education by 3 points Likert scale. Ranking 1 in necessities and needs of first aid education was bleeding control. 4. The total mean in necessities and needs of first aid education showed statistically significant differences(t = 3.453, p = .002). 5. The necessities of first aid education showed significant positive correlations with necessities and needs of first aid education(r = .521, p = .002). Conclusion : These results suggest that education program of first aid on elementary general teachers must be developed through necessities and needs assessment of first aid education and instructors must searched methods to increase needs of first aid.

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A Study on the Conscious Structure of Park & Open Space Managers and Administrators - ln the Case of Seoul - (공원녹지 관리행정주체의 의식구조 연구 -서울시를 중심으로-)

  • 박율진;김동찬
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 1995
  • This study is executed to find out necessities of park & open space management, its policy, its administrational structure, and personnel management. To get objective and basic materials for this study, conscious structure of practical level members in Seoul is analyzed by means of questionnaire sheet and ANOVA analysis. It is important to consider various related factors ; quality upgrading of management of park & open space, improvement of productivity, intensification of user service, and orientation of self administration. As a result, we should restructure the park system and policy in order to enhance recognition toward the necessities of park & open space. And we could suggest regional specialization of district autonomy area as an alternative strategy.

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A Study on Seismic Design Code of Cable-railway Culumns (삭도시설 강지주의 내진설계기준에 관한 검토)

  • Kim, Jin-Ho;Han, Suk-Yoon;Hong, Sung-Mo;Park, Man-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.1018-1023
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    • 2008
  • Steel culumns, main members of cable-railway structure, are linked each other by cable, its structural behavior is considered as cantilever structure. Under the present cable-railway code, main design load is wind load which is only defined vertical load. But the frequency of earthquake occurrence has increased in recent days and the seismic design code is intensified, necessities of seismic design are discussed. In this study, necessities of seismic design code of cable-railway are proposed by examining the seismic response of cable-railway columns designed by KBC(Korea Building Code), by comparing structural behavior of seismic and wind.

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The Prospects and Tasks of Accreditation System for Instructional Materials and Equipment in Early Childhood Education (유아교육·보육 교재 교구 인증평가의 과제와 전망)

  • Choi, Youn-Chul
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.5924-5930
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    • 2015
  • This study explored the prospects and tasks of accreditation system for instructional materials and equipment in early childhood education. Various aspects of accreditation system, such as necessities of evaluation system, thoughts regarding evaluation system, necessities of categorizing standards, and necessities of constructing accreditation system were discussed based on previous research. Also other aspects of accreditation system which were not considered in the previous research, such as thoughts related with instructional materials and equipment being evaluated and considerations regarding evaluation indexes were explored.

A Study on the Management Improvement of an Academic Library Using Customer Relationship Management (CRM 기법을 이용한 대학도서관 경영개선에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Il-Jong;Yoo, Kyeong-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.31-56
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    • 2019
  • The user satisfaction and needs of an academic library were caught through a questionnaire survey in this study. The aim of this study is to draw up the CRM based plan for meeting user needs on the study. The users' demographic information, library resources & their use, homepage, services, and facilities/environment of the library were categorized in the questionnaire and analyzed for this study. The major conclusions of this study are: (1) The library resources use was the highest, and its facilities/environment was the lowest in the user satisfaction study. It also revealed that there are much necessities for the quick acquisition and dissemination of the requested material to the library users, and for the inter-library loan (ILL) services among campuses for the subscription books in the library resources use study, too; (2) There are a lot of necessities for the improvement of OPAC retrieval and the subscription books system, and menu rearrangement in the library homepage; (3) There are a lot of necessities for the plans of more frequent library event, more detailed event guidance, and more reinforcement of public relations such as SMS, push services of SDI etc. in the library user services; and (4) There are a lot of necessities for the improved policies to the complaints of library users such as the lack of common study place and lockers, air conditioning and heating problem, complaints about facilities management of restroom (lack of toilet paper), library accessibility on campus, unauthorized user management etc. in the facilities/environment of the library.