• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2013

South Korea is changing into a multi-cultural society, due to an increase in international marriage, foreign workers and transcultural immigration. In addition, the number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea has increased and now, there are approximately 25000. Therefore, this review have focused on a research that pertains to adaptation and mental health concerns of their children. Children who have immigrated themselves or whose parents have immigrated, might experience language barriers, difficulties in school adjustment, identity confusion and mental health problems. However, their academic performance and developmental status are known to be variable and be affected by socioeconomic status and their parents' educational level. Studies that evaluated the psychological problems of North Korean adolescent refugees' indicated the need for interests in both emotional and behavioral problems. The risk factors of North Korean adolescent refugees' mental health are suggested to be past traumatic experiences, long duration of defection and short period of adaptation. When mental health professionals provide assessment and treatment, they should consider the pre- and post-migration experiences & cultural background that affect the illness behaviors and attitudes toward mental illnesses. Lastly, the majority of children with multi-cultural background are still under an adolescent period and we should follow up with long-term perspectives.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

Purpose: Growing evidence indicates that adolescents from multicultural families are more vulnerable to drug use than those from non-multicultural families. This study aimed to compare the factors associated with the habitual drug use among adolescents from multicultural and non-multicultural families. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed. Data were obtained from the 14~15th (2018~2019) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Overall, 91,443 multicultural (n=1,725) and non-multicultural adolescents (n=89,718) were included. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, univariate analysis, and logistic regression analysis. Results: The multicultural adolescents engaged in more habitual drug use than did non-multicultural adolescents. In both groups, those who currently drank, experienced violent victimization, had sexual experiences, and did not live with their family were at greater risk of engaging in habitual drug use. The odds ratios of these factors were higher in multicultural adolescents than in non-multicultural adolescents. In non-multicultural adolescents, those who were boys, had experienced depression and suicidal ideation, perceived their body image as normal, overweight, or obese, and had poor subjective health status were at greater risk of engaging in habitual drug use. Conclusion: These results highlight the need to develop customized strategies for adolescents from both multicultural and non-multicultural families to reduce and prevent their habitual drug use.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.447-455
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• 2021

Vivax malaria incidence in Korea is now decreased and showing a low plateau. Nowadays, vivax malaria in Korea is expected to be successfully eliminated with anti-malaria chemotherapy, primaquine, and vector control. The glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is associated with potential hemolytic anemia after primaquine administration. This inborn disorder has a pivotal polymorphism with genetic variants and is the most prevalent X-chromosome-linked disorder. The prevalence of G6PD deficiency was previously reported negligible in Korea. As the population of multicultural families pertaining marriage immigrants and their adolescents increases, it is necessary to check G6PD deficiency for them prior to primaquine treatment for vivax malaria. The prevalence of G6PD variants and G6PD deficiency in multicultural families was performed in 7 counties and 2 cities of Jeollanam-do (Province), Gyeonggi-do, and Gangwon-do. A total of 733 blood samples of multicultural family participants were subjected to test the phenotypic and genetic G6PD deficiency status using G6PD enzyme activity quantitation kit and PCR-based G6PD genotyping kit. The G6PD phenotypic deficiency was observed in 7.8% of male adolescent participants and 3.2% of materfamilias population. Based on the PCR-based genotyping, we observed total 35 participants carrying the mutated alleles. It is proposed that primaquine prescription should seriously be considered prior to malaria treatment.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.595-606
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• 2021

본 연구는 다문화가정 청소년의 타인인식이 심리사회적 적응에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고, 이 관계에서 자기조절능력의 매개효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 부산시의 다문화 가정 중학교 청소년 127명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 다문화가정 청소년의 타인인식은 자기조절능력과 심리사회적 적응에 부(-)의 영향을 미쳤으며, 자기조절능력은 심리사회적적응에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 다문화청소년의 타인인식과 심리사회적적응의 관계에서 자기조절능력의 매개효과를 검증한 결과, 자기조절능력은 부분매개 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 볼 때, 다문화 가정 청소년의 심리사회적 적응 향상을 위해서는 자기조절능력에 대한 다양한 프로그램들이 개발되어야 하며, 다문화가정에 대한 긍정적인 인식 제고를 위한 학교 및 지역사회의 제도적인 지원이 뒷받침 되어야 한다.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2018

본 연구는 청소년의 다문화 수용성에 영향을 미치는 환경요인을 살펴보고, 청소년의 다문화 수용성을 향상시키는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위하여 가정환경요인, 학교환경요인, 지역사회환경요인이 청소년의 다문화 수용성에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보고, 청소년의 다문화 수용성을 높일 수 있는 대안을 마련하고자 하였다. 이에 본 연구는 한국아동청소년패널의 자료 중 중학교 1학년(2010년) 자료를 이용하였으며, 총 2,278명의 자료가 분석에 사용되었다. 분석방법은 SPSS 18.0을 통한 다중회귀분석을 통해 이루어졌다. 연구결과, 학교환경요인인 학교생활적응과 지역사회환경요인인 지역사회인식, 공동체의식이 청소년의 다문화수용성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 청소년의 다문화 수용성을 높이기 위해 학교환경과 지역사회환경의 역할이 중요함을 시사한다. 학교환경에서는 다양한 교육과 프로그램이 마련되어야 하며, 지역사회환경에서는 지역사회의 역할과 공동체 의식을 강화하는 노력이 필요하다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2023

Objectives: To investigate factors related to scaling between Korean and multicultural families using data from the 18th Youth Health Behavior Survey (KYRBS), 38,320 Korean adolescents were selected as subjects. Methods: A complex sample cross-analysis was conducted on general characteristics and oral health characteristics using the IBM SPSS program. Factors related to adolescent scaling were analyzed using complex sample logistic regression analysis. Results: Compared to Korean families, adolescents from multicultural families had 0.50 times less scaling experience within 12 months. Learning achievement was 1.30 times higher in high compared to low, indicating that scaling experience was high. In terms of economic status, scaling experience was found to be high at 1.50 times in high compared to low. Non-smoking adolescents had 1.26 times higher scaling experience. It was found that adolescents who do not use dental floss and interdental brushes have 0.71 and 0.55 times less scaling experience, respectively. Conclusions: Based on the above results, there is a need to increase adolescents awareness of oral health and motivate them to manage their own oral care. There is a need to provide opportunities to participate in various oral health education programs and to deepen continuous oral health education on oral disease prevention.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.374-383
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라 다문화가족과 일반가족 청소년의 주관적 구강증상을 알아보고, 건강형평성 확보를 위한 정책결정과정에 있어서 기초자료를 제공하고자 하는 것이다. 본 연구는 제10차(2014년)청소년건강행태 온라인조사의 원시자료를 이용하였으며, 만 12-18세 청소년 총 66,857명을 연구대상자로 선정하였다. 주관적 구강증상 여부를 종속변수로 한 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과 모든 변수가 보정된 상태에서 성별, 연령, 학업성적, 아버지의 교육수준, 어머니의 교육수준, 주관적 경제 상태, 거주형태, 흡연여부, 음주여부, 하루 탄산음료 섭취빈도, 하루 과일 섭취빈도, 하루 과자 섭취빈도 및 하루 칫솔질 횟수가 주관적 구강 증상 여부와 유의한 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 따라서 앞으로 다문화가족 관련 복지와 보건 서비스 사업을 점층적으로 확대함과 동시에 그 수가 증가하는 다문화 청소년에 초점을 맞춰 실시되어야 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2018

청소년들의 다문화 수용성을 증가시키기 위해서는 일반 청소년들의 다문화 인식 개선 교육이 필요하며, 이를 위해서는 다문화 수용성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대한 파악이 필요하다. 본 연구는 우리나라 청소년의 다문화 수용성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구 동향을 체계적으로 분석하여 청소년들의 다문화 수용성 증진을 위한 향후 연구에 기초자료를 제공하였다. 2008년부터 2017년까지 '다문화', '수용성', '청소년', '중학생', '고등학생' 키워드를 조합하여 검색된 6,435건의 논문 중 영향요인을 분석한 종적연구 6편을 분석하였다. 논문의 질적 평가는 미국 질병관리센터의 Community Guide와 STROBE의 질적 평가 기준을 참고하였다. 연구 결과 개인요인에서 성별, 해외방문경험, 삶의 만족도, 가정요인에서 부모의 양육방식 중 방임과 학대, 부모의 학력, 학교 및 지역사회요인에서 교우관계, 교사관계, 지역사회 관계, 공동체의식이 다문화 수용성에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 조사되었다. 청소년의 다문화 수용성은 일부 요인에만 영향을 받지 않으며 개인, 가정, 학교, 지역사회와 같은 여러 요인에 영향을 받으며 이러한 영향 요인은 학년이 바뀌면서 함께 변화하는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구 결과를 기초로 학년별 영향요인을 파악하여 다문화 수용성을 증진시킬 수 있는 환경조성과 교육의 지원이 요구된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2023

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the oral symptoms experiences of Korean adolescents among multicultural families. Methods: Data on 985 participants from the 16th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey were collected and analyzed using complex sample descriptive statistics. Results: The foreign-born mother, foreign-born parents, and foreign-born father rates were 77.2%, 17.3%, and 5.4%, respectively. The toothache, gingival bleeding, tooth fracture, and tooth sensitivity experience rates were 21.3%, 18.8%, 13.3%, and 30.4%, respectively. The tooth fracture rate was highest in the foreign-born parents group (24.6%). The toothache odds ratio (OR) was 1.71 (95% CI: 1.24-2.37) times higher in girls. The foreign-born mother group was 2.47 (95% CI: 1.09-5.60) times higher than that of the foreign-born father or both parents foreign-born groups. The smoking group was 2.03 (95% CI: 1.20-3.43) times higher than that of the non-smoking group. The gingival bleeding OR was 5.11 (95% CI: 1.80-14.53) times higher in the lowest economic status group. The tooth fracture OR was 3.44 (95% CI: 1.01-11.70) times higher in the lowest economic status group. The tooth sensitivity OR was 1.53 (95% CI: 1.14-2.04) times higher in girls. Conclusions: It is necessary to establish a program to promote oral health of adolescents from multicultural families.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.430-444
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• 2021

Purpose: This study is an integrated literature review to analyze health problems and social determinants of multicultural adolescents in South Korea. Methods: An integrative review was conducted according to Whittemore & Knafl's guideline. An electronic search that included publications from 2018 to 2020 in the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, RISS, and KISS databases was conducted. Of a total of 67 records that were identified, 13 finally met full inclusion criteria. Text network analysis was also conducted to identify keywords network trends using NetMiner program. Results: The health problems of multicultural adolescents were classified into mental health (depression, anxiety, suicide and acculturative stress) and health risk behaviors (smoking, risky drinking, smartphone dependence and sexual behavior). As social determinants affecting the health of multicultural adolescents, the biological factors such as gender, age, and visible minority, and the psychological factors such as acculturative stress, self-esteem, family support, and ego-resiliency were identified. The sociocultural factors were identified as family economic status, residential area, parental education level, and parents' country of birth. As a result of text network analysis, a total of 41 words were identified. Conclusion: Based on these results, mental health and health risk behaviors should be considered as interventions for health promotion of multicultural adolescents. Our findings suggest that further research should be conducted to broaden the scope of health determinants to account for the effects of the physical environment and health care system.