• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.203-213
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• 2005

Purpose: To assess the environmental hazards of falling accident in the homes of the elderly. Method: 222 homes of the elderly were assessed by the home environmental Checklist from May to July in 2003. Results: The mean score of home environmental hazards for fall were 13.19 with the highest score being 49, ranging from 4 to 24. The bathroom was the most hazardous place in the home, porch came next bedroom, kitchen, living room and stair followed them. The floor surface such as finishes and non-skid mats was the most hazardous interior factor in the home, using bathroom came next furniture and illumination followed them. The floor surface such as finishes and non-skid mats in the bathroom, kitchen, living room and porch, illumination of bedroom and stair were the most prevalent hazards in the home of interior. Of the 49 potential hazards, bathroom grab bar was the most prevalent one with 89.9%, and non-skid rugs in the porch, bathroom and kitchen, safety of dinner table, the threshold and furniture of porch, and illumination of bedroom were prevalent more than half of the home under assessing. Men, living in the separate house or villa with stairs were in more hazardous environments. Conclusion: To reduce the potential hazards of fall accident in the home, improving hazards relating to floor surface such as slip resistance surface and mats is important specially those of the separate house or villa with stairs.

• 한국노년학
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.377-395
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• 2012

본 연구는 열악한 생활환경과 신체적·심리적 기능의 저하로 인해 낙상 사고의 위험에 더 많이 노출되어 있는 저소득층 노인의 낙상을 예방하고 삶의 질을 향상시키고자 낙상에 영향을 미치는 위험 요인에 대한 문헌고찰과 선행연구 결과를 바탕으로 지역사회 거주 저소득층 노인을 위한 다면적 낙상예방프로그램(MFPP)을 개발하고, 개발된 다면적 낙상예방프로그램이 신체적·심리적·환경적 요인과 낙상횟수에 미치는 효과를 검정하였다. 본 연구의 프로그램은 저소득층 노인에게 신체기능 향상을 위한 근력강화운동, 낙상예방 효능감 증진을 통한 심리적 기능 강화를 위한 정서지지, 낙상예방과 운동행위에 대한 인지적 변화 유도를 위한 낙상예방교육, 안전한 가정환경 유지를 위한 가정환경관리로 구성된 프로그램을 주 1회 하루 70분~90분씩 총 8주 동안 제공하는 간호중재 프로그램으로 직접 대상자의 가정을 방문하여 각각의 다면적 요소들을 개별적으로 진행하였다. 프로그램의 효과를 검정하기 위해 S시 1개구 보건소에 등록된 지역사회 거주 저소득층 노인을 대상으로 실험군 24명, 대조군 24명을 선정하여 비동등성 대조군 전후설계의 유사실험 연구로 시도되었다. 자료수집기간은 2010년 6월부터 2010년 10월까지 진행되었으며, 수집된 자료는 실수와 백분율, Fisher's exact test, x²-test, t-test, repeated measures ANOVA, ANCOVA, Logistic regression을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과, 실험군에서 낙상횟수가 감소하였으며, 균형감과 낙상예방효능감이 증진되었고, 가정환경위험요인이 감소하였다. 따라서 본 프로그램을 노인 간호 현장에서 활용한다면 저소득층 노인의 낙상예방에 매우 효과적인 결과를 얻을 수 있을 것이며 나아가 저소득층 노인의 신체적·심리적 건강증진을 통한 삶의 질 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.70-79
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• 2000

This study was done for the purpose of investigating the status of the use and perceptions of pesticides among the farmers who spray them in person. And it was also done to provide the basic statistics for the Agricultural Health Policy and study. Over the part of agricultural area in Kyungju and Ulsan City, Korea, from July to September 1999, 1032 questionnaires were distributed and 561 of them were collected and 447 were analysed. Major results of this study are as follows. The proportion of those who have special location for pesticides storage was only 5.3%, and that of those who lock hte storage location was only 13.6%. As to the treatment of bottles after use, most common response was 'burn in home'(47.7%). Most farmers purchase pesticides through 'pesticide store' or 'Agricultural Cooperatives'. The knowledge and Usage of pesticides depends in large part on experiences. The farmers who cultivate orchard spray pesticides more frequently than those cultivate paddy rice mainly. Most common pesticides in use are oganophosphates and carbamates. And also the pesticides that contains so-called 'Environmental Hormone' are used. The perception about the hazards of pesticides is rather superficial and insufficient. 'Herbicide(Gramoxon·Paraco)'(38%) is accepted as the most hazardous by farmers.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.164-173
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• 2012

Objectives: Epichlorohydrin is a material that has been predicted to have high volatility and strong toxicity and is used normally in working area. Therefore, the hazardous and dangerous level and the foreign management system about epichlorohydrin should be invested at home and abroad and through hazard assessment for occupational environment measurement and exposure status of industrial workers in domestic working area. Methods: To assess risk and to suggest Development and Adoption to prevent health damage of workers owing to the epichlorohydrin exposure, the hazardousness and dangerousness of epichlorohydrin and its practical examples and regulation level for domestic and abroad health impairment are researched on the base of various references. Results: The epichlorohydrin caused skin and mucus membrane irritation, respiratory paralysis, kidney and live damage under the influence of acute toxicity and in animal study, it was confirmed as a doubtful carcinogenic substance to trigger reducement of sperm number and reproduction ability, abnormal spermatogenesis, mutagen, increase of forestomach epithelium and occurrence of papilloma and so on, as well as it induced stimulus asthma and allergic contact dermatitis for exposure workers. Conclusions: Epichlorohydrin was found to occur allergic contact dermatitis, carcinogenesis doubt and reproduction toxicity and was verified as a material which would be established reinforcement of management level to care health of handlers, such as denotement dangerousness of skin absorption.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

이 연구는 홍수, 허리케인, 위험물질 누출에 대한 과학적으로 측정된 환경위험지수와 가계의 특성간의 상관관계를 조사하였다. 이 연구는 인구적 특성(연령, 가족 수, 결혼 상태, 거주 기간)과 두 가지 자연재해(홍수와 허리케인)의 위험지수 사이에는 통계적으로 유의미한 관계가 없음을 보여주었다. 이 결과는 Drabek의 연구 결과를 지지하는 바, 사람들은 그들의 나이, 성별, 가족수, 결혼 상태, 거주기간과 관련 없이 그들의 주거를 선택하는데 자연재해의 가능성을 과소평가하거나 무시하는 경향이 있음을 보여주고 있다. 대조적으로, 위험물질 누출에 대한 환경위험지수는 위에 열거한 인구적 특성과 통계적으로 유의미한 상관관계를 보여주었다. 이는 가난하고 학력 수준이 낮은 사람들이 인적 재난에 더 노출된 지역사회에 사는 경향이 있음을 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 1972

Carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the most serious health problems in Korea, because we have been encountered with the highest incidence of CO poisoning in the world due to the unique heating system in home called 'ondal'. We opened Hyperbaric chamber unit in the Seoul National University Hospital last Jan, 1969. We have treated 848 patients as of Sept. 30., 1972, around 44 months period. We collected the informations on the environmental conditions of the place where CO intoxication actually occured by filling up the questionaire from 505 patients. The following findings were obtained. 1. Age distribution showed that the highest incidence was found in the younger age group between age of 10 to age of 29 in both sex. 2. Sex ratio of the patients was 1:1.14. 3. The socio-economic level of the patient was relatively low. 4. Housewife & housemaid were the major victims of the intoxication in the female patients & in the case of the male patient, occupational backgrounds were diverse. 5. Many patients from the middle class experienced the intoxication by sleeping at newly built room. 6. Many intoxication has been occured in the structure of houses where communicating doors are existing between living room & kitchen. 7. All findings obtained taught us again that CO poisoning is the serious by-product of the national fuel policy which put emphasis on the use of coal & socio-economic status is a very important parameter in this hazards.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2014

본 연구는 제4차 국민건강영양조사 자료를 바탕으로 직장 및 가정 내 간접흡연에 노출되는 자를 연구대상으로 하였다. 대상자들을 성별, CPI 및 간접흡연 노출여부를 기준으로 비교 분석하였으며, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 첫째, 간접흡연 노출자는 남성 380명, 여성 1,519명으로 조사되었으며, 간접흡연 노출여부에 따른 코티닌 농도는 노출군에서 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.001). 둘째, 치은염(CPI 1, 2)과 간접흡연의 관계는 남성은 치과방문횟수(p<0.001), 여성은 연령(p<0.001) 및 치과방문횟수(p<0.001)와 관계가 있었다. 셋째, 치주염(CPI 3, 4)와 간접흡연의 관계는 남성은 연령(p<0.001), 여성은 연령(p<0.001), 간접흡연 노출여부(p<0.001)와 관계가 있었다. 넷째, 치주상태에 따른 치주상태별(CPI 1~4) 코티닌 농도 차이는, 남성은 CPI 1, CPI 4에서, 여성은 모든 CPI 군에서 노출여부에 따른 큰 차이를 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 간접흡연 노출여부가 여성의 치주상태에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이로써 효과적인 치주치료는 물론 국민 구강건강증진을 위해 간접흡연 위해성을 확대 고취시키고 비흡연자를 보호할 수 있는 적극적인 금연정책이 실행되어야 할 것으로 고려된다.