• 건강소식
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• v.22 no.7 s.236
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• pp.11-13
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• 1998

• 건강소식
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• v.22 no.7 s.236
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• pp.16-18
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• 1998

• 건강소식
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• v.20 no.1 s.206
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• pp.62-63
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• 1996

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.171-176
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• 2003

Purpose: To investigate difference in health status by social classes in Korea through second analysis the 1999 Social Statistic Survey raw data performed by National Statistic Office. Method: 52,100 subjects were 20-64 years old and students were excluded. Health status was measured self-rated health and disease prevalence past 2 weeks. Social classes were classified 5 categories by occupations and working status and 1 category by unemployment. Result: Unemployed people reported the worst self-rated health on average, the lower social classes, the worse self-rated health and higher disease prevalence. Health inequality still existed between social classes after adjusting sex, age, and education level. Conclusion: A certain strategy for improving unemployed people's health and people who are working in craft, simple manual labor, agriculture, fishery, and forestry.

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.33-43
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was aimed to identify the health related quality of life(HRQoL) by job characteristics and its predictors in Korean adult women. Methods: This study used data from cross-sectional surveys conducted for the 2005 National Health and Nutrition Survey, which was performed by using a face-to-face interview method. The data were analyzed by ANOVA, t-test and multiple regression using the SPSS program. Demographic characteristics, subject health state, EQ-5D were included in the study instruments. Results: The mean HRQoL index in the subjects was $0.792{\pm}0.102$. There were significant statistical differences on HRQoL among job characteristics. The health related quality of life of non-physical workers was the highest. The significant predictors of the HRQoL of all subjects were the subjective health status, the present health status compared to the previous year, education, age, marital status and income. The factors accounted for 22.1% of variance in the health related quality of life and the predictors of the HRQoL among job characteristics were different. Conclusion: These results may contribute to development of nursing strategy to improve female health related quality of life. The health related quality of life program for adult women by job characteristics is advised based on results of the study.

• Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.219-227
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• 2020

Purpose: Regarding workers' health promotion and disease prevention, the law on the health management system has been enacted and implemented since 1961. However, regulations related to health managers do not meet recent demands for changes in fields such as industrial structure, occupational health problems, or the improvement of occupational health skills. This study aimed to suggest improvement strategies regarding the health management system in the workplace. Methods: We summarized past empirical or theoretical literature. Results: This study summarized the overview and history of the Korean occupational health management system, advanced foreign occupational health management system, and the effectiveness of the health management at workplace. Further, this study proposed various strategies to improve the occupational health management system in Korea. Method: We summarized past empirical or theoretical literature. Conclusion: The effective operation of the health management system in the workplace would improve workers' health, in addition to enhancing national competitiveness through securing a healthy workforce.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.527-535
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• 2015

This study was conducted to compare and analyse work-related injuries, physical and mental health status of nurses according to working environment. The subjects were 192 nurses working at a university hospital in Seoul. After analyzing each categories of health status by working environment and work-related injuries, meaningful differences were found physical and mental health status. And shift work was significantly related to work-related injuries compared to non-shift work. In addition, it was confirmed that nurses have negative influences from night work in physical and mental health compared to other work pattern. Thus, it would be necessary to improve working system with considering their health problems caused by working environment and work-related injuries. And we will have to be a study for effective night work and additional support for night workers.

• 월간산업보건
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• s.359
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• pp.54-57
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• 2018

현대인은 대부분 시간을 보내는 노동 환경에 의해 영향을 받는다. 이에 따른 정신적, 신체적 질환은 개인의 건강 문제를 넘어 삶의 질과 연결되며, 결국 사회문제로 귀결된다. 대한민국은 여전히 '산재 공화국'이라는 오명에서 벗어나지 못하고 있는 듯 보이지만, 분명한 것은 끊임없는 성토와 연구를 통해 꾸준히 개선되고 있다는 점이다. 그 중심에서 근로자들과 함께 더 나은 사회를 만들기 위해 노력하는 곳, 한양대학교 의과대학 직업환경의학교실이다.

• 건강소식
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• v.21 no.4 s.221
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• pp.16-19
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• 1997

• 건강소식
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• v.18 no.9 s.190
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• pp.18-21
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• 1994