The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education (한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지)
- Volume 11 Issue 1
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- Pages.57-66
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- 2010
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- 1975-7697(pISSN)
Health Behavior and Disease of Children and Adolescents
소아와 청소년의 건강행태와 질병 이환 비교
- Jang, Eun-Hee (Department of Nursing, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology) ;
- Choi, Eun-Hee (Department of Nursing, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology)
- Received : 2009.11.12
- Accepted : 2009.02.27
- Published : 2010.06.30
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine health behavior and disease of children and adolescents. Method: Data was taken from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The SPSS 12.0 program was used for statistical analysis of data collected. Results: For the past one year, 57% of study group had oral examinations, 43.9% of them were vaccinated against influenza, and 16.9% tried to control body weight. Many children and adolescents (37.7%) had diseases, and 16% were diagnosed chicken pox. Of the subjects who were over 10 years old 35.9% had low high density lipid. The difference of sickness status between children and adolescents was significant (