• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.437-449
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• 2013

Purpose: To improve the cultural competency of nurses and physicians in Korea by disclosing their degree of prejudice toward foreigners who were major target of international medical tourists. Method: A descriptive research design was employed. Data were collected from a total of 458 nurses and physicians at general hospitals in Korea. Subjects completed questionnaires on their demographic information and prejudice toward foreigners from a cognitive, emotional, and behavioral perspective. Results: While there was a positive attitude toward Caucasian Americans and Japanese, there was a negative prejudice toward Chinese and African Americans. There was an especially high and negative prejudice from a cognitive and behavioral perspective toward Chinese. There was a significant difference in the level of prejudice according to the education level, workplace, and multi-cultural education of Korean health professionals. Conclusion: It is necessary to investigate the negative prejudice toward foreigners of specific races or countries with cautious consideration. We also recommend the development and application of strategies to improve the multi-cultural competency of Korean nurses and physicians.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권24호
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• pp.10565-10571
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• 2015

Gastric cancer incidence rates vary dramatically by world region with East Asia having the highest rate. The Asian population of the United States (US) is growing rapidly and over 17 million Americans are of Asian descent. A majority of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Americans are immigrants. Americans of East and Southeast Asian descent experience marked gastric cancer disparities and the incidence rate among Korean men in the US is over five times higher than the incidence rate among non-Hispanic white men. Randomized controlled trials have provided evidence for the effectiveness of helicobacter pylori identification and eradication in preventing gastric cancer. Additionally, Japan and South Korea have both experienced improvements in gastric cancer mortality following the implementation of programs to detect early stage gastric cancers. There are currently no clear US guidelines regarding the primary and secondary prevention of gastric cancer in high-risk immigrant populations. However, it is likely that a proportion of US physicians are already recommending gastric cancer screening for Asian patients and some Asian immigrants to the US may be completing screening for gastric cancer in their native countries. Surveys of US primary care physicians and Asian American communities should be conducted to assess current provider practices and patient uptake with respect to gastric cancer prevention and control. In the absence of clinical guidelines, US health care providers who serve high-risk Asian groups could consider a shared decision-making approach to helicobacter pylori identification and eradication, as well as gastric endoscopy.

• 복식
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• 제57권10호
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• pp.74-86
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• 2007

An empirical study was conducted on fashion cultural products, targeting foreigners from diverse cultures. Its purpose was to identify foreigners' attitudes toward fashion cultural products of which design sources were derived from the Korean culture. The quantitative research using questionnaires was targeted at Americans, Chinese and Japanese who visited Korea. The questionnaires were back-translated into different languages for completion by the test subjects. Out of a total of 424 surveys returned, 393 were deemed usable. As a result of data analyses using SPSS 12.0 and AMOS 5.0, we found that: First, two attitude factors, the authenticity and aesthetic elements, exerted a significant effect on the intent to purchase. However, the last attitude factor, care and carriage convenience, did not significantly influence the purchase intention. Second, there was no significant difference in the attributes regarded as important when purchasing fashion cultural product between people from the U.S. and Japan. However, people from China showed differences in the attributes compared to the U.S. and Japan. Third, we found that attitudes toward fashion cultural products were different among respondents of three countries. It was revealed that the Chinese liked Korea's fashion cultural products the most, followed by Americans and Japanese. This research is significant because investigating foreigners' attitudes toward fashion cultural products for reaching out to a broader market abroad would contribute to help building an market entry planning.

• International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.19-37
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• 2015

Expanding upon Zhang and Kim's (2013) study involving Chinese consumers, this study investigated key factors that influence U.S. consumers' attitude towards purchasing luxury fashion goods and purchase intent and examined what similarities and differences exist between the two consumer groups in relation to the key factors. A total of 414 respondents completed the online survey questionnaire. Structural Equation Modeling was utilized to analyze data. Brand consciousness, materialism, fashion innovativeness, and fashion involvement were significant factors that affect U.S. consumers' attitude towards luxury fashion goods. Overall, the findings of the current study were greatly inconsistent with Zhang and Kim's Chinese study. The inconsistency provides vital implications to luxury fashion retailers by showing that one size does not fit all and one strategy does not fit all markets.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.479-484
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• 2013

Given the CYP3A4 and CYP3A5's impact on the efficacy of drugs, the genetic backgrounds of individuals and populations are regarded as an important factor to be considered in the prescription of personalized medicine. However, genetic studies with Korean population are relatively scarce compared to those with other populations. In this study, we aimed to identify CYP3A4/5 polymorphisms and compare the genotype distributions among five ethnicities. To identify CYP3A4/5 SNPs, we first performed direct sequencing with 288 DNA samples which consisted of 96 Koreans, 48 European-Americans, 48 African-Americans, 48 Han Chinese, and 48 Japanese. The direct sequencing identified 15 novel SNPs, as well as 42 known polymorphisms. We defined the genotype distributions, and compared the allele frequencies among five ethnicities. The results showed that minor allele frequencies of Korean population were similar with those of the Japanese and Han Chinese populations, whereas there were distinct differences from European-Americans or African-Americans. Among the pharmacogenetic markers, frequencies of $CYP3A4^*1B$ (rs2740574) and $CYP3A5^*3C$ (rs776742) in Asian groups were different from those in other populations. In addition, minor allele frequency of $CYP3A4^*18$ (rs28371759) was the highest in Korean population. Additional in silico analysis predicted that two novel non-synonymous SNPs in CYP3A5 (+27256C>T, P389S and +31546T>G, I488S) could alter protein structure. The frequency distributions of the identified polymorphisms in the present study may contribute to the expansion of pharmacogenetic knowledge.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.563-581
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• 2015

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the potential of sematic network analysis for design research. Background: As HCD (Human-Centered Design) was emphasized, lots of design research methodologies were developed and used in order to find user needs. However, it is still difficult to discover users' latent needs. This study suggests the semantic network analysis as a complementary means for design research, and proved its potential through the practical application, which compares multi-screen purchase and usage behaviors between America and China. Method: We conducted an in-depth interview with 32 consumers from USA and China, and analyzed interview texts through semantic network analysis. Cross cultural differences in purchase and usage behaviors were investigated, based on measuring centrality and community modularity of devices, functions, key buying factors and brands. Results: Americans use more services and functions in the multi-screen environment, compared to Chinese. As a device substitutes other devices, traditional boundaries of the devices are disappearing in the USA. Americans consider function to recall Apple, but Chinese consider function, design and brand to recall Apple, Sony and Samsung as an important brand at the time of their purchase. Conclusion: This study shows the potential of semantic network analysis for design research through the practical application. Semantic network analysis presents how the concepts regarding a theme are structured in the cognitive map of users with visual images and quantitative data. Therefore, it can complement the qualitative analysis of the existing design research. Application: As the design environment becomes more and more complicated like multi-screen environment, semantic network analysis, which is able to provide design insights in the intuitive and holistic perspective, will be acknowledged as an effective tool for further design research.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.239-249
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• 2004

To develope a sauce using Gochujang which can give foreigners good overall acceptance such as good flavor, taste, color, viscosity and versatility to many foods, we studied on the rheological properties and color control, recipes with spices, herbs, syrup, salt and flavor ingredients and sensory evaluation by Chinese, American and Japanese including Korean. From the survey, the Americans suggested that the proper fellow food of Gochujang sauce be fried chicken, barbecue, hamburger and pina, and hoped to reflect red color, low viscosity, hot taste, low sweetness, salty and sourness and diet effect. The Chinese suggest pork and fried food as a fellow with Gochujang sauce and showed similar opinion in the sensory attributes like the Americans except sweetness. When 5% of starch and xanthan gum was added to sauce, respectively, the yield stress of Gochujang sauce showed 33.21 Pa similar to tomato ketchup. In fluidity measured by voistic flow meter, Gochujang sauce showed 6.2 cm/30sec more or less faster than tomato ketchup which showed 4.7 cm/30sec. Gochujang sauce tended to show strong red color and lightness as pH decreased. The pH adjustant and Paprica oleoresin(2%) improved a value to 12.11 and L value to 24.24 similar to tomato kechup(a:12.42, L:25.48). The 1st gochujang sauce product show 4.50 to 5.75 pots in the overall acceptance in the consumer test including foreigners and koreans. However, the 2nd Gochujang sauce product showed 5.90 points and 6.30 points in the pina and fried chicken, respectively, in the same consumer test. Therefore, we propose that Gochujang can be used for developing sauce products which is most acceptable for various foreigners.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.59-77
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• 1997

우리나라는 좁은 국토와 과밀인구 문제를 해결하고 세계로 뻗어가려는 정책적인 배려로 많은 국민들이 해외로 이민을 가고 있다. 특히 미국은 가장 많은 해외교포들이 살고 있는 곳으로 한국인 2세, 3세 등 교포 1세의 자녀들이 하루가 다르게 늘어가고 있으므로 그들에게 한국인으로서의 의식의 뿌리를 심어주기 위한 교육적 배려가 필요한 때라고 생각한다. 아동문학도서는 한국인으로서의 혈통을 갖고 태어났지만 한국의 역사와 문화, 가치관을 제대로 교육받기 어려운 환경 속에서 성장하는 교포 후세들에게 어떠한 가르침보다도 훨씬 강력하고 효과적으로 한국인으로서의 문화의식과 전통, 역사에 대한 깨우침을 줄 수 있는 도구가 될 것이다. 또 그러한 문학도서는 미국을 형성하고 있는 다른 민족의 어린이들도 읽을 수 있는 것으로서 그들에게 한국의 문화와 역사를 알려줄 수 있는 매개체가 되어 한국과 한국인을 이해시킬 수 있는 자료가 된다. 본 논문은 이러한 문제의식에서 출발한 것으로 영어로 된 아동문학도서 속에 나타난 동아시아계 주인공들의 일반적 특성을 조사하는데 그 일차적인 목적이 있고 또한 같은 동아시아 문화권에 속해 있는 중국과 일본, 한국계 미국인들이 아동문학 도서 속에서 어떻게 다르게 묘사되고 있으며 그들의 문화와 역사, 전통을 이국에서 어떻게 지키면서 미국에 동화되어 가는지를 비교해 보는데 이차적인 목적이 있다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.265-272
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• 2013

In order to globalize Korean foods successfully, it is necessary to understand foreigners' attitudes about ethnic foods and how foreigners perceive Korean foods. It would be valuable to survey the degree of interest from foreigners when purchasing Korean foods. Thus, a survey was performed on the most common tourists in Korea, the Japanese, Chinese and Americans. 313 respondents completed the survey on ethnic foods (16 questions), purchasing intention of Korean foods (3 questions), and socio-demographic conditions (9 questions). Factor analysis and reliability analysis were conducted to identify the indicators of attitudes toward ethnic foods. Correlation analysis was conducted to confirm the relation between attitudes toward ethnic foods and Korean food purchasing intention. From the results of factor analysis, 5 factors emerged from the 13 out of 16 questions; and were labeled new food seekers, ethnic food seekers, familiarity seekers, new taste seekers and challenge seekers. Items were analyzed to determine the differences according to nationality by using the ANOVA, and it showed that Americans have the highest Korean food purchasing intentions. The regression analysis indicated that attitude factors on ethnic foods, new foods and new taste seekers are strongly related to Korean food purchase intentions.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.251-272
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• 2018

사람들은 자신의 문화적 맥락에 따라 부당한 상황에 직면했을 때, 그 상황에 대한 인식, 감정 및 행동에 다양한 방식을 보인다. 본 연구는 4개국(한국, 중국, 일본, 미국)에서 부당한 상황에 대한 인식, 감정 상태, 및 행동 양상의 차이점을 알아보았다. 또한 새로운 자기관 모델인 주체성-대상성-자율성 모델을 이용하여 국가마다 나타나는 자기관과 행동양상의 관계를 살펴보았다. 최종 분석에 사용된 사례 수는 총 317명(한국인 87명, 중국인 71명, 일본인 80명, 미국인 79명)이었다. 4개국 모두에서 부당한 상황은 "자신이 하지 않은 일로 불이익이나 책망을 받는 경우"가 가장 많았지만, 국가별로 그 비율은 다르게 나타났다. 부당한 상황에 대한 감정 상태 중 분노는 한국인이, 불쾌와 관계정서는 중국인들이, 그리고 당혹감은 일본인들이 가장 높은 비울을 보였다. 행동 영역에서는 아시아 3개국은 대부분 어떤 행동도 하지 않는다고 응답했으며, 미국인은 대부분 직접적인 표현을 하였다. 주체성-대상성-자율성 모델을 적용하였을 때, 한국인은 주체성 자기관이 높았고, 중국인은 주체성과 자율성 자기관이 동시에 높았으며, 일본의 경우에는 대상성 자기관이 다른 나라에 비하여 높았고, 미국은 자율성이 높게 나타났다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 억울과 관련한 문화적 정서에 대한 함의와 새로운 자기관 모델의 적용에 대한 시사점을 논의하였다.