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College Students Characteristics and Utilization of the Nutrition Labels on Food Package (대학생들의 식품영양표시 관련 식행동 조사)

  • Choi, Bong-Soon;You, Doo-Ryon;Park, Young-Mi;Lee, In-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.299-308
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    • 2002
  • The purposes of this study were to examine understanding, attitudes, and behaviors of college students regarding the nutrition labels of food package and the relations among these factors and demographic background such as educational experience with label, major, home place and parents' status. The study was surveyed 471 undergraduate students enrolled in general education classes at local university. Generally, college students could understand nutrition label. Nutrition related class in college didn't influence Nutrition label understanding, use and purchasing behavior. Students whose mothers with higher than college education level and professional work showed strong dependability on nutrition label. Label use, understanding and purchasing behaviors significantly associated with gender of subjects. All the subjects looked at the amount of sodium most frequently among all the nutrients listed on the food package(88.8%). Of all the food labels, the manufacturing date(25.1%) was considered the most important and the refund and exchange(12.9%) was considered the least important information. This paper suggested that nutrition education program for college students needs to be developed in series from elementary school curriculum and to enhance the use of nutrition labels.

Types of Violence and Coping Methods Experienced by General Hospital Nurses (종합병원 간호사가 경험한 폭력 유형과 대처방식)

  • Kang, Mi Jung;Park, Ihn Sook
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.92-104
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the types of violence and coping methods experienced by general hospital nurses. Methods: Data were collected from March 17 to 24, 2014, using self-report questionnaires. Responses from 449 nurses were analyzed. Results: The majority of the respondents experienced violence from patients, visitors, doctors, and other nurses. Verbal violence was more frequent than physical threats and physical violence. Most violence happened in ERs, followed by surgical units, and ICUs. The most frequent response by nurses after violence was an emotional response, especially 'anger' ($4.01{\pm}1.059$). Based on general characteristics, the responses were significant for professional experience (F=2.935, p=.013) and work areas (F=2.290, p=.021). The most frequent coping method for nurses after violence had occurred was to 'just complete their duties as if nothing happened'. Conclusion: Most nurses are exposed to frequent violence, but they feel defenseless. These results suggest that hospital should improve the respective organizational cultures and develop promotional programs and administrative policies to prevent violence. In addition, educational programs should be provided for nurses to improve their attitudes and abilities to cope with violence. Also, hospitals should offer sufficient support, stress reduction programs and counseling programs for nurses.

Impact of Applying 'Nursing Process Program' to Nursing Practice - Based on I.C.U Nursing Practice - (임상실습에서의 간호과정 전산프로그램 활용결과 분석 - 일 간호대학의 중환자 실습을 중심으로 -)

  • Park Soon-Ok;Park Hyoun-Kyoung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.24-34
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    • 2001
  • This study was done to identify the effectiveness of applying a 'Nursing Process Program' to the nursing students' clinical practice. The data collection period was from September 2000 to January 2001, and the subjects of the study were 39 students who were doing clinical practice in the ICU. The results are as follows : 1. Most subjects had a personal computer, had experience in using computers for one year and usually did word processing and internet, and wanted computerization of nursing work. The average results of the questions on the need for, and the effectiveness of applying a 'Nursing Process Program' to clinical practice were, on five point scales, 4.07 and 4.21 respectively. 2. There were no significant differences in the mean scores for suhjects' attitudes toward computers and computer anxiety between before and after using a 'Nursing Process Program'. 3. The total case study frequency using a 'Nursing Process Program' was 68, and 'Risk for infection' was the most frequent nursing diagnosis.

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Evaluation of Pharmacy Students' Attitudes Toward Pharmaceutical Care and Career Choices Following Interdisciplinary Inpatient Clerkships (약대생의 약료에 대한 인식과 실무실습-진로선택의 상관성에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Sooyoung;Lee, Sukhyang
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.80-89
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    • 2014
  • The study objectives were to investigate the attitude of Ajou University pharmacy students toward pharmaceutical care and to identify their perceived barriers to its provision. Secondarily, their career choices and influential factors for career decision were assessed. Method: A cross-sectional survey of Ajou University pharmacy students in all professional years was conducted in May 2014. Results: Over 2 weeks, a total of 123 students participated in the study (100% response rate). All respondents agreed that pharmaceutical care is the right direction for the provision to be headed and that pharmaceutical care will improve patient health. However, professional year was inversely associated with the degree of positive attitude toward pharmaceutical care. Highly perceived barriers to pharmaceutical care included poor image of pharmacist's role in society (67%) and lack of access to the patient medical record in the pharmacy (65%). Work environment, benefits, and salary were top three influential factors for career plans, and $6^{th}$ year students considered salary most important. Patient-oriented practices (hospital and community pharmacy) were the most preferred career choices among $6^{th}$ year students. Conclusion: Pharmacy clerkships appeared to have a positive influence on career choices of those students. Efforts should be exerted to improve pharmacy clerkships and to promote pharmaceutical care.

Unmet Needs for Mental Health Care and Its Implication for Health Education in Canada

  • Park, Jung-Wee;Nelson Connie H.
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.29-47
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    • 2005
  • Objectives: Individuals' self-reported unmet needs are an important indicator of heath care of their society. Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Cycle 1.2, we examine unmet needs for mental health care in Canada and discuss its implications to health education. Results: The most frequently reported reason for unmet needs was barriers to acceptability issues, which stem primarily from lack of knowledge of mental health, negative attitudes towards mental disorder, and mistrust of mental health professionals. Unmet needs for mental health care appeared an especially serious issue among the young. Also, individuals who reported unmet needs tended to have some ill health behavior such as illicit drug use that could be their coping mechanism. On the other hand, emotional and informational support factors have shown an important mitigating effect on unmet needs. Conclusions: These findings of unmet needs pose a major challenge to health education. To effectively address unmet mental health care needs, it is recommended that the focus of relevant policies and programs should be on enhancing a multi-level mental health education strategy including efforts on individual, environmental and professional level education.

A Vision-based Position Estimation Method Using a Horizon (지평선을 이용한 영상기반 위치 추정 방법 및 위치 추정 오차)

  • Shin, Jong-Jin;Nam, Hwa-Jin;Kim, Byung-Ju
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.169-176
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    • 2012
  • GPS(Global Positioning System) is widely used for the position estimation of an aerial vehicle. However, GPS may not be available due to hostile jamming or strategic reasons. A vision-based position estimation method can be effective if GPS does not work properly. In mountainous areas without any man-made landmark, a horizon is a good feature for estimating the position of an aerial vehicle. In this paper, we present a new method to estimate the position of the aerial vehicle equipped with a forward-looking infrared camera. It is assumed that INS(Inertial Navigation System) provides the attitudes of an aerial vehicle and a camera. The horizon extracted from an infrared image is compared with horizon models generated from DEM(Digital Elevation Map). Because of a narrow field of view of the camera, two images with a different camera view are utilized to estimate a position. The algorithm is tested using real infrared images acquired on the ground. The experimental results show that the method can be used for estimating the position of an aerial vehicle.

A Study on the Works of Rem Koolhaas, SANAA, Sou Fujimoto through the Text of Roland Barthes (롤랑 바르트의 텍스트로 본 렘 콜하스, SANAA, 소우 후지모토 건축의 특성)

  • Park, Ju-Seok;Kim, Dong-Jin
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.13-24
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    • 2017
  • The semiotics philosopher Roland Barthes declared 'the death of the author'. This means a sense of skepticism about author-centered writing in literature, and that readers and critics must also change their reading attitudes. In architecture, too, author-centered design appears. Architects sometimes try to express their will and concepts strongly through their work. However, this architecture is oriented toward identity, self-revealing, self-centered, and eventually without inspiration. On the other hand, the signifier does not result in a single meaning, and it is architecture as text that allows readers to enjoy the pleasure of deciphering. The purpose of this study is to investigate that unilateral by the will of the architect. Or whether there is a potential for non-intelligence and the possibility of generating meaning. In particular, we will analyze the works of Rem Koolhaas, SANAA and Sou Fujimoto to see if they are free from the will of the architect and can obtain the user's true freedom. As a result, we want to reveal the potential of various interpretations by users in contemporary architecture.

A Study on Airplane Maintenance Engineers and Pilots Relationships and Effectiveness of Flight Operation (항공정비사와 조종사의 관계 및 운항성과에 관한 연구)

  • 강인원;최세종
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.23-35
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    • 2003
  • This paper investigates the effectiveness of flight operation between airplane maintenance engineers and pilots who work together. The developed model is to identify the relationship between the attitudes of airplane maintenance engineers and pilots and the effectiveness of flight operation. The results indicate that the shared values and balanced power between airplane maintenance engineers and pilots are positively related with trust and job satisfaction, but conflict is negatively related. Further, trust and job satisfaction positively affect the effectiveness of flight operation. These findings suggest that the improvements of the relationships between airplane maintenance engineers and pilots need more efforts to ensure the aviation safety and efficient flights.

Effects of Nurse Managers' Conflict Management Styles on Nurses' Leader Trust and Organizational Commitment (간호관리자의 갈등관리유형이 간호사의 리더신뢰와 조직몰입에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Young Ae;Lim, Ji Young;Lee, Eun Hye
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.215-223
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of nurse managers' conflict management styles on nurses' levels of leader trust and organizational commitment. Methods: For this study, a descriptive survey design was used. The participants were 165 nurses who had worked more than 1 year in a university hospital. Data were collected from September 1 to September 10, 2016, using a self-report questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Scheffe's tests, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis. Results: Among the nurse managers' conflict management styles, the problem-solving style was positively correlated with both leader trust and organizational commitment. Concession-avoiding and control-leading styles were negatively correlated with both variables. Furthermore, the problem-solving style was found to have significant influence on both leader trust and organizational commitment. Conclusion: In order to more actively cope with conflict situations occurring in the nursing work environment, nursing managers need to exhibit more effective attitudes of conflict management. This study suggests that the problem-solving style is a desirable conflict management style in terms of increasing leader trust and organizational commitment.

Founding America and the Politics of Representing Native-Americans as the Other in Child's Hobomok (차일드의 『호보목』에 나타나는 미국 건국과 타자화된 미원주민 재현의 정치성)

  • Sohn, Jeonghee;Kim, Yeo Jin
    • English & American cultural studies
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.99-125
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    • 2010
  • This paper explores the political significance of a literary work, the hidden side beneath the ideology of founding America in Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok which reconstructs the history of the colonial period. The ideological strategy of founding America on racial discrimination is given a repeated representation in 19th-century American novels. Most works shed a negative light on Native Americans, whereas Hobomok stands out by presenting a positive picture of a miscegenation between a Native American man and a white woman, the acculturation of a half Indian into the white society. Furthermore, Child undoes distorted stereotypes about native Americans, exposing the Puritans' intolerant and exclusive attitudes and criticizing men who forced women to be obedient for the cause of nation and religion. However, Child also shows that she could not be free from the ideology of founding America which insisted on the superiority of the white's racial identity and excluded the Native Americans as beings who were destined to vanish gradually but eventually. Although Hobomok revises stereotypical representation of Native Americans as the other, it also serves for a political purpose, showing a politically inseparable relationship between literary works and the ideology of founding America.