• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.593-600
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was to examine the relation of nurses' job stress and knowledge, attitude and care behavior for elderly patient in hospitals. Method: One hundred ninety one nurses caring the elderly patients in hospitals in Ilsan, Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do were subjects. The data was collected between Sept. 21 and 31, 2009. Data was analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation with SPSS/Win 17.0 and the fitness of pathway models with AMOS 5.0. Results: The mean scores of job stress and knowledge were in middle range, and attitude and care behavior were in a little higher range. The fitness of hypothetical model was excellent. Job stress had direct effects on attitude and care behavior, knowledge had direct effect on attitude and attitude had direct effect on care behavior. But the pathways related to job stress and attitude and job stress and care behavior were not significant. In modified model deleted the pathway between job stress and attitude, the pathway related to job stress and behavior also was not significant. Conclusion: Education related to the elderly for nurses to improve care behavior is needed continuously.

• Korean journal of health promotion
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.169-176
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• 2018

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between risk perception and attitudes and preventive behaviors among college students with poor health and safety consciousness. Methods: A survey was conducted in students at three universities in the metropolitan area from May 11 to 18, 2018. Four kinds of instruments were used for this study, questionnaires about attitudes, perception, prevention education and preventive behaviors. Results: The safety-related attitude depended on age: those aged <21 years had the best attitude. Education experience significantly affected perception. Preventive behaviors were more strongly and positively correlated with attitudes than with perception. The factor most significantly affecting preventive behaviors were attitudes to preventive health. Conclusions: To allow the students to change their awareness and behaviors related to sickness and accidents, first it is necessary to give education on a continuous basis so that they can obtain perception to cope with sickness and accidents; second, it is necessary to develop behavioral guidelines related to accidents in each area so that they can practice and make it a habit through attitudinal changes.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.221-229
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• 2019

This study intended to find out the participants' learning process in senior counselling program for life care and the meanings of senior's social support and participation in society. The study method was conducted with this researcher through a narrative' interview during 15-week learning course of senior counselling program in the life-long learning institute at A university. As the results, it could found that senior trainees were able to enhance their intellectual level through the senior counselling program to enhance their self-esteems and improve their memory through the education. Also, through the license of senior counsellor, they became more sophisticated and developed the abilities of comprehension and empathy about the senior in experiencing the intergenerational interactions in the space of social interactions, and the enjoyment of learning changed the senior's behaviors and increased their life quality. This research identified that a learning process enabled to continue the senior's social support and participation in society and made the senior achieve various interactions and practical learning through the exchange of trainees' various cultures. Based on these results, it is expected that various, systematic educational programs will be able to improve the senior's life care in future.