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Association of Drinking Patterns and Health Characteristics with Beverage Preference (즐겨 마시는 술의 종류와 음주 및 건강특성의 관련성)

  • Yi, Jee-Jeon;Ohrr, Hee-Choul;Chung, Woo-Jin;Yi, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2004
  • Purpose : To investigate the association between the type of preferred alcoholic beverage and drinking pattern and health characteristics. Methods : A Cross-sectional study was conducted from 22 April to 3 May in 2002. 301 females and 699 males aged 13 to 59 were personally interviewed. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, drinking pattern and health characteristics were collected. 735 drinkers who were 19 year-old or over were included in analysis. Beverage preference was classified 3 categories: Beer drinker, wine drinker(including wine, makguly, chungju and yakju) and soju drinker (including soju and spirits). Results : Beer drinkers were likely to be females. Compared to wine or soju drinkers, beer drinkers were less frequently drank, and consumed less total alcohol per week and less alcohol per 1 drinking among both male and female. Controlling for various confounders, beer drinker had significantly less total alcohol consumption per week, and alcohol consumption per 1 drinking than wine and soju drinker. Conclusion : Beer drinking were associated with less smoking in males and healthy drinking pattern in both gender than soju drinking.

Degradation Characteristics of Non-biodegradable Matters using Pre-Coagulation and Fenton Oxidation Process in Livestock Wastewater (전응집 및 Fenton 산화공정을 이용한 축산폐수의 난분해성물질 제거특성에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Chang-Woo;Kim, Boung-Young;Chae, Soo-Choen;Kim, Sun-Ae;Chung, Paul-Gene
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.66-73
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was done to evaluate degradation characteristics of non-biodegradable organic matters including aromatic compounds in livestock wastewater using CFZ process. The CFZ process is consisted of coagulation/sedimentation, Fenton oxidation and zeolite adsoption process. degradation charateristics of each treatment water including livestock wastewater were analyzed by UV scanning, FT-IR and GC/MS. After coagulation/sedimentation process as 1st treatment, non-biodegradable matters remained after 1st treatment were removed by using OH radical produced in Fenton oxidation process. As a result of treatment using these processes, NBDCOD removal efficiency was over 90%. Increase of $E_2/E_3$ ratio (absorbance at 250 and 365 nm) in each treatment water means that aromaticity of livestock wastewater decreased. In case of GC/MS, most aromatics or polynuclear aromatics like benzene, phenol and scatol in livestock wastewater almost wasn't detected after oxidation using OH radical.

The Epidemiology of Delays in a Teaching Hospital (부적절 재원의 이유)

  • Kim, Yoon;Lee, Kun-Sei;Kim, Chang-Yup;Kim, Yong-Ik;Shin, Young-Soo;Lee, Sang-Il
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.26 no.4 s.44
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    • pp.650-660
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    • 1993
  • This study aims to describe the causes of medically unnecessary hospital stay at a teaching tertiary hospital, using modified version of Delay Tool in which the causes of delay are divided into slx major categories : delay related to test scheduling, test results, surgery, medical staff, patient/family, and administration. For the analysis of hospital stay, 6,479 inpatient-days were reviewed in two medical and four surgical departments for one month. Initially inappropriate hospital stays were identified using Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP), and causes of delay listed in Delay Tool were assigned to each of them. In both medical and surgical services, the most important cause of delay was related to medical staffs, ranging from 3.6% to 51.6% of total inpatient days. Next important category was delay related to test scheduling in medical services ($4.7{\sim}9.2%$), and delay related to surgery in surgical services ($7.3{\sim}15.0%$). Among subcategories of delay related to medical staffs, delay due to conservative care was the most important cause of inappropriate hospital stay ($2.9{\sim}6.4%$). Each clinical departments had different distribution among delay categories, which could not be fully justified by their clinical charateristics. The Delay Tool would be helpful in exploring factors related to the inefficient use of hospital beds. As a measurement tool of inappropriate hospital stay, however, the Delay Tool should be refined in the definitions of categories and its contents.

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A Survey of Sexual Knowledge, Attitude, Need of Sex Education of schoolchildren - Junior high school St grade students in Kwang-Ju city - (남녀 중학생의 성에 대한 지식, 태도, 성교육요구도에 관한 연구 - 광주 시내 일부 중학교 1학년 대상으로-)

  • Park, In-Hyae;Han, You-Jeon;Yoon, Hyun-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of the survey was to identify the degree and the relationship of sexual knowledge, sexual attitude and need of sex education. This information will provide useful data for a more systematic. desirable, and practical sex education. The data was collected from 300 first grade schoolchildren (150 boys and 150 girls) of two Junior high school in K city. The data was gathered by questionnaire from Nov.21 to 28, 1995. The questionnaire was modified by authors using the questionnaire developed by Lief & Reed. Data was analyzed by using the statistical computer package, SAS to manipulate the data along with percentages, means, standard deviation, t-test, $X^2$-test, GLM, and Pearson correlation coeffiency. The results in this study were summarized as follows: 1. Sexual knowledge. - The mean score of sexual knowledges showed no significant differences between boys and girls(p<0.6180), but in the areas of biological differences(boys; $11.57{\pm}2.43$, girls; $10.93{\pm}2.41$, p<0.0242), and pregnancy physiology(boys; $9.28{\pm}1.87$, girls; $10.04{\pm}2.42$, p<0.0026) showed significant difference between boys and girls. 2. Sexual attitudes. - The mean score of sexual attitudes showed no significant difference between boys and girls (p<0.8286), but in the areas of masturbation (boys : $6.69{\pm}2.22$, girls : $5.65{\pm}1.88$, p<0.0001), and premarital intercourse (boys : $5,42{\pm}1.35$, girls : $6.00{\pm}1.33$, p<0.0002) showed significant difference between boys and girls 3. Need of sex education. - The majority of the subjects wanted to learn about sexual delinquency and it's prevention(57.7%), form a friendship with the other sex(56.3%), physical differences of the other sex(52.0%), psychological differences and the charateriatics of the other sex (50.3%) and meaning of love(50.3%). 4. The relationships between sexual knowledges and sexual attitudes. - Those who had higher sexual knowledges showed more positive attitudes towards sex, and showed statistical significance(r=0.2074, p<0.0003). 5. The relationships between general charateristics and sexual knowledge. - Better students(by self-perception of school performance) had higher knowledge scores about sex. 6. The relationships between general charateristics and sexual attitudes. - Those who wanted to learn more about sex, and better students had higher attitude scores about sex. - Those who were in high standard of living had higher attitude scores about sex as well. Suggestions based on above study are as follows' 1. The planned sex education showed be performed to the schoolchildren establish responsible attitudes about sex. 2. Systematic sex education through formal school education according to age is recommended. 3. Further studies should be done to measure the effect of sex education based on the needs of the schoolchildren.

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Health-Promoting Behaviors of the Women Workers at the Manufacturing Industry -Based on the Pender's Health Promotion Model- (제조업 여성 근로자의 건강증진행위 관련 요인 분석 -Pender의 건강증진모형 적용-)

  • Yun, Soon Nyoung;Kim, Jeong Hee
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.130-140
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to identify health promoting behaviors(HPBs) and the related determinants affecting to women workers health based on the New Health Promotion Model by Pender(1996). Data were collected by self-reported questionnaires from 208 women workers at the 8 electronic manufacturing factories under the permission of data collection and cooperation with health managers in the factories during the period from September to October 1999. For data analysis. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and Stepwise multiple regression with SPSS/PC+7.5 version were used. The results were as follows : 1. The average score for the HPBs, consisted of 6 subdimensions was 2.05. The highest mean score was 2.29 in 'Spiritual growth' and the lowest one was 1.66 in 'Physical activity'. 2. No significant difference between general charateristics and HPBs were found. 3. HPBs were positively related to 'Prior related behavior'(r=0.369, p<0.1), 'Perceived self-efficacy'(r=0.340, p<.01), 'Activity-related affect'(r=0.252, p<.01). 'Social support'(r=0.350, p<.01). 'Commitment to a plan action'(r=0.374, p<.01). There was no significant correlation between perceived health status, perceived barriers to action and HPBs. 4. The most important variable in HPBs was 'Commitment to a plan action'. It was explained 14.0% out of the total variance of HPBs. 'Commitment to a plan action', 'Prior related behavior', 'Social support', 'Self-efficacy' and 'Perceived barriers to action' explained 23.0%. According to the results of this study, the suggestions were as follows: 1. It is necessary to develop program for improving the physical activity and health responsibility of women workers at the manufacturing industry. 2. To facilitate and maintain HPBs of women workers, nurses may enhance and plan mutually interactive active HPBs with women workers. 3. Social support at the level of individual workers, supervisors, and the organization is required in order to conduct health promotion program at the factories. 4. Significantly related variables to HIPBs should be identified the direct and indirect paths among them further more.

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A Study on the Characterics and Social Activities of Graduates from A School of Public Health in Seoul (보건학 석사과정 이수자들의 제특성 및 사회활동에 관한 조사연구)

  • 김주선;김공현;김병성;박형종
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.72-88
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of the present study was to identify the charateristics and social activities of graduates from a School of Public Health in Seoul and to provide basic information which might contribute to the improvement of new established Schools of Public Health in Korea. The Subjects were composed of 199 persons who graduated from a School of Public Health in Seoul during the period of 1987 through 1989. The response rate was 59.8% (199 graduates). The survey was conducted from December 1st 1991 to the end of February 1992 with a self-administered questionnaire by mail. Descriptive analysis with Chi-square test was employed for analysis. The major results were as follows : 1. 462% of students were the group aged 24-28 and 76.5% of them were married at the time of entrance to the School. 2. The major motives to come to the School were continuous study in a graduate school(41.2%), and strengthening of job opportunities(35.3%). 3. The major expectation of students were to acquire new professional knowledge(31.9%), to improve present work performance(22.7%) and to become an educator(22.7%). 4. 84.9% of students had some kinds of expectation at the entrance to the School, but only 48.8% of them met their expectations they had had. 5. The most preferred subjects were Health Statistics and Epidemiology in order. 6. 59.7% of students insisted that a professor should advise 4-5 students in maximum for a thesis. 7. Students suggested that the candidate for scholarship should he selected from those who had earned high credits in the previous semester(33.6%), who were low economic status(31.l%) or who were recommended by academic adviser(24.4%). 8. 57.1% of students were positive in utilizing their major subjects studied in their current works. 9. Students expressed that if the School of Public Health is to be further developed full-time professors should be added (37.9%) and excellent students be secured (33.6%). 10. After graduation from the school, some of the respondents changed their job placement, the number of persons working in research institutes increased from 6 to 14 persons, those working in educational institutes from 16 to 35, and Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and its affiliated organization from 10 to 13.

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A Study on the Characteristics of Sustainable Design and Planning Elemensts of High-Rise Residential Architecture -Focuse on certification examples of domestic and overseas sustainable buildings- (초고층 주거건축의 지속가능한 디자인 및 계획요소 특성에 관한 연구 -국내.외 지속가능한 건축물 인증사례를 중심으로-)

  • Shin, Sung-Eun;Lee, Sang-Ho;Lee, Sung-Ok;Kim, Soo-Am
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.217-222
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    • 2009
  • This study is lately stand on the basis of the importance for global warming and environment and accept changes of the paradigm of the 21st century. also it is to start architecturial access that suggest to solutions about environment, energy and health problems in high-rise residential architecture that lately the importance for global warming and environment. Spacially since 1990, high-rise residential architecture has developed into increase rapidly, and nowdays, this has become one of the new residence type. but this have diverse problems. For this reason, this building faced neccessary to improve living space and obtain to eco-friendiness and sustainability. Therefore, this study is focused to environment-friendly architectural certification in Korea and other countries, aims to suggest planning and technical elements from this system. Through 11 cases of high-rise residential architecture certified sustainable certification system, this study drew out tendency and charateristics of main strategy elements. These analysis will express informations of current level and also suggest to direction for improvement in quality of high-rise residence.

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Ultrastructure of Acinar Secretory Granules of Submandibular and Parotid Salivary Gland in the Korean Striped Field Mouse, Apodemus agrarius (Rodentia, Murinae)

  • Jeong, Soon-Jeong;Jeong, Moon-Jin
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.8-12
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    • 2017
  • The ultrastructures of the secretory acinar granules of submandibular and parotid salivary gland were examined in the Korean striped field mouse, Apodemus agraius. The acini of the submandibular salivary gland had serous and mucous acinar cells filled with numerous secretory granules. The serous acinar granules had uniformly fine dense contents and were round typed with a definite boundary between the granules. The mucous acinar granules were relatively coarse, with moderate density, and clustered together as a result of the indistinct boundaries between the granules. The acini of the parotid salivary glands contained only serous cells filled with numerous round-typed serous acinar granules. Serous acinar granules had uniformed dense matrix and definite boundaries. The ultrastructures without substructure in a matrix of serous and mucous acinar granules in the submandibular and parotid salivary glands of A. agraius were similar to those of species of Rodentia but different from those of Soricidae in Korea with a characteristic substructure in a matrix. This ultrastructure and charateristics in secretory acinar granules provide fundamental data for molecular comparisions of genetic relationships and are one of the key methods for classifying A. agraius.

Investigation of Risk Factors of Low Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Korean Menopausal Women (혈청 25-hydroxyvitamin D 수준이 낮은 폐경 후 여성에서 나타난 위험 인자 분석)

  • 문주재
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.29 no.9
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    • pp.981-990
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    • 1996
  • To define the risk facots of subclinical vitamin D deficiency in postmenopausal women, circulating serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, known to be the indicator of vitamin D status, were measured and risk faxtors affecting it were investigated in 27 women with low 25-hydoxyvitamin d level(ie, the study group : serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D<10ng/ml) by comparing to 55 age-matched control(the control group) were analyzed. The serum level of 25-hydorxyvitamin D was analyzed by HPLC(High Pressure Liquid Chor-matography) and analyzed biochemical parameter. The following information was obtained by interviews : sociodemographic charateristics, the intake of food containing vitamin D, proxy measure of sunlight exposure(time spent outdoors), and reprocuctive histpry of the subjects. The study group had significantly lower levels of serum calcium, increased levels of iPTH and alkaline phosphatase, Among the dietary determents, energy, protein, fat, calcium, phophorus, and vitamin D intakes were lower in the study group than the normal group. The time spent outdoors in a day was not significantly different between the two groups. However, during the day, a specific time of time spent out doors between 12:00 and 14:00 was significantly lower in the study group. Logistic analysis revealed that vitamin D and calcium intake were more important affecting factors than the time spent outdoors in post menopausal women.

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