• 치위생과학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.250-256
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of maternal socioeconomic status, maternal oral health behaviors, and oral health behaviors of children, on the prevalence of early childhood caries in children aged 5 years. The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data collected between 2007 and 2014 were applied to this study, and the study sample included 824 children who received oral examinations and participated in the health behavior survey. The factor that affected the prevalence of early childhood caries were confirmed by maternal and child factors. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. The mothers' age, income level, and job status affected the prevalence of early childhood caries. There was a significant difference in the analysis considering the factors of motherhood and children in the prevalence of early childhood caries according to mother's age, education level, income level, and the child's oral examination. The prevalence of early childhood caries was higher in children who received oral examinations than in those who did not. When the mother's educational level was higher than college education, it was found that the index of child, i.e., there was a difference in the prevalence of early childhood caries according to the mother's educational and income levels. These results indicate that maternal socioeconomic characteristics are correlated with the oral health of children. Therefore, oral health education programs that include mothers for the prevention of early dental caries in children may improve the dental health of children. In addition, specific oral health policies are necessary to address the differences in the oral health between the income groups.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.157-166
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• 2017

Objectives: Exposure to hazardous air pollutants could be affected by sociodemographic factors such as age, gender and more. Information on time spent in microenvironments has a critical role in exposure assessment. The purpose of this study was to analyze the exposure pathways which influence personal exposure through time-activity patterns and sociodemographic factors. Methods: A total of 379 subjects were collected from the second term of the Korean National Environmental Health Survey. A questionnaire survey in relation to sociodemographic factors and a time-activity diary were carried out for personal exposure to toluene. Focusing on personal exposure to toluene, factors affecting personal exposure were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Results: Participants spent their time in an indoor house for $16.8{\pm}4.0hr$, workplace or school $2.3{\pm}3.5hr$, and other indoor $2.1{\pm}2.2hr$. Sociodemographic factors were significantly different among each personal exposure and microenvironment. Time of staying at an office turned out to be a main factor from point of exposure in exposure pathway using multiple regression analysis. As a result, this means that exposure may be different according to the time of staying in each microenvironment. Conclusions: Personal exposure to air pollutants might be decided by time-activity pattern indicating when, where, and which activities people pursue, as well as individual sociodemographic factors.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.168-177
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude toward death in Korean nursing students. Method: The sample consisted of 365 baccalaureate nursing students. The questionnaires included questions on sociodemographics and death-related characteristics of the participants, and the Fear of Death and Dying Scale (FODS) to measure the attitude toward death. Result: The mean of the FODS score was 2.63 out of 4, so the participants had a slightly negative attitude toward death. There were statistically significant differences between gender, religion, religion activity, perceived health status, experience of parents' death, experience of friend's death, and overall FODS score. Among the four subscales of overall FODS, the score of the fear of death of self was significantly higher in the participants who experienced clinical practice and who experienced patient's death in the intensive care unit compared to the emergency room. Conclusion: Based on the study results, educational programs to change the attitude toward death are required before clinical practice. Programs need to consider nursing students' gender and religion, and give opportunity to share experiences and feelings about death of family or friend. In addition, using standardized patients and simulators is advised in the need for simulation training.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.445-451
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• 2021

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the self-administered questionnaire for Korean radiation workers. Methods: From May 24, 2016, to June 30, 2017, 20,608 participants completed the questionnaire, providing information on sociodemographics, lifestyle, work history and practices, medical radiation exposure, and medical history, which was linked to the National Dose Registry and the National Cancer Registry. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated using the responses of 20,608 workers, and reliability was evaluated using the responses of 3043 workers who responded to the survey twice. Results: Responses concerning demographic characteristics and lifestyle showed reliability with a moderate-to-high agreement (kappa: 0.43-0.99), whereas responses concerning occupation and medical radiation exposure had a wide range of agreement (kappa: 0.05-0.95), possibly owing to temporal variability during employment. Regarding validity, responses to the question about the first year of employment had an excellent agreement with the national registry (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.9); however, responses on cancer history had a wide range of agreement (kappa: 0.22-0.85). Conclusion: Although the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were not distinguished by demographic characteristics, they tended to be low among participants whose occupational radiation exposure was minimal. Overall, the information collected can be reliable for epidemiological studies; however, caution must be exercised when using information such as medical exposure and work practices, which are prone to temporal variability.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.454-465
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• 2022

This study investigated the association between dietary intake and 10-year risk for CHD predicted from Framingham risk score in Korean adults using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2019-2020. Eight thousand subjects (3,382 men and 4,618 women) aged 30 years or older were classified into three groups according to the 10-year CHD risk (%). The sociodemographics, anthropometrics indices, blood profiles, and dietary intake were collected. After adjusting for confounding variables, the mean adequacy ratio (MAR) decreased for both men and women as the disease risk increased. The high-risk group was below the MAR criteria, indicating that the overall quality of the meal was not good. The highest consumers of legumes (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.37-0.84), fruits (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.48-0.93), and fish (OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.42-0.87) had a 44%, 33%, and 40% lower 10-year CHD risk than lowest consumers in men, respectively. In women, there is no significant relationship between food groups and disease risk. Therefore, improving lifestyle habits such as weight control, increased activity, and adequate food intake, especially legumes, fruits, and fish rich in antioxidant nutrients and bioactive substances, appears to have a potential association with preventing coronary heart disease in Korean adults.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.129-137
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• 2022

오팔(OPAL)세대가 이커머스 시장에 새로운 기회를 열고 있다. 이 연구는 혁신확산이론에 기초해 오팔세대 이커머스 이용자와 비이용자의 인구사회학적 속성과 혁신성을 비교하고, 이 같은 개인 특성들이 이커머스 이용 가능성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 연구 결과 오팔세대 이커머스 이용자는 비이용자보다 여성, 무소득층, 고소득층의 비중이 크며, 더 젊고, 교육 수준이 높은 특징을 보였다. 또한 기능적·쾌락적·사회적·인지적 혁신성이 높았다. 한편 오팔세대는 여성이 남성보다, 연령대가 낮을수록, 교육 수준이 높을수록, 기능적 및 쾌락적 혁신성이 높을수록 이커머스 이용 가능성이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과를 토대로 본 연구의 이론적 의의와 실무적 함의를 제시했다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.353-359
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• 2011

본 연구는 치과위생사가 근무하는 병원의 미세먼지(PM-10), 포름알데히드(HCHO), 이산화탄소($CO_2$), 일산화탄소(CO), 휘발성유기화합물(VOCs) 등에 의해 오염된 실내공기가 치과위생사의 건강 및 작업능률에도 많은 영향을 끼친다는 사실을 인식하여 치과위생사를 대상으로 근무하는 병원의 냉 반방 방식 및 창문개폐를 통한 환기 횟수에 따른 실내공기질에 대한 신체자각증상 정도를 비교하고, 근무하는 병원의 실내공기질과 관련된 환경 만족에 미치는 요인을 분석하므로써 치과위생사의 건강관리를 위한 효율적인 근무환경개선방안을 제시하기 위하여 시도되었다. 조사대상자는 전국 치과병 의원에 근무하는 치과위생사로 하였으며 2010년 10월 1일 부터 2011년 1월 21일까지 자기기입식 설문조사 방식으로 582부의 설문지를 수집하여 SPSS 12.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 1. 냉 난방 방식별 창문 개폐를 통한 하루 환기 횟수를 비교한 결과 창문개폐를 통한 환기가 편리한 개별 냉 난방 방식에서 높은 것으로 나타났다. 2. 치과위생사는 실내공기질과 관련된 자각증상으로 인하여 불편함을 가장 많이 느끼는 시간은 오후 2시 전 후이며 불편함을 느끼기 시작한 지 1시간 경과 후인 3시 전 후에 불편함의 정도가 가장 심한 것으로 조사되었다. 3. 치과위생사의 자각증상에 따른 불편함 수준을 냉 난방 방식 및 하루 창문개폐를 통한 환기 횟수와 비교하여 분석한 결과 창문 개폐를 이용하여 자연환기가 유리한 개별 냉 난방 방식의 사무실에 근무하는 치과위생사의 수준이 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 4. 근무하는 병원의 만족에 미치는 요인을 실내공기 조건과 관련된 항목을 독립변수로 하여 중회귀 분석을 실시한 결과 "병원 공기의 냄새가 기분 좋게한다", "병원 실내 온도조건은 근무하기에 편하다", "병원의 조명은 일하기에 적당한 편이다", "병원의 환기가 잘 된다", "병원 시끄러움", "병원공기가 신선하다고 느낀다", "병원 더움" 순으로 유의하게 나타났으며 설명력은 42.9%인 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.297-305
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• 1999

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate factors related to the intention of participation in a worksite smoking cessation program. Methods: To explain the health behavior of participating intention in a worksite smoking cessation program, the health belief model(HBM) was used as study model, and 144 self-administered questionnaires were completed by electronic company workers. Variables of the health belief model were composed of perceived susceptibility to smokinginduced disease, perceived severity of smoking-induced disease, economical gain as perceived benefit of smoking cessation, and nicotine dependency as perceived barrier of smoking cessation. Variables of sociodemographics, smoking status, knowledge about adverse health effects of smoking, and cues to smoking cessation were used as modifying factors. Results: Perceived severity(POR=1.99, 95% CI: 1.03-3.83), perceived benefit(POR=2.11, 95% CI: 1.07-4.17), and perceived barrier(POR=0.29, 95% CI: 0.11-0.76) were significant variables to the intention of participation in a worksite smoking cessation program in the logistic regression analysis. The perceived severity was significantly affected by knowledge about adverse health effects of smoking(POR=2.17, 95% CI: 1.23-3.84). The perceived barrier was significantly affected by education level(POR=3.66, 95% CI: 1.17-11.44), age to first cigarette (POR=0.32, 95% CI: 0.10-0.98), pack-years(POR=5.47, 95% CI: 2.37-12.61). To the Perceived benefit, the model was not fitted. Conclusion: Our results found that counterplans improving the knowledge about adverse health effects of smoking, preventing early smoking, and decreasing smoking amount should be considered for an effective smoking ban policy.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3879-3887
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• 2012

Background: Development of effective educational strategies should accompany increases in public awareness and the availability of genetic testing for breast cancer (BC). These educational strategies should be designed to fulfill the knowledge gap while considering factors that influence women's interest in order to facilitate decision making. Objective: To determine the possible correlates of Saudi women's interest in BC genes testing including socio-demographics, the level of awareness towards BC genes, the family history of BC and the perceived personal risk among adult Saudi women in Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia. Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out during the second BC community-based campaign in Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia. All Saudi women aged ${\geq}18$ years (n=781) attending the educational components of the campaign were invited to a personal interview. Data collection included gathering information about sociodemographics, family history of BC, the perceived personal risk for BC, awareness and attitude towards BC genes and the women's interest in BC genes testing. Results: Of the included women (n=599), 19.5% perceived higher risk for BC development, significantly more among < 40 years of age, and with positive family history of BC before 50 years of age. The participants demonstrated a poor level of awareness regarding the inheritance, risk, and availability of BC genetic testing. The median summated knowledge score was 1.0 (out of 7 points) with a knowledge deficit of 87.8%. The level of knowledge showed significant decline with age (> 40 years). Of the included women 54.7% expressed an interest in BC genetic testing for assessing their BC risk. Multivariate regression model showed that being middle aged (Odds Ratio 'OR'=1.88, confidence intervals 'C.I'=1.14-3.11), with higher knowledge level (OR=1.67, C.I=1.08-2.57) and perceiving higher risk for BC (OR=2.11, C.I=1.61-2.76) were the significant positive correlates for Saudi women interest in BC genetic testing. Conclusion: Saudi women express high interest in genetic testing for BC risk despite their poor awareness. This great interest may reflect the presence of inappropriate information regarding BC genetic testing and its role in risk analysis.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2003

시판생강차의 이화학적, 관능적 품질특성을 전통생강차와 비교하고 전국의 식품영양학과 학생 및 교수 382명을 대상으로 생강차의 품질에 대한 설문조사를 실시한 결과는 다음과 같다. 시판생강차는 분말 생강차로 전통생강차에 비해 투명도, 점도, L 및 b 값은 유의적으로 낮았으나(p<0.05), 당도, 산도, pH, a 값은 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 관능검사 결과 시판 생강차는 전통 생강차에 비해 맛, 매운 맛, 색에 있어서 유의 적으로 낮은 점수를 나타내었으나(p<0.05), 감미도, 향, 기호도는 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 전공자들을 대상으로 한 설문조사 결과, 시판 생강차가 전통생강차에 비해 동일하지 않다가 54.7%이었고, 동일하지 않은 이유로는 향이 22.0%, 매운맛 21.3%, 단정도 15.7%의 순이었다. 또한 시판 생강차에서 개선할 점으로는 생강 함량,28.6%, 향,25.2%, 단정도,24.3%, 쓴맛, 17.7%의 순이었다. 시판생강차는 전반적인 기호도와 유의적으로 양의 상관관계를 나타낸 관능적 특성은 맛 매운정도, 향, 색, 감미정도이었으며, 그 중에서 상관계수가 높은 특성은 맛(0.623)>매운맛(0.582)>향(0.542)의 순이었다. 이 같은 결과로부터 생강차 고유의 맛과 향이 생강차의 전반적 인 기호도에 크게 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났으므로 기업체에서는 이 같은 점들을 고려하여 시판 생강차의 품질을 향상시키기 위해 노력해야 할 것으로 생각된다.