• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.425-430
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• 2005

Objectives : To investigate the prevalence of Clonorchis Sinensis infestation and to determine the associated risk factors among a population in a part of the rural area of Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea, which is an area known to have a high mortality from liver cancer and a high infection of C. sinensis. Methods : The study populat ion consisted of those people who have lived in rural areas and who were over 40 years old. This study was performed in 5 areas during the period from 1999 to 200 3. Informed consents were obtained from the 2,381 study participants, and these people were interviewed about their life style habits with using the structured questionnaire that was administered by trained staff members. The subjects underwent blood sampling and their stool specimens were examined by using the Formalin-ether sedimentation technique. Results : Among the study subjects (N=2,381), the positivity for C. sinensis in the stool was 34.4% (95% CI=36.3-42.5); it was 39.4% (95% CI=36.3-42.5) in the males and 30.9% (95% CI=28.5-33.3) in the females . The positivity for C. sinensis was associated with current alcohol drinking (odds ratio=1.8, 95% CI: 1.5-2.1) and raw fish consumption (odds ratio 1.2, 95% CI: 0.9-1.6). Conclusion : The present study confirmed the high prevalence of C. sinensis in the study subjects. It is necessary to establish consistent medical management and education programs for the treatment and prevention of C. sinensis infestation in the rural inhabitants of Korea.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to develop measures for establishing and enforcing legal nutrition labeling for Takju based on results from consumer awareness surveys, statistical model development, and evaluation of nutrients. The statistical model developed with consumer survey results showed that consumers would like to know the nutrients they intake from drinking Takju, as their awareness about Takju was low. Specifically, consumers would like to see information regarding alcohol content, calories, carbohydrates, and saccharides on the label. Structural equations from the research model showed that consumers who had some knowledge of Takju also had positive thoughts of the nutrition fact labels for Takju. Evaluation of nutrients in Takju showed that the starch sources and other ingredients used in Takju fermentation did not influence nutrient facts, and nutrient concentrations also varied among the different Takju. In addition, this research suggests methods for consumers to make reasonable selections and to inform them of the nutrition fact labeling for Takju. Benners and pop-up were manufactured to promote voluntary participation of companies and to provide nutrition facts from Takju. Eventually, a measure was suggested to establish and enforce nutrition labeling, using results from consumer and nutrient surveys of Takju.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2007

Objectives : Gastric cancer is the most common incident cancer in Korea. Although Helicobacter pylori infection is the most important risk factor for the development of gastric cancer, cigarette smoking has also been suggested to play an important role in the development of gastric cancer. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between cigarette smoking and gastric cancer risk in a Korean population. Methods : The study population consisted of 13,785 subjects who had been enrolled in the Korean Multi-Center Career Cohort between 1993 and 2002. As of December 2002, 139 incident gastric cancer cases were ascertained through the Korea Central Cancer Registry and the National Death Certificate Database. Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for gastric cancer were estimated using Cox#s proportional hazard model adjusted for age, education, alcohol drinking status and history of gastritis or ulcer. Results : Significant dose-response relationships were observed between the duration of smoking and the risk of gastric cancer among the male subjects in comparison to non-smokers: men who smoked for 20-39 years had a 2.09-fold (95% CI 1.00-4.38) increase, and those who smoked for more than 40 years had a 3.13-fold (95% CI 1.59-6.17) increase in the risk of gastric cancer ($P_{trend}<0.01$). Conclusions : This study suggests that a longer duration of cigarette smoking may increase the risk of gastric cancer development in a dose-response manner in Korean men. The association between smoking and gastric cancer risk in women should be verified in future studies with a larger number of cases.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.851-860
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• 2010

Objectives : This study examined the oral health behavior and dental services utilization of adolescents in order to provide information on how to disseminate the correct oral health behavior to the youth and develop programs for the approach. Methods : The raw data of 'The Third 2007 Youth Health Behavior Online Survey' carried out by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention were analyzed. All survey data collected was processed using SPSS ver 17.0 for data analysis as Frequency analysis, chi-square and Logistic regression analysis. Results : 1.The adolescents who have parents with college degree are 70% higher of dental services utilization than the adolescents counterpart(whose parents don't have degrees). And also the adolescents living in cities are 1.3 times higher use of dental services than others living in countries. 2. In case of drinking soda, students having soda 4 days per week on average are 1.2 times higher use of dental services than who don't. 3.The students brushing teeth after lunch are 0.9 times lower use of dental service than who don't. And the students who have tooth ache whenever they have a meal are 1.6 times higher use of dental service than the students who don't have tooth ache. The students who had a dental health education are 1.4 times higher utilization of dental service than who don't. The difference of using dental service between the students who have gum disease and halitosis and the students who don't is almost none. 4. The students who drink alcohol and smoke 10 days more or less a month are 0.8 ~ 0.9 times lower use of dental service than who don't. Conclusions : The rate of utilizing dental service is higher at students who live with parents having college degrees and the more have oral health behavior, the less use of dental service for treatment. We concluded that more educational program should be developed and vitalized so that students can have oral health.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.3487-3493
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• 2009

본 연구는 임상 치과위생사들의 우울수준을 파악하고, 관련요인을 알아보고자 D도시 소재 치과의원에 근무하는 치과위생사 221명을 대상으로 2009년 6월 1일부터 6월 30일까지의 기간 동안 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 이용하여 조사하였으며, 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 조사대상치과위생사의 우울수준은 정상군 79.1%, 경도 우울군 15.4%, 중등도 우울군 4.1%, 중증 우울군 1.4%로 나타났다. 2. 우울수준은 전문대졸 이하 군일수록, 월평균급여가 적을수록, 업무에 대한 만족도가 "만족하지 못하다"는 군일수록, 업무에 대한 적성이 "맞지 않는다"는 군일수록, 직장에서의 상사나 동료 간의 "유대관계가 좋지 않다"는 군일수록, 주관적인 건강상태가 "건강하지 못하다"는 군일수록, 아침식사를 하지 않는 군일수록, 음주를 하는 군일수록, 운동을 규칙적으로 하지 않는 군일수록, 업무요구도가 높을 때, 업무자율성이 낮을 때, 직장 내 상사의 지지도가 낮을 때 우울수준이 유의하게 높았다. 3. 우울수준과 관련변수들과의 상관관계는 업무에 대한 만족도, 업무에 대한 적성, 직장에서의 상사나 동료 간의 유대 관계, 주관적인 건강상태, 상사의 지지도, 동료의 지지도와는 음의 상관관계를 보인 반면, 업무의 요구도와는 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 따라서 우울수준을 감소시키기 위하여 여러 요인들을 개선 할 수 있는 프로그램의 시행 및 관리방안이 모색되어 향상을 통한 우울관리가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between bone mineral density and remaining teeth in Korean adults. Methods: Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(KNHANES) 5th Year 1(2010), 1,985 adults over 50 years old having bone mineral density test were selected. Male adults were 883, and female adults were 1,102. The raw data consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, bone density data, and oral examination data. The questionnaire consisted of general health survey, laboratory examination study, and nutrition study. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program for multiple regression analysis, ANOVA, t-test. The variables included general characteristics of the subjects, health behavior, diet habit, and oral health behavior. General characteristics consisted of gender, age, residence area, education level, marital status, monthly income, and vocation. Health behavior consisted of smoking, alcohol drinking, body mass index(BMI), physical activity, and mental health. Diet habit consisted of frequency of meal, milk, coffee, and calcium ingestion. Oral health behavior consisted of frequency of tooth brushing, use of oral health care devices, and oral examination. Systemic diseases were measured by the questionnaire for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. Bone density was measured in T-score of femoral bone, neck of femur, and lumbar vertebrae. Bone density was classified into normal($T-score{\geq}-1.0$), osteopenia(-2.5 < T-score < -1.0), and osteoporosis ($T-score{\leq}-2.5$). The remaining teeth were measured by the differences between normal teeth and missing teeth. Results: Smoking and age are the most influencing factors on the number of remaining teeth and bone density(p<0.01)(p<0.05). Those who had higher bone density, younger age, and nonsmoker significantly had more remaining teeth. Those who were men, diabetic, lowly educated women, and low birth weighted persons tended to have less number of teeth(p<0.01). Conclusions: The study suggested that there were significant differences between men and women according to the oral health management behavior and systemic disease control. Proper management of the oral health and good quality of bone mineral density can reserve the remaining teeth through the whole life.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.16-32
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• 1994

Health Education is very important not only in school or community fields but also in industrial fields. And health education is most fundamental and enthusiastic area in industrial health. The purpose of this study was to analyze the workers' health education needs and the factors which could affect them. The subjects for this study was 855 workers selected from 57 factories in Inchon. The results were as follows: 1. For demographic variables, sex, age, educational level, and income of the workers were investigated. Most of the workers were males (80.2%). Of the respondents, 30∼39 years old were 41.3%. Approximately 62% of the workers were high school graduates. In additions, those who reported they earned 500,000∼800,000 won monthly were 41.9%. 2. Behavioral characteristics of the workers investigated in this study included smoking, drinking and physical activities. Of the respondents, 55.9% were smoking cigarettes, and 26.8% of the workers reported they drank alcohol once or twice a week. The workers who were taking any form of exercise regularly were 31.6%. 3. Occupational characteristics of the workers included working period working hours a day, medical examination, and so on. About 37.6% of the workers had worked 1∼5 years and 53.6% of the respondents were working less than 8 hours a day. More than half of the workers in this study were taking special medical examination(59.3%) and 59.6% of the respondents were working at the production line in the factories. And most of the respondents (69.0%) were mere members of the staffs. 4. For perceived health status of the respondents, 41.1% answered they were healthy. And for the level of health status, health grade 20.4% of the workers were unhealthy. 5. Health education areas the workers in this study wanted to learn were as follows: 1) Mental health 2) Worksite environment 3) Safety control 4) Disease contol. 6. Those who reported having ever received health education in the factories were 20.9%. 7. Women had more health education needs in personal health care, disease control and family health areas than men. Each age group had different health education needs in all health areas and the differences were significant statistically. 8. The workers who had received special medical examination had more health education needs in worksite environment, safety control, and disease control areas than those who had received general medical examination. The lower the satisfaction of the work and the working environment was, the higher the health education needs of worksite environment area were. 9. For the levels of health status healthy workers were more likely than unhealthy workers to have health education needs in all health areas.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.97-101
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• 2013

모설(hairy tongue)은 혀의 사상유두(filiform papillae)가 과도하게 신장되어 발생하는 질환이다. 임상적으로 혀의 배면후방 1/3 부위에 주로 발생하며, 혀의 측면과 첨부에 생기는 경우는 드물다. 섭취하는 음식물과 색소유발 박테리아 등에 따라 백색에서 갈색, 검은색까지 다양한 색의 착색을 보인다. 대부분 증상이 없지만, 환자들은 주로 심미적인 문제로 병원을 찾으며, 드물게 오심, 구취, 미각이상, 불쾌한 느낌 등을 유발할 수 있다. 정확한 병인은 알려져 있지 않지만, 구강위생 관리 소홀, 구강 내 세균총의 변화, 감염, 방사선치료, 항생제, 면역 억제제 등의 사용, 과도한 음주, 흡연, 타액분비 감소 등이 소인으로 작용할 수 있다. 임상 소견이 매우 전형적이므로 육안으로도 진단이 충분히 가능하며, 생검은 필요하지 않다. 모설의 치료는 기본적인 유발요인들을 찾아서 제거해 주며, tongue cleaner 등을 이용해 혀를 부드럽게 닦아주도록 교육하고, 일부 경우에 있어서는 keratolytic agent를 사용하기도 한다. 모설 치료에 외과적 술식을 사용하는 경우는 드물지만, 유발 요인 제거 등의 다양한 치료법을 적용하였음에도 불구하고 장기간 호전이 없는 모설 환자에서, 이산화탄소 레이저(Carbondioxide laser, $CO_2$ laser)를 적용하여 효과적으로 치료한 증례를 보고하고자 한다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.165-175
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• 2016

이번 연구는 2008년도 대전시 건강증진사업단이 의뢰하여 한국갤럽조사연구소에서 각 구별 인구분포에 맞게 표본을 추출한 대전 시민 20세 이상 성인 1,013명의 건강실천행위 전화설문조사를 바탕으로 대전 시민의 인구사회학적 특성, 일반건강행위 실천, 칫솔질 횟수의 관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과 흡연은 성별, 연령대, 직업, 비만도에 따른 차이가 있고, 음주는 성별, 연령대, 수입, 직업, 비만도에 따른 차이가 있었다. 또한 신체활동은 성별, 직업에 따른 차이가 있었으며, 칫솔질 빈도는 성별, 연령대, 수입, 직업, 비만도에 따른 차이가 있었다. 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과 1일 2회 이상 칫솔질할 교차비는 남자에 비해 여자가 1.88, 20대에 비해 65세 이상이 0.51, 월수입 200만 원 미만에 비해 200만 원대가 1.58, 규칙적인 운동을 하지 않는 군을 기준으로 운동을 하는 군이 1.60이었다. 점심 후 칫솔질할 교차비는 남자에 비해 여자가 1.76, 20대에 비해 65세 이상이 0.38, 자영업자에 비해 화이트칼라가 3.12, 학생이 2.19, 무직이 1.88, 고강도 신체활동을 안하는 군을 기준으로 하는 군이 1.37, 규칙적인 운동을 안하는 군을 기준으로 하는 군이 1.45이었다. 그러므로, 대상자의 일반적 특성은 구강보건행위와 관계가 있으며 흡연, 음주, 규칙적 운동을 제외한 신체활동 등의 일반건강행위는 구강보건행위는 관계가 없다고 생각되었다. 따라서, 보건소 구강보건사업을 다른 보건사업과는 독립적으로 실행할 수 있으며, 다른 사업과의 통합사업보다는 대상자 특성에 맞는 적절한 구강보건사업이 대전 시민의 구강건강증진에 더욱 효과적일 것이라고 제안한다.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2000

This study was carried out with 436 college students in Chungnam to investigate the relationship between residences and eating patterns of college students. The subjects were devided into two groups; those who live in self-boarding house(SB) and home with parents(HWP). The results were as follows. An average height, weight and BMI were 173.5cm, 66.0kg and 21.9 in male SB and 161.8cm, 50.2kg and 19.2 in female SB and 172.9cm, 67.6kg and 22.6 in male HWP and 161.2cm, 50.9kg and 19.6 in female HWP, respectively. There were no significant differences in the general characteristics between the SB and the HWP. The proportions of disease possession, vitamin/mineral supplements and physical exercise were not significantly different between two groups by residences. Sleeping time of the SB was longer than that of the HWP. And, frequency of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking of the SB were higher than those of the HWP. The proportions of skipping meals in the SB were higher than those in the HWP. Approximately 40.42% of the SB tended to skip the breakfast, while 11.26% of the HWP did. It turns out that the most common reason why skipped meals was due to a eating habit(44.21%) in the SB and a lack of time(48.85%) in the HWP, respectively. The survey shows that while a great majority of the SB had lunch at campus(50.00%) and home(30.00%), the HWP ate lunch at campus(33.79%) and restaurant(33.33%). About 48% of the SB ate out more than 2-3 times a week compared to 42% of the HWP. The daily intakes of calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin $B_2$, niacin and vitamin C in the SB were significantly higher than those in the HWP. The percent RDAs of calcium and iron intakes were lower in female students than in male students. In conclusions, students of self-boarding had more dietary problems than students of home with parents. These results suggest that college students of self-boarding might have low ability of meal management. Therefore, nutrition education for college students is needed, and menus of campus cafeterias should be developed to meet the various needs of students.