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Future Directions of the Integrated Health Promotion Programs in Health Center (보건소 통합건강증진사업의 발전 방향)

  • Lee, Ju-Yul
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2013
  • Objectives: This paper reviews the integrated health promotion program in health center to analyse the problems and to provide the future directions aiming to health promotion block grants. Methods: The guidebook for the integrated health promotion program published by the Minister of Health and Welfare were reviewed in this study. And also the empirical results and theoretical considerations were used in making future directions. Results and Conclusion: This paper suggested four improvement directions as follows; first, the legal review committee is needed to approve when the central government change the way of health promotion program in health center. Second, the required programs should be replaced by an integrated outcom evaluation indicators. Third, the central government should strengthen the capacity of local government. And finally, visiting training should be conducted each health center.

The Health Information for Health Promotion (건강증진을 위한 보건정보)

  • 김종갑;강성홍
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 1993
  • Human health is affected by physical, social, cultural, economic, and political environment. To improve health status, of the people we need much support from social system and to make social supporting system effective for health promotion, we need health information. Because, the health information is basic to the social supporting system for health promotion. So, we should construct health information systems as follows : 1. Health information system for children 2. Health information system for families 3. Health information system for adolescents 4. Health information system for mothers 5. Health information system for workers 6. Health information system for physical handicapped 7. Health information system for elders

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The Roles and Professional Competencies of Health Education Specialists in Public Health Organizations (보건단체에서 보건교육사의 활동 영역과 능력 개발)

  • Kim, Hye-Kyeong
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.23-36
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    • 2010
  • Objectives: This study was performed to suggest the roles and professional competencies of health education specialists to improve the efficacy of health promotion activities in public health organizations. Results and Conclusion: Based on the advanced cases of utilizing health education specialists in international and domestic public health organizations, five key roles of health education specialists were proposed. They included developing and applying behavior change strategies necessary to begin and maintain health behavior practices, analysing the needs of the priority population in a systematic way, organizing multiple health behavior change programs and multilevel intervention programs, and doing research on health determinants and scientific evidence of health promotion programs, In order to improve the quality of health promotion services in public health organizations, professional competencies of health education specialist should be developed and strengthened.

The Effects of Smoking Cessation Clinics in the Korean Armed Forces: Application of the Transtheoretical Model and Life Skill Approaches (범이론적모형과 생활기술접근법을 통합적용한 군인.전의경 대상 금연클리닉프로그램의 효과)

  • Kim, Hye-Kyeong;Kwon, Eun-Joo;Lim, Jae-Ho;Jung, Hye-In;Cha, Jae-Ku;Cho, Seon;Kim, Su-Young;Uhm, Soo-Jin;Park, Ji-Youn;Cho, Han-Ik
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.79-94
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    • 2011
  • Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation clinics for soldiers in the Korean armed forces. In so doing it attempted to identify the predictors of smoking cessation and positive transition of stages of change. Methods: In a single-group pre-post test study design, 5,362 smokers from Korean armed forces participated in the smoking cessation clinic programs based on both the Transtheoretical model and life skills approaches. Changes in stages of change and related variables were measured before the intervention and at 3-month follow-up after the intervention. Results: The cessation rates was 66.0% at 3-month follow-up. With the positive transition to action/maintain stage, proportion of participants in action/maintain stage increased more than 5 times after the intervention. Cons of smoking, self-efficacy, processes of change, and life skills increased, and pros of smoking decreased after the intervention. Predictors of smoking cessation included nicotine dependency, pros of smoking, high levels of self-efficacy, processes of change and life skills. Positive stage transition was predicted by pros of smoking and high self-efficacy. Conclusions: Application of the Transtheoretical model and life skills approaches provided useful strategies for a smoking cessation program in armed forces.

Analysis to Recognition of School Health Promotion Applied ACCESS Model (초등학교 양호교사의 학교건강증진 인식도 연구- ACCESS모델을 적용 -)

  • Kang, Mal-Soon;Kim, Jung-Nam;Ryu, Mi-Kyung
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.577-590
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    • 2000
  • This study is basic research for developing health promotion programs in elementary school and is looking at the effect factor of School nurses perception and school health promotion. This study was conducted with the ACCESS model for school health promotion from WHO. The subjects of this study were 28 elementary school nurses located in the west side of Kung-Nam from the 7th of June to the 30th of June by direct interview. The results of this study are summarized as follows: 1. the score from obesity, dental caries, health counselling, scoliosis, hepatitis B, immunization BCG items are higher in the low grade but showed significant difference in visual disturbance items. 2. the average score of school health promotion perception is 5.04. The list of school health promotion is composed of school health policies(5.39), physical environments (5.38), school health services(5.34), social environments (5.22), personal health skills (4.92), and community relationships(4.64). 3. after an analysis of the perception of school health promotion from school nurses, the relationship between the school health budget and the school health policy and school health service was shown to be significant. 4. after analysis of the effect factor of perception of school health promotion from school nurses, school health policy, school social environment, personal health skills, and school health service were shown to be significant. 5. The factors in school health promotion are the number of classes and students, school budgets, school nurses' final education and age, health education classes per week, and teaching experience. Particularly the school health budget and school nurses of the classes per week are statistically significant. The suggestions of this study are as follows: 1, as a related factor of school health promotion. the generally characteristics of schools and school nurses should be considered for improving the perception of school health promotion. 2, the period of health education for effective school health management and health education should be an on-going program. 3. the scope of school health promotion and perception should be considered for developing health promotion programs. 4. elementary school health promotion programs should be developed and applied to research. 5. computer system programs should be developed for effective school health projects.

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Training and Utilization of Health Education Specialist (보건교육 전문인력의 양성 및 활용방안)

  • Kim, Young-Bok;Kim, Myung;Kim, Cho-Kang
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.235-249
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    • 1999
  • The National Health Promotion Act passed in 1995 was a milestone for initiating a national and local health promotion program in Korea. And since then local governments and health centers have been developing and providing health promotion programs for the community population. To apply the effectiveness of community health promotion program, it is important to understand the key issue related to health education and the role of health education personnel. The purpose of this study was to define the responsibility and competency of health education specialist, and to develop the activity areas of health promotion program in Korea. Those who provide the service for health promotion and health education should be properly qualified and professionally trained. However, the skills and responsibilities of those who are in charge of providing health education program have not yet been clearly defined in Korea because the areas of health promotion and health education are composed of multi-academic fields. In case of United States, health education specialist is being developed through professional preparation in colleges and graduate schools, and certified through the examination. Also health education specialist is in charge of the planing, implementing and evaluation of health education program in school, hospital, health center, workplace and health food company. Therefore it is important to develop the programs to train and certify health education specialist. Also to extend the activity areas, the government should support continuously program development for health promotion and health education personnel.

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The Effects of Visual Health Promotion Program for Preschool Children (학령전기 아동의 시력건강증진 프로그램 효과)

  • Yoon, Young-Mi
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.257-264
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of visual health promotion program for preschool children. Method: The experimental group participating in the visual health promotion program was 32 preschool children and the control group consisted of 34 preschool children by homogeneous age. The visual health promotion program was based on articles related to childern's visual health promotion and previous education program. Data were collected with 3 questionnaires that modified by the investigator. The data was analyzed by the SPSS win 10.0 program using descriptive statistics, $x^2$ test, t-test. Result: The level of knowledge about visual health promotion of preschool children who participated in the visual health promotion program was significantly higher than preschool children who did not participate(t=.02, P<.001). The level of behavior about visual health promotion of preschool children who participated in the visual health promotion program was significantly higher than preschool children who did not participate(t=.31, P<.001). Conclusion: The visual health promotion program developed in this study is an effective strategy for nursing intervention by increasing knowledge and behavior about visual health promotion of preschool children.

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The Factors to Affect the Oral Health Promotion Behavior of Elementary School Students (초등학생의 구강건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Kim, Soo-Kyung
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.55-64
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    • 2008
  • This study set out to identify the factors to affect the oral health promotion behavior of elementary school students and to provide a framework to develop educational programs to promote their oral health promotion behavior. A survey was conducted to 729 fifth and sixth graders attending four elementary schools in Seoul. The variables were measured with a five-point Likert scale and include previous oral health related behaviors, perceived oral health status, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and oral health promotion behavior. First, the subjects scored relatively high 3.51 points out of 5 in oral health promotion behavior. They also scored 3.88 points in perceived benefit, 3.51 in selfesteem, 3.43 in self-efficacy, 3.28 in perceived oral health status, 2.77 in previous oral health related behaviors, and 1.79 in perceived barriers. Second, a significant difference was observed according to gender in previous oral health related behaviors and oral health promotion behavior. And a significant difference was also found according to grade in previous oral health related behaviors, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, selfesteem, self-efficacy, and oral health promotion behavior. Third, when they had an experience of visiting a dental clinic for preventive purposes, a significant difference was found according to the purposes of going to a dentist in previous oral health related behaviors, perceived benefit, and oral health promotion behavior. And fourth, multiple regression analysis was carried out with oral health promotion behavior as a dependent variable. As a result, all the research variables, which include previous oral health related behaviors, perceived oral health status, perceived benefit, perceived barriers, self-esteem, and self-efficacy, turned out to have significant influences on oral health promotion behavior. And their explanatory power was 49%. Conclusion: Those factors that were identified to affect the oral health promotion behavior of programs to promote their oral health.

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A study on the health attitude and practice of Oriental Health Promotion (한방건강증진분야에 대한 사회의식 및 실천형태조사연구)

  • Kim, Kwang-Joong;Park, Yong-Euk
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.468-484
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the development of oriental health promotion project in korea. The study was performed from June 10, 1998 though June 30, 1998 by using questionnaires and the subjects were 208 in Taegu and Kyung-san city. The analysis methods were frequency, percentage, $x^2-test$ and ANOVA. The SAS/pc Program was used for the statistic analysis. The major findings are as followings; 1. The self-confidence of health was higher among male(2.59) than female(2.94). On the whole, the subjects studied have good health. Activity of daily life was medium. 2. As the subjects grow old, satisfaction level on health counselling with oriental doctors was high. Hospital and clinic covered 60-80% of the health assessment institutes and oriental hospital & clinic covered 10-18% of them. 3. As the subjects grow old was high the level of health promotion practice. On the whole, the level of health promotion practice was low. The physical exercise was highest covering 40% in the types of health promotion. 4. On the whole, the demand of oriental health promotion program was considerably high (male 2.06, female 2.49). The reason why the health promotion programs were necessary was necessary was the effectiveness of health promotion and the difficulty of self-practice. In the effectiveness of health promotion programs, the subjects were higher in oriental medicine than medicine. 5. In the validity level of physical constitution in the oriental medicine. the subject were high(3.48-3.80). But the necessity of the physical constitution change was medium.

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Evaluation on Criterion Validity of Enterprise Health Promotion Index (기업건강증진지수의 준거타당도 평가)

  • Lee, Jinhwa;Ryoo, Jang-Jin;Yu, Young-Soo;Lee, Bokim
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the validity of the 'Enterprise Health Promotion Index', a tool for assessing health promotion activities of worksite developed by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency. Methods: This is designed a methodological study that evaluates the validity of the Enterprise Health Promotion Index. For this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted for the workplace health professional and safety professional, and a total of 297 data were extracted as final data. We developed the informal health promotion needs and activity measurement tools. The correlation coefficient between the score of the enterprise health promotion index and the score of the informal health promotion tool was analyzed for the criterion validity evaluation. Results: The criterion validity of the Enterprise Health Promotion Index and activity index were supported by finding moderate (r=.597) and high (r=.783) correlation coefficient. However, the requirement index has low levels of criterion validity (r=.364). Conclusion: Based on these results, we suggest to improve the utility of the corporate health promotion index by developing user manual, active public relations, and providing briefing sessions.