• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.59-69
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to provide basic materials on establishing convergence oriented respiratory infection management system in nursing students attending clinical training by analyzing anxiety, knowledge, possibility of infection, possibility of prevention, and compliance level of preventive behavior. Data were collected from 222 nursing students experienced clinical practice from June 15th to 30th in 2015 using questionnaire. Characteristics relative to variables were measured, and analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program. The results are as follows. The anxiety was 42.70(max 80 points), but possibility of infection was 22.55(max 100 points). Also, knowledge(11.73 out of 16 points), possibility of prevention(7.37 out of 10 points), and compliance level of preventive behavior(34.55 out of maximum 48 points) were slightly above average. The influencing factors on compliance of preventive behavior were anxiety and possibility of prevention. It is needed to lead convergence oriented approach on enhancing compliance of preventive behavior through providing information and educating possibility of prevention during MERS outbreak.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.197-225
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• 2015

The presentation of this paper was triggered by the spread of MERS in Korea in the year 2015. The analysis of the present acts related with MERS is necessary in order to cope efficiently with any probable spread of such infectious diseases as MERS in future. The acts that should be analyzed in this paper include 'Medical Service Act' and 'Infectious Disease Control And Prevention Act' (hereafter, IDCAPA). At first the classification of the infectious diseases in IDCAPA should be referred to. The Act does not properly classify them because the scope of concept of each group of the infectious diseases overlaps each other. This overlap should be removed. The present system in IDCAPA is not proper for the efficient notification and reporting of the infectious disease patients. This is so in some viewpoints including the persons obligated to make the notification and reporting, the persons to whom they should notify and report such patients, and the process of notification and reporting. The efficient approach to the information related with the infectious disease is necessary for the rapid prevention of its spread. Cohort isolation and quarantine of the infectious patients and exposed contacts are the strongest and most efficient steps for the prevention of spread of the infectious diseases. One of the great problems related with such steps would be the conflict of powers or attributions, the likelihood of which is inevitable under the present system of IDCAPA. The IDCAPA distributed the power or attribution to take the steps to the three governments including the central government, the metropolitan government and the primary local government. The power should be concentrated in the central government, which could afford financially to compensate for the huge amount of damages caused likely by the steps. The power to take the steps would be actually just a useless thing for its holder without such financial capacity. The remedy for the victims by the fault of spreader should be approached to in the sense of national wealth. The general principle of tort law could not supply the victims with the sufficient remedy because the damages would be likely too huge for the wealth of such spreader to cope with. In future another parliamentary inspection could reveal another problems in the administration by the government of the MERS event in the year 2015. Any problem caused by defect in the legal system of the control and prevention of the infectious diseases should be taken into consideration when the legal system would be reformed in future.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.283-294
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• 2021

This study was a descriptive research study conducted to understand the relationship between the risk perception and preventive behavior of university students for COVID-19 infection, and to identify the factors that influence the preventive behavior. The subjects collected data from 228 university students of S University in Seoul. The collected data were analyzed using pearson's correlation and multiple regression. The results was the risk perception was 2.5 points out of 5, and the preventive behavior was confirmed as 3.1 points out of 4, and the preventive behavior was found to be affected by resilience, risk perception, self-isolation, and media dependence. In order to prevent new infectious diseases and to adapt to and recover from the post-COVID, it was discussed that there is a need to explore ways to strengthen individual resilience by utilizing the pure functions of the media along with disaster education.

• 보건세계
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• v.47 no.1 s.521
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• pp.12-15
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• 2000

HIV 감염자가 병원에 입원하며 의사가 가장 먼저 생각하는 일은 어떤 기회감염으로 이런 증상을 갖게 되었을까 하는 것이다. 생각할 수 있는 병도 많고 생각해야 할 병도 많지만 그 중에서도 가장 먼저 떠올리게 되는 것이 결핵이 아닌가 한다. 우선 빈도면에서 비교적 흔하고, 임상증상도 정상인과 같지 않은 점이 많아서 혼돈을 일으키는 경우가 많다. 림프종을 생각할 만큼 크고 빠르게 자란 목의 덩어리도 조직검사를 하면 결핵성 림프절염인 경우가 있고 복강내 림프절이 커지거나 뇌막염을 일으키기도 한다. 결핵약으로 치료를 하는 경우에도 해열되는데 기간이 많이 필요하고 치료 도중에 약화되는 경험을 하기도 하였다. 우리나라에서 발표된 보고에서도 서울대학교에서 발표한 173명의 환자들에서 가장 흔한 기회감염은 결핵이었다. 25$\%$의 환자에서 결핵이 발생하였으며, 환자 100명당 1년 동안의 결핵 발생률은 9.6이었다. 면역부전이 진행할수록 이 빈도는 증가한다고 보고한 바 있다. 따라서 HIV감염자를 관리, 치료하는 경우에는 결핵에 대한 충분한 이해가 필요한데 얼마전 New England Journal of Medicine에 HIV감염자에서의 결핵이라는 제목으로 발표된 자료가 있어 이를 정리하였다. 여러모로 도움이 되는 내용이지만 우리나라에서 사용할 수 있는 약제에 한계가 있고 BCG예방접종을 하기 때문에 피부반응 검사로 결핵발생을 예측하기도 어렵다는 점을 고려하면 모든 내용이 우리나라의 현실에 적용되는 것은 아니다.

• Agrochemical news magazine
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• v.19 no.4 s.145
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• pp.30-32
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• 1998

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.155-163
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• 2020

This study developed a system that can collect, manage, and utilize the travel routes of individuals who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on the data standardization and quality management principles and presented the analysis data collected from the existing system. Unlike many other countries in the world, Korea demonstrated a rapid response by conducting epidemiological investigations. Further, the local governments have actively shared the travel routes of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 to facilitate proactive prevention of the infectious disease per the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Law. However, currently, there is no standard protocol for the local governments to share the information, thus complicating the process of sharing, managing, and utilizing the collected data. Therefore, this study developed a system that can facilitate sharing of the travel routes of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 by establishing database construction procedures and using the travel route of COVID-19 patients as per the Disaster & Safety Information Sharing Platform and developing a data processing guideline, a data entry system with default templates, and Open API. Although this sharing system was designed to communicate the travel routes of COVID-19 patients, it can also be utilized in case of other infectious diseases. Therefore, it can be used as a response strategy for future outbreaks of infectious diseases.

• The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.59-70
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• 2024

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze each country's infectious disease response capacities and, based on this, find areas for improvement in Korea's infectious disease management response. Methods: First, the capacity to respond to the COVID-19 infectious disease was analyzed by country using the SPAR scores of 96 countries around the world released by WHO in 2022. Second, we analyzed each country's specific COVID-19 quarantine performance using Our World in Data and the Global Health Security Index (GHSI). Results: First, the quarantine intensity index on January 24, 2021 was the highest in the Southeast Asia branch at 67.6, which had strong quarantine measures, and the lowest at 44.5 in the Africa branch. As of December 31, 2022, the quarantine intensity index in Europe was significantly lowered to 11.6. Second, the factor that influenced the SPAR indicator on the total number of patients per million population was national laboratory (C4), p=.027, and the factor that influenced the total number of deaths per million population was infection prevention and control (C9), p=.005., Risk Communication and Community Participation (C10) p=.040. The influential factor on GDP per capita was infection prevention and control (C9) p=.009, and the influential factor on GHSI was infection prevention and control (C9) p=.002. Conclusion: The research findings indicate that it was difficult to find a correlation between the SPAR, which is each country's self-assessment of their infectious disease capacities, and the number of COVID-19 cases or the intensity of pandemic responses. However, mortality rates, as well as factors such as the Global Health Security Index (GHSI) and national income, appear to be somewhat influenced. For future improvements in infectious disease management and response in our country, it is necessary to develop pandemic strategies that can reduce socio-economic costs based on more scientific and reliable data like JEE or GHSI, especially in preparation for potential unknown emerging infectious diseases. Based on this, proactive decision-making led by a control tower of experts and effective health communication are also required to respond to public health crises at a national level.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.247-267
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• 2020

Libraries are public institutions in charge of information distribution. Libraries need to secure sustainability in providing services so that they can contribute to social integration even in disaster situations. The recent spread of the Corona 19 virus has negatively affected the operation of libraries and libraries have suspended services and users' visits to prevent possible infections. This study intends to examine responses of domestic and foreign libraries to the unexpected disasters, and also presents measures to ensure sustainability and considerations in establishing these measures.

• 보건세계
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• v.42 no.4 s.464
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• pp.30-31
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• 1995

`94. 8월 요코하마에서 국제에이즈회의가 개최된 것을 기억하는 사람은 드물것이다. 10년만에 처음으로 이 회의가 아시아에서 개최된 것은 폭발적인 유행병의 양상을 보여준 아시아에서의 에이즈대책이 앞으로 중요한 화제가 될 것을 상징하고 있는 것이다. 회의에서 결핵예방회 간부들이 결핵과 에이즈에 대한 동시 치료의 필요성을 호소하고 그것들을 구체화하고자 본회 복십자 병원(동경 기요세시)에 결핵 에이즈 이중감염자의 병동을 개설하게 되었다.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.207
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• pp.14-15
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• 2007

당뇨병환자의 치과시술시 가장 문제가 되는 사항은 감염에 대한 위험성 증가와 창상치유 지연이다. 대부분의 치과치료는 출혈을 일으키고 창상을 남긴다. 만약 치과치료를 예정하고 있는 환자가 당뇨병환자라면 치과의사는 보다 적극적으로 감염 가능성을 예방하거나 줄이고 창상을 최소화하는 방향으로 치과 치료계획을 세울 것이다. 그러므로 당뇨병환자가 치과치료를 받을 때 가장 중요한 사항은 환자 본인의 당뇨 병력을 상세히 치과 진료진에게 알려주는 것이다. 물론 병력은 상세할수록 좋다.