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A Study on the Health and Non Health Related Major University Students on Smartphone Addiction and the Correlation with Oral Health Behavior

  • Jang, Jung Yoo
    • International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.222-227
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    • 2018
  • Objective: The university students of the four universities located in the Gyeongbuk province district were studied to confirm the correlation between smartphone addiction and oral health behavior. Methods: The target audience was a total of 587 people, and from April 18, 2017 until June 10, 2017, collected data using individual questionnaire methods and analyzed using the IBM SPSS WIN 24.0 program. Results: Smartphone addiction was high in health related major, and oral health behaviors were high in non health related major. And the first grade students who smoke and drinking showed a high correlation between smartphone addiction and oral health behavior. Conclusion: It is possible to confirm the correlation between smartphone addiction of university students and oral health behaviors, and the smartphone guideline and appropriate oral health education program are required.

Influence of Knowledge about Lung Cancer, Attitude and Preventive Health Behavior about Cancer on Nicotine Dependency in Smoking Male College Students (흡연 남자 대학생의 폐암에 대한 지식, 암에 대한 태도 및 암에 대한 예방적 건강행위가 니코틴 의존도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Nam-Jo;Hong, Hae-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the influence of knowledge, attitude and preventive health behavior of cancer on nicotine dependency in male college students who have a habit of smoking. Methods: In this study, a cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the 254 male college students who smoke in D and S city. The data was analyzed for descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 20.0 program. Results: Knowledge about lung cancer (${\beta}=-.407$, p<.001), preventive health behaviors about cancer (${\beta}=-.223$, p<.001) and the smoking period ($5years{\leq}$) (${\beta}=.198$, p=.001) were identified as the factors influencing nicotine dependency of the subjects. The model explained 33% of variance in nicotine dependency (F=20.49, p<.001). Conclusion: The results suggest that anti-smoking educators should include the strategies to increase knowledge about lung cancer and preventive health behaviors of cancer, and to reduce the smoking period in their smoking cessation program.

Characteristics of health lifestyle patterns by the quantification method (수량화 방법을 이용한 건강행태 유형의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Soon-Young;Kim, Seon-Woo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.31 no.1 s.60
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    • pp.72-81
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between health behavior patterns and demographic, socio-economic characteristics, health status, health information in Korea. The quantification method through canonical correlation analysis was conducted to the data from Korea National Health Survey in 1995, which consisted of 5,805 persons. The health lifestyle patterns were quantified as good diet lifestyle, passive lifestyle to the negative direction and drinker lifestyle, smoker lifestyle, hedonic lifestyle and fitness lifestyle to the positive direction. The covariate were related to health lifestyle patterns in the order of sex, age, marital status, occupation, health information, economic status, level of physical labour and health status. Characteristics of male, age below 50, married, blue colored worker, no health information, low in economic status, heavy level of physical labour, and poor in health status were positively related to drinker lifestyle, smoker lifestyle, hedonic lifestyle, fitness lifestyle sequentially.

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The Association of Family Support and Self-rated Health Status of Low-income Middle-aged Women (일개 시지역의 저소득층 중년여성의 지각된 건강상태와 가족 지지의 관련성)

  • Lee, Kyung-Woo;Park, Ki-Soo;Kang, Yune-Sik;Kim, Rock-Bum;Kim, Bo-Kyoung;Seo, Ae-Rim
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2009
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate self-rated health status and its influencing factors among low-income middle-aged women. Methods: Data on 594 women between the ages of 40 and 59 were collected from November 2007 to January 2008. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data. The following instruments-self efficacy, family support, health promotion behavior- were used in the study after some adaption. Results: The score for the health promotion behavior was 2.94(exercixe), 3.78(nutrition), 3.35(stress), 3.06(Health examination). The score for the self-efficacy was 3.47 and family support was 3.75. In the relationship between demographic and self-rated health status, there were significant differences in job, education level, self efficacy, family support, health promotion behavior. In hierarchy multiple regression analysis, the variables affecting the self-rated health status were job, education, exercise, health examination, family support, self efficacy. Conclusion: Self-efficacy and family support need to be considered in planning health program to improve self-rated health status among middle-aged women.

Changes in treatment behavior and cost according to the operation of preventive dentistry in university dental hospital (대학치과병원 예방치과운영 전·후의 환자진료행태와 진료비용 변화)

  • Hong, Hyo-Kyoung;Choi, Seong-Woo
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.707-716
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: This study aims to provide basic data for high-quality dental services. In addition, we will promote the operation of preventive dentistry that implements preventive measures. It was conducted to study the change of patient's treatment behavior and treatment cost due to the discontinuation of preventive dentistry in university dental hospitals. Methods: This study collected data using the integrated medical information system of the C University Dental Hospital. From September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2019, data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square test using SPSS version 24.0 statistical program, and T-test. Results: There was a significant difference in the number of preventive dental treatment cases from 58.3% of preventive dental operation periods to 41.7% of preventive dental operation periods. As a result of comparing the medical expenses, the total medical expenses during the preventive dental operation period decreased from 521,308,872 won to 379,724,995 won during the discontinuation period, 141,583,877 won. The number of medical treatments by treatment behavior decreased 3,835 (28.4%) from a total of 13,520 preventive dental operation periods to 9,685. Conclusions: This study is meaningful as the first study to confirm the change in the treatment behavior and the change in the cost of treatment due to the discontinuation of the operation of preventive dentistry at university dental hospitals. In conclusion, it is thought that there is a possibility of the lack of accessibility and the limitation of professional preventive care due to the discontinuation of preventive dentistry.

Influencing Factors of Christians' COVID-19 Health Prevention Behavior (기독교인의 코로나19 건강예방행위 영향 요인)

  • Seol-Young Bang;Nam-Ju Je;Mee-Ra Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.26 no.2_2
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    • pp.293-306
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is a descriptive research study to analyze the factors that affect Christians' COVID-19 preventive behavior. The subjects of the study were 262 adult Christians, and the data collected were using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs. As a result of the study, the subject's religious maturity level was 4.21 ± .55 points out of 5 points, COVID-19 stress was 2.86 ± .73 points out of 5 points, optimism bias was 2.94 ± 1.26 points out of 7 points, and COVID-19 preventive health behavior was 4 points. The total score was 3. 54 ± . 44 points. As a result of the correlation analysis of the subject's religious maturity, COVID-19 stress, optimistic bias, and COVID-19 preventive health behaviors, COVID-19 preventive health behaviors were faith maturity (r=.156, p=.012), COVID-19 stress (r=.216, There was a positive correlation with optimism bias (r=174, p=.005). In conclusion, it can be said that the higher the religious maturity, the higher the COVID-19 stress, and the higher the optimistic bias, the better the preventive health behavior of COVID-19, and the explanatory power of the overall model was 9.4%. In the post-COVID-19 era, it is necessary to develop educational programs that can prevent infectious diseases and promote health in the community.

A study on knowledge of influenza A(H1N1) and preventive behavior in the midst of the spread of the flu (신종인플루엔자 확산에 따른 지식과 예방행동에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Hye-Sook;Jeon, Mee-Jin;Lim, Mi-Hee
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.567-576
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    • 2010
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine selected people's knowledge of Influenza A(HINI), their self-efficacy, social norms, awareness of the gravity of the infection of the flu, behavioral intention, preventive behavior, the impact of their knowledge of the flu on those variables and the relationship of the variables, as the spread of the flu has been accelerated. Methods : The subjects in this study were 484 health-related majors at two selected colleges selected by random sampling from the metropolitan area. Results : As for connections between knowledge of the 2009 H1N1 and self-efficacy, the students who were knowledgeable about the flu got a mean of 3.24, and those whose knowledge was on an intermediate level got 3.08. The students who didn't know well about that got 2.91. The students who were better informed were ahead of those who were less informed in terms of self-efficacy, and the intergroup gap was statistically significant(p<0.01). In relation to self-efficacy, the better-informed students scored higher than the less-informed ones in both of the two items: whether to know how to cope with the spread of the 2009 H1N1(p<0.01), and whether to be able to be ready for the spread of it(p<0.01). The intergroup gaps were statistically significant. Conclusions : The knowledge of the students about Influence A(H1N1) and their preventive behavior were analyzed in association with the spread of the flu, and there were no differences in actual preventive behavior though they were not the same in terms of behavioral intention. Therefore health education programs should be prepared to improve not only their knowledge but their attitude and preventive skills to boost their preventive behavior.