• 보건행정학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2018

Korea Institute for Family Planning (KIFP) was established on July 1, 1971 (Law 2270) and Korea Health Development Institute (KHDI) was established on April 19, 1976 (Law 2857). Korea Institute for Population and Health (KIPH) was formed through the merger of KIFP and KHDI (Act 3417) on July 1, 1981. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), the former KIPH, was renamed KIHASA on December 30, 1989 (Law 4181) with its additional function of research in social security. It was transferred on January 29, 1999 to the Office of State Affairs Coordination pursuant to the Law on the Establishment, Operation and Promotion of State-Sponsored Organizations (Law 5733). Annually it conducts approximately 50 short- and long-term research projects to accumulate a wide range of research experience. Also it studies and evaluates the primary issues of national health services, health and medical industries, social insurance, social security, family welfare, and population. it conducts joint research projects and active information exchange programs with related domestic and international organizations through seminars and conferences. It executes specific research and development projects according to the government's requests. it educates and trains people domestically and abroad by disseminating a wide-range of information on health and social affairs. it conducts national household surveys on areas of fertility, health and medical care of the disabled, the elderly, and low-income earners. The mid- and long-term research goals of KIHASA should be established and managed systematically. A new organization such as 'Center for Policy Evaluation' is needed to enhance research abilities and experiences. Able research personnels should be recruited and current researchers should try to develop their abilities.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.143-171
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• 2006

There has been 10 years since the Health Promotion Act was legislated. The government began to establish a health promotion fund on the basis of Health Promotion Act in 1995, and to manage and operate the fund from 1998. It is evaluated that health promotion program have had various outcomes in many aspects. First, there has been growing awareness of the impotance of health promotion through the establishment of Health Plan 2010 and the effort to actualize the Plan. Second, the importance of securing health equity and identifying health determinants have been recognized during the planning process of Health Plan 2010. Third, the health promotion program have mainly focused on improving healthy life style of the population. As a result, desirable health behavior change of the population could be expected from the result of 2005 National Health and Nutrition Survey. Fourth, public health centers began to play a crucial role in implementing health promotion programs, and began to build infrastructure for health promotion programs. Fifth, management efficiency of private health related organizations have been improved. Finally, training for health promotion personnel and their participation in the program could be the foundation for the higher level of outcome achievement from the health promotion programs. Important challenges for future health promotion would be identification of the determinants and risk factors of health, formulating plan of regional health promotion programs, building infrastructure for health promotion, creation of specific action model by public health center, development of health promotion program for the elderly, conducting research for evidence concerning major factors reducing the need for health care through prevention disease activities, and establishment of evaluation and feed back system for health promotion programs.

• 한국보건교육건강증진학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국보건교육건강증진학회 2005년도 국민건강증진법 제정 10주년 국제학술대회
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• pp.153-195
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• 2005

There has been 10 years since The Health Promotion Act was legislated. The government began to establish a health promotion fund on the basis of Health Promotion Act in 1995, and to manage and operate the fund from 1998. It is evaluated that health promotion program have had various outcomes in many aspects. First, there has been growing awareness of the impotance of health promotion through the establishment of Health Plan 2010 and the effort to actualize the Plan. Second, the importance of securing health equity and identifying health determinants have been recognized during the planning process of Health Plan 2010. Third, the health promotion program have mainly focused on improving healthy life style of the population. As a result, desirable health behavior change of the population could be expected from the result of 2005 National Health and Nutrition Survey. Fourth, public health centers began to play a crucial role in implementing health promotion programs, and began to build infrastructure for health promotion programs. Fifth, the outcomes of health promotion programs by public health centers and private health organizations have been increasing. Finally, training for health promotion personnel and their participation in the program could be the foundation for the higher level of outcome achievement from the health promotion programs. Important challenges for future health promotion would be identification of the determinants and risk factors of health in Korea, establishment of local health promotion plan, building infrastructure for health promotion, creation of specific action model by public health center, development of diverse health promotion programs and health promotion program for the elderly, conducting research for evidence concerning major factors reducing the need for health care through prevention disease activities, and establishment of evaluation and feed back system for health promotion programs.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2013

Purpose: To analyze the structure of Korean nurse labor market and examine its effect on hospital nurse staffing. Methods: Secondary data were obtained from Statistics Korea, Education Statistics, and Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service and Patient Survey. Intensity of monopsony in the nurse labor market was measured by Herfindahl Hirshman Index (HHI). Hospital nurse staffing level was divided into high and low. While controlling for confounding factors such as inpatient days and severity mix of patients, effects of characteristics of nurse labor markets on nurse staffing levels were examined using multi-level logistic regressions. Results: For characteristics of nurse labor markets, metropolitan areas had high intensity of monopsony, while the capital area had competitive labor market and the unemployed nurse rate was higher than other areas. Among hospital characteristics, bed occupancy rate was significantly associated with nurse staffing levels. Among characteristics of nurse labor markets, the effect of HHI was indeterminable. Conclusion: The Korean nurse labor market has different structure between the capital and other metropolitan areas. But the effect of the structure of nurse labor market on nurse staffing levels is indeterminable. Characteristics such as occupancy rate and number of beds are significantly associated with nurse staffing levels. Further study in support of the effect of nurse labor market is needed.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2009

Purpose: The aim of the study was to identify the relationships among age, activities of daily living and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for centenarians in Busan. Methods: Forty-nine centenarians (2 males and 47 females) participated in the study, done from April to July, 2006. Pace-to-face interviews were used to collect data. Activities of daily living were measured using K-ADL, K-IADL and health-related quality of life, using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results: Over 50% of the centenarians reported independence for six-items but not for bathing. With regard to type of dependency, 77.6% were independent in transferring, 71.4%, in using the toilet, 67.3%, in feeding and in continence and 57.1% in dressing but just 24.5% were independent in bathing. Age was significantly associated with K-IADL (r= -.303, p= .03). The centenarians were more impaired in physical health components compared to mental health components for health-related quality of life. Conclusion: These results may contribute to a better understanding of activities of daily living and health-related quality of life of centenarians. The findings are relevant to health professionals, in particular professionals who are developing wellness programs to optimize health-related quality of life and functional status for the extremely old age population.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.77-106
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• 2018

본 연구는 도서관의 구체적이고 실제적인 폐교 활용방안에 앞서, 폐교 현황과 활용 사례를 기반으로 최근 도서관의 폐교 활용 트렌드를 파악하고 도서관의 폐교 활용 가능성 및 방향성을 확인하고자 하였다. 사례조사를 통하여 폐교를 활용한 도서관 건립은 복합문화공간 제공, 친환경적 공간 제공, 지역 커뮤니티 장소 제공 등 기존의 공공도서관과는 또 다른 특색을 가진 도서관으로 재탄생할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 연구 결과를 기반으로 향후 도서관의 폐교 활용 방향을 다음과 같이 제시하였다: 지역경제 기여와 지역의 재활성화 기회 제공, 지역주민을 위한 생활 밀착형 친화형 공간, 노인복지 요양서비스 귀농 생활 등과 연계한 공간의 재활용, 폐교를 활용한 부가 가치 창출과 지역 비즈니스 창출, 환경친화적 공간으로 구성, 복합문화공간의 형태로 구성된 통합적인 공간으로 활용, 지역의 커뮤니티 센터 역할 수행, 지역의 요구를 충족 보완할 수 있는 공간으로 재활용.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2021

Objective : Several studies have reported inconsistent findings among countries on whether off-hour hospital presentation is associated with worse outcome in patients with acute stroke. However, its association is yet not clear and has not been thoroughly studied in Korea. We assessed nationwide administrative data to verify off-hour effect in different subtypes of acute stroke in Korea. Methods : We respectively analyzed the nationwide administrative data of National Emergency Department Information System in Korea; 7144 of ischemic stroke (IS), 2424 of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and 1482 of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), respectively. "Off-hour hospital presentation" was defined as weekends, holidays, and any times except 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM on weekdays. The primary outcome measure was in-hospital mortality in different subtypes of acute stroke. We adjusted for covariates to influence the primary outcome using binary logistic regression model and Cox's proportional hazard model. Results : In subjects with IS, off-hour hospital presentation was associated with unfavorable outcome (24.6% off hours vs. 20.9% working hours, p<0.001) and in-hospital mortality (5.3% off hours vs. 3.9% working hours, p=0.004), even after adjustment for compounding variables (hazard ratio [HR], 1.244; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.106-1.400; HR, 1.402; 95% CI, 1.124-1.747, respectively). Off-hours had significantly more elderly ≥65 years (35.4% off hours vs. 32.1% working hours, p=0.029) and significantly more frequent intensive care unit admission (32.5% off hours vs. 29.9% working hours, p=0.017) than working hours. However, off-hour hospital presentation was not related to poor short-term outcome in subjects with ICH and SAH. Conclusion : This study indicates that off-hour hospital presentation may lead to poor short-term morbidity and mortality in patients with IS, but not in patients with ICH and SAH in Korea. Excessive death seems to be ascribed to old age or the higher severity of medical conditions apart from that of stroke during off hours.

• 대한치위생과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2023

연구의 배경 및 목적: 본 연구에서는 노인구강관리에 대한 산업체 수요기반의 교육과정을 개발하여 운영함으로써 노인치위생학 교육의 효과를 확인해 보고자 진행하였다. 연구방법: 산업체 수요기반 현장중심 실무교육에 따른 전공역량달성도, 노인치위생과정 인식, 수업만족도의 전후차이를 검증하기 위하여 비모수 분석으로 윌콕슨 부호순위 검정(Wilcoxon signed rank test)을 수행하였으며, 각 요인간의 연관성을 확인하기 위해 스피어만 상관분석(Spearman's correlation analysis)을 수행하였다(p<0.05). 결과: 전공역량달성도의 경우 산업체 수요기반 현장중심 실무교육을 수행 후 '노인과의 의사소통 역량'이 유의미하게 향상되었다(p=0.031). 고찰: 노인치위생학 교육과정은 산업체 현장에서 활용가능한 실무중심의 교육과정이 학습자에게 제공되었을 때 노인에 대한 실제적인 이해와 노인구강관리에 대한 현장실무전공역량이 더욱 개발될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.469-481
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• 2019

Background: As South Korea is becoming an aged society very rapidly, the increase in osteoarthritis prevalence raises various public health issues in this country. This study aimed to explore the socio-demographic factors associated with osteoarthritis in the current Korean elderlies. Methods: Using the National Survey of Korean Elderly data (2014, 2017), we analyzed 20,326 elderlies (males, 8,248; females, 12,078) and conducted multivariate logistic regression analyses by sex. The dependent variable is whether a participant was diagnosed with osteoarthritis or not. Independent variables of interest is socio-demographic factors such as age, marital status, household type, residential area, household income, religion, the longest job, the number of close relatives, the number of close friends, and survey year. Control variables are various health behavioral factors and disease-related factors. Results: Prevalence of osteoarthritis was 19.2% in male elderlies and 47.0% in female elderlies. According to the results of the multivariate logistic regression adjusted for all studied control variables, the odds ratio (OR) for having osteoarthritis of under-elementary school graduates (their counterpart was college graduate group) was 1.81 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.29-2.52) in males and 1.67 (95% CI, 1.12-2.47) in females. The OR of those having a job in agriculture & forestry fishery as their longest job (their counterpart was those who had never participated in labor force during their lifetime) was 5.07 (95% CI, 1.46-17.58) in males and 1.49 (95% CI, 1.27-1.74) in females. In males, the second-low quartile group in household yearly income (their counterpart was the highest quartile group) had the OR of 1.22 (95% CI, 0.98-1.53). In females, the OR of those having a religion of Buddhism (their counterpart was those having no religion) was 1.20 (95% CI, 1.07-1.35) and the OR of those who had no relatives (their counterpart was those having more than 3 close relatives) was 1.31 (95% CI, 1.10-1.56). Conclusion: This study found that in Korean elderlies, education, the longest job, household income, religion, and the number of close relatives are associated with their suffering from osteoarthritis. Further study and designing appropriate interventions are needed to alleviate current and future individual and socioeconomic burdens of osteoarthritis in an aged society like South Korea.

• 한국노년학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.1069-1087
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 노인복지시설 입소치매노인을 대상으로 치매행동심리증상에 대한 아로마요법의 효과를 연구하여 치매노인과 부양자에게 양질의 삶을 영위하는 데 도움을 주고, 노인요양시설 등에서 치매노인을 위한 노인요양프로그램의 적용근거를 제공하기 위함이다. 본 연구는 단일집단 사전 사후설계로 진행되었고 연구대상은 시설입소 치매노인으로 의사소통이나 의사표시가 가능한 15명이다. 본 연구의 실험은 라벤더, 카모마일과 그레이프푸룻을 혼합하여 연구조원들이 아로마 손마사지법과 흡입법을 각각 1일 1회씩 총 15일간 3주 동안 제공하였다. 연구결과는 치매행동심리증상에 대한 아로마요법 후의 전체적 변화가 사전의 측정치는 1.47점, 사후1의 측정치는 1.09점, 사후2의 측정치는 1.01점, 사후3의 측정치는 0.71점으로 실험시기에 따른 변화가 유의미한 차이(F=11.501, p<0.001)가 있었고, 실험시기의 차이에도 유의미한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 항목별 결과는 대화 또는 태도에서 근심, 걱정, 두려움, 공포의 기분, 우울한 기분, 눈에 띄게 수선스러운 동작, 눈에 띄게 저조한 행동, 수면장애 및 야간배회 행동에서 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 아로마요법을 치매노인에게 적용하여 양질의 삶을 영위하는 데 도움을 주고, 노인요양시설에서 치매노인을 위한 프로그램으로 활용하면 치매노인의 심신의 건강에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.