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Impact of Increased Tobacco Price on Adult Smoking Rate in South Korea (담뱃값 인상 정책이 우리나라 성인흡연율에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Dong Jun;Kim, Sun Jung
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.219-228
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    • 2017
  • Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate impact of increased tobacco price in 2015 on the adult smoking rate in South Korea. Methods: This study used 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2013 to 2015. Total 14,860 adults were included in the analysis. The chi-square test, univariate- and multivariate survey logistic regressions, and subgroup analysis were conducted. Results: Results show that adult smoking rate before price increase were 19.08% and after price increase were 16.69%. Adjusted by variables associated with smoking behavior and others, multivariate survey logistic regressions revealed that smoking rate decreased after introduction of increased tobacco price policy (odds ratio [OR], 0.745; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.575 to 0.967) and the impact was different by various social status (male: OR, 0.688; 95% CI, 0.523 to 0.905; age over 60: OR, 0.487; 95% CI, 0.315 to 0.754; rural area: OR, 0.531; 95% CI, 0.309 to 0.912; household income Q1: OR, 0.593; 95% CI, 0.352 to 0.999; household income Q4, OR, 0.616; 95% CI, 0.386 to 0.983). Conclusion: The study revealed decreased smoking rate after increased tobacco price policy and different trend depending on various social characteristics. We recommend that government agencies and policy makers should pursue tobacco price control policy continuously and population specific manner and concurrently non-price policy should be implemented as well.

Low Protein Digestibility of Beef Puree in Infant In Vitro Digestion Model

  • Lee, Seonmin;Jo, Kyung;Hur, Sun Jin;Choi, Yun-Sang;Kim, Hyun-Joo;Jung, Samooel
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.1000-1007
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    • 2019
  • This study investigated protein digestibility of beef puree in infant and adult in vitro digestion models. The simulated digestive juices for infant and adult were prepared. Protein digestibility of beef puree was calculated in the gastric and gastrointestinal compartments. The 10% trichloroacetic acid soluble nitrogen and α-amino group contents of gastric digesta were lower in the infant in vitro digestion model than those in the adult in vitro digestion model (p<0.05). In addition, the gastrointestinal digesta from the infant in vitro digestion model had lower value of the 10% trichloroacetic acid soluble nitrogen and α-amino group contents than those of the adult in vitro digestion model (p<0.05). The results of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the remarkable bands of actin and myosin light chain B were found in the digesta of beef puree from the infant in vitro digestion model. The results of this study revealed the lower protein digestibility of beef puree in infants compared to that in adults. Therefore, the development of ways to increase digestibility of meat protein can improve the nutritional quality of meat products for infants.

Factors Influencing on Influenza Vaccination Coverage (인플루엔자 예방접종률에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Park, Myung-Bae;Kim, Chun-Bae;Joo, Hyun-Sil
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.300-311
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    • 2013
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing on influenza vaccination among socio-demographic characteristics and health behaviors. Data of 18,299 adults of age between 19 and 65 years who answered to the survey on National Health and Nutrition and influenza vaccination from 2007 to 2010 was used and analyzed. Overall influenza vaccination rate was 21.7%. Logistic regression analysis revealed that factors influencing on influenza vaccination were an increasing age, a residence in rural area, a high personal income, a low educational level, jobless women, experience of hospital visits, and morbidity of chronic illnesses. In conclusion, influenza vaccination rate in Korea is low and influenced by multiple socio-demographic factors and health behaviors. It is needed to seek a strategy to develop a vaccination program in consideration of factors associated with influenza vaccination.

The Effect of Caregiving Stress on Depression among Korean Married Adult Children of Korea (한국 기혼 성인자녀의 노부모 부양 스트레스가 우울감에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Yun-Jeong;Chung, Jin-Ah;Ka, Hyun-Su
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.12 no.10
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    • pp.563-570
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between caregivng stress and depression of the caregiver. The data was collected through by a survey on to married adults who are responsible for the care of old parents. The survey(by purposive sampling) was conducted over the course of for the three months duration from Jan. to Feb. 2014. A total of Finally, 307 copies of the questionnaire retrieved were used for analysis. First, in the case of women, those in their 50s or over, and in the all both gender cases, those who live in rural area, and those who perceive their economic levels as 'low' tend to have higher caregivng stress than other kinds of groups. Second, those who do not have spouses, and those who perceive their economic levels as 'low' tend to have higher depression than other kinds of groups, and those who hold the whole responsibility of caring old parents had a severe high depression. Third, it was found that the greater higher the caregivng stress of caregivers get, the more serious higher their stresses become get.

Decrease in Genetic Variation of Overwintering Populations of the Diamondback Moth during Seasonal Occurrence (배추좀나방의 계절적 발생과 월동집단의 유전적 분화 감소)

  • Kim, Eunseong;Park, Areum;Park, Youngjin;Kim, Jooil;Kim, Yonggyun
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.303-310
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    • 2015
  • The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, overwinters in some protected areas in Korea. Using a sex pheromone trap, the adults were monitored since the occurrence of the overwintering populations. In Andong, P. xylostella exhibited four adult peaks in a year. Biological characters, such as cold tolerance, insecticide susceptibility, and developmental rate, were analyzed and showed a significant variation among different local overwintering populations. Population genetic variation was assessed with molecular markers, in which the initial high genetic variation among the overwintering populations decreased with the progress of seasons. These results suggests that there may be a significant migration of P. xylostella to decrease the genetic variation among the different local populations that are different in biological characters.

Macronutrient Intake and Blood Pressure of Adolescents in Rural Korea (청소년기의 열량영양소 섭취양상과 혈압)

  • Kim, Young-Ok;Suh, Il;Nam, Chung-Mo;Kim, Suk-Il;Park, Im-Soo;Ahn, Hong-Seok
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.366-375
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    • 1996
  • The effect of carbohydrates, fat and protein consumption on the blood pressure of adolescents was investigated from the cross sectional data. The two major areas of inquiry were : 1)measuring the variation of blood pressure at various levels of macronutient intake. 2)measuring the relative importance between the factor of nutrient intake and physical growth. A total of 726 students(341 boys and 385 girls) in the first grade of middle school in Kangwha country were studied for their dietary consumption and physical growth as well as blood pressure. Multiple regression analysis was used as the analytical method to identify the relative importance between the factors. Besides the macronutrient consumption, other nutrients such as vitamin and mineral intakes were included in the regression model. The results showed a variation of blood pressure by macronutrient intake level was in consistant both in blood pressure and by gender. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure decreased with increasing protein intake for girls(p<0.05). However, it was not observed in the case of boys. The systolic blood pressure of boys showed a tendency to decrease with fat intake increase, while their diastolic blood pressure showed the opposite trend. Results of the regression analysis showed that physical growth was a more influential factor than nutrition on blood pressure for both sexes. This could imply that the dietary hypertension factors observed in adults may not be operative generally in a population with normotensive blood pressure during growth.

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The Convergence Impact of Dental information Searching in Socioeconomic characteristics (사회경제학적특성이 치과정보탐색에 미치는 융합적 요인)

  • Jun, Mee-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.97-107
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate information source of the choice of select dental medical institution and the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and information searching pattern. This study was conducted for residents adults and teens living in Gwangju and rural communities of Jellanam-do province including. The study shows that 61.0 % of the information of selecting dental medical institutes had been introduced by the acquaintance and the rest of the information(37.0%) had been gotten from the internet. The purpose of this study is to develop an information search method that can influence the choice of medical consumers in dental clinics, and to establish a new dental clinic management strategy based on this research. Plus, we want to develop an information search source that can have a convergence effect on the selection of medical consumers in dental medical institutions.

Relationship among Dietary Intakes, Blood Levels, and Urinary Excretions of Ca, P, Mg and Serum Lipid Levels in Korean Rural Adult Men and Women (일부 농촌 성인 남녀의 칼슘, 인, 마그네슘의 섭취량, 혈액수준 및 소변중 배설량과 혈청지질수준과의 관계)

  • 승정자;노숙령;김애정;최미경;이주희
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.709-715
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    • 1993
  • This study was carried out to estimate the relationship among dietary intakes, blood levels, and urinary excretions of Ca, P, Mg and serum lipid levels in 30 healthy adults living area of Korea(12males and 18 females). Analyses for the nutritional status of the subjects were performed by 3-day dietary intake record, duplicated diet collection, 24-hours urine collection, and venous blood sampling before anthropometry. The mean daily intakes of Ca, P and Mg estimated for 3 days were 452.5±159.5mg, 725.6± 567.8mg and 240.4±78.5mg and the serum concentrations of Ca, P and Mg were 8.9± 0.5mg / dl, 3.3±0.6mg / dl, and 2.1±0.8mg /dl, respectively. The 24-hour urinary excretions of Ca, P and Mg were 80.4±24.0mg, 399.0±161.1mg and 64.8±35.3mg, respectively. The serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol were 158.8±32.9mg/dl, 95.6±43.9mg/dl, 45.7±9.9mg/dl and 92.2± 28.5mg/dl, respectively. In the relation between Ca, P, Mg and serum lipids it showed positive correlation with serum Ca and HDL-cholesterol at the level of significance of 5%. It can be concluded that the high level of Ca in serum may be useful in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, but the study verifies the need for more systematic studies.

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Diet-Cancer Related Nutrition Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes of Korean Adults (한국 성인의 식습관-암과 관련된 영양 지식, 믿음, 태도에 관한 연구)

  • Jin, Young-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.111-121
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    • 2000
  • This study was to investigate the nutrition and cancer prevention knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and self-reported dietary changes. Data were collected from 903 parents whose children were attending an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, or a junior college in Kimcheon. Thirty-seven percent of the subjects reported that they had made dietary changes for their health. Respondents reported eating more vegetables(33.1%), fruit(24.1%), whole grains(19.9%), and lower-fat meats(14.5%) and less alcohol(17.2%), high-fat meat(16.4%), fats(13.8%), smoked foods(13.8%), snacks/cake/sweets(11.7%), salty foods(9.6%), and refined grain products(6.1%). Those who did not make any dietary changes most often said the reason was that they thought their diets were already healthful and therefore there was no reason to make a change. Eighty-nine percent of the subjects agreed that diet and disease were related and 89.5% knew that diet and cancer were related, yet 8% believed there was nothing a person could do to reduce the risk of getting cancer. In response to open-ended questions about foods that either increase or decrease cancer risk, vegetables, fruit, traditional fermented foods, etceteras, and whole grains were thought to decrease risk, and burned foods, salty foods, additives, high-fat meats/fats, and alcohol were thought to increase cancer risk. In this study, education levels to be the major demographic variable and residential district had an impact on cancer prevention knowledge and attitudes. People at lower educational levels and rural residents should be targeted for education about cancer risk reduction.

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Ecological Analysis of Food Behavior and Life-Styles Affecting the Prevalence of Depression in Korea (한국인의 우울상태에 따른 식행동, 영양 섭취 상태 및 생활습성에 관한 생태학적 분석)

  • 김정현
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.1129-1137
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    • 1993
  • This study was carried out to analyze the effects of dietary and life-style factors on the prevalence of depression in Korea. Epidemiologic data from a nation-wide sample of 2,000 adults who were selected with the stratified random sampling method in Korea were interviewed by trained interviewers. Data were presented on the CES-D, a 20-items self-report depression symptom scale developed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies in U.S.A. The prevalence of depression among all the respondents was 13.5%, with 13.1% in urban samples and 15.5% in rural samples. The prevalence was higher in females(15.3%) than in males(11.7%). There were highly marked differences in the prevalence of depression by sex(p<0.05), age(p<0.0001), education(p<0.001) and income(p<0.01). Respondents of 60 years and over group, the less educated group(below elementary school graduated), and the less income group(less than 400,000 won/month) reported the highest rate of depression. However subjects' occupation and residence had little relation with the prevalence of depression. Drinking and smoking habit appeared to be highly associated with depression in females(p<0.0001) but not in males. The prevalence of depression and eating behavior were highly related(p<0.005). Male respondents below 20 years, 20-29, and 60 years and over depressed group reported significantly lower energy and protein intakes compared to that of the normal group. However, in the female respondents 20-29 years and 60 years and over depressed groups showed the significantly lower energy and protein intakes compared to those of the normal groups(p<0.05), it can be concluded that the various ecological factors such as epidemiological, dietary, and health factors may affect the prevalence of depression among Korean.

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