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A Proposed Teaching Model to Improve Cultural Competency Care for Undergraduate Korean Nursing Students (간호대학생을 위한 문화간호 역량화 교육 프로그램)

  • Choi, Kyung Sook;Morgan, Sarah;Thongpriwan, Vipavee;Lee, So Young;Jun, Myunghee
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.424-434
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to propose a teaching model to improve the cultural competence care of undergraduate Korean nursing students. Methods: A literature review was performed from 2000 through 2014 using internet to identify studies that presented nursing curricula and teaching-learning strategies in Korea. We analyzed retrieved Korean seven articles using Campinha-Bacote's ASKED model in combination with reflective experiences of authors observing classrooms in the U.S. Results: Six syllabuses presented information about cultural diversity nursing concepts in Korea. A traditional lecture focused on presenting contents about cultural knowledge by an instructor in the classroom was identified as a commonly used teaching strategy. We found that cultural competency related to cultural desire, awareness, and encounter was lacking. Thus, we developed teaching model based on the Korean nursing education contexts and combined with Campinha-Bacote model to improve cultural competency in nursing. Conclusions: The proposed teaching model shows promise as a strategy for improving the knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to cultural competent for undergraduate nursing students in Korea. However, evidences that this model improves nursing students' clinical practices reflecting cultural competent care are still lacking. Future research focusing on determining teaching methods and contents in clinical practices will be most effective.

Experimental Improvement of the Dropping Test for Evaluating the Appropriate Level of Water Content Ratio in Rammed Earth Method (흙다짐 건축재료의 적정함수비 현장확인을 위한 낙하시험 방법의 실험적 개선)

  • Lee, Jong-Kook
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 2015
  • Although the interest for earth architecture has been expanded and settled as a part of modern architecture, precisely calculating the ratio of water content in practice is still difficult and the calculation is based on empirical analysis yet. This causes many problems in durability and maintenance of earthen architecture. Therefore, this study investigated to find the easiest way to correctly calculate the appropriate level of water content ratio (AWCR), which can be used in practice. Until now, the workers have checked the AWCR based on their own experience with popular but vague manuals. On this awareness, we studied the several testing methods and found the dropping test which uses the pattern of shape after the sample is dropped. In this point, we studied and developed the definite testing method in terms of process, and shape discrimination. Also we suggest the test recording sheet by using the cobalt chloride($CoCl_2$) whose color is instantly changed when contacts with the moisture. It is believed that this result can help improving the quality and durability of the earthen architecture using the rammed earth method and the efficiency in practice.

Effect of Health Behavior and Obesity Indices on Blood Pressure in Peru Low-income Urban Areas (Baseline 조사 결과를 이용한 페루 도시 빈곤지역 주민의 건강행태와 비만이 혈압에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jae Woo;Nam, Eun Woo;Kim, Dohyeong;Yoon, Youngmin
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is analysing the influence of how health behavior such as smoking, drinking, and consuming salt and obesity affects to blood pressure and providing useful data for preventing ischemic heart disease of Peru which is main cause of death since 2012 and promoting healthy lifestyle of community. Methods: At the selected four districts in Lima and Callao region of Peru by KOICA Peru office, survey was conducted among adults over the age of 18. Excepted 19 incomplete people for the missing, 686 people were analysed in this survey. Results: There was no significant relationship between blood pressure and drinking and salt intake. By regression analysis, systolic blood pressure was significantly related with gender, age and abdominal obesity and diastolic blood pressure was significantly related with gender and abdominal obesity. Conclusions: As a result, diastolic and systolic blood pressure are mainly affected by waist circumference and gender. Therefore, It's need to be classifying male into vulnerable groups in the occurrence of hypertension and providing health education and information about hypertension to them. For improving health status of vulnerable group, awareness of hypertension prevention and changing unhealthy lifestyle to healthy lifestyle activities are necessary. In the end, it is necessary to prevent abdominal obesity through periodic health education.

A Study on the Global Strategy and Challenges of Paperless Trade in Korea (한국 전자무역의 글로벌 전략과 과제에 관한 연구)

  • Yun, Soo-Young
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.3-33
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    • 2010
  • Paperless trade is a new trade paradigm that has innovated on traditional trade procedures, which relied on manual work in the past, and applied an IT-based e-document standard. To realize paperless trade in Korea, a lot of efforts have been made. Korea has overcome many difficulties, a lack of awareness, trials and errors, etc. at the initial introduction stage and strived to establish a stable infrastructure through the government's policy support and active cooperation with the trade business communities and related organizations. Now, Korea became a well-known leader in IT industry, especially in the paperless trade infrastructure and strategic policies. The one-stop trading system named 'uTradeHub' is operated by a paperless trade service provider, Korea Trade Network(KTNET). uTradeHub includes trade finance and settlement, customs clearance and export and import logistics, improving trading procedures and reducing related expenses. Private-Public joint efforts from Korean government and private sectors which have respectively fulfilled their role and function with market-oriented practical policies and strategies has lead Korea a world leading country in paperless trade. Moreover, Korea expended its efforts to the global areas. Korea has started to activate multi-national paperless trade alliances such as PAA(Pan-Asia e-Commerce Alliance), ASEAL(Asia Europe Alliance for Paperless Trading) as well as established the bilateral cooperative networks with China and Taiwan. The one-stop trading system, uTradeHub should keep close cooperations between nations since trade itself is implemented in a cross-border ways. In the near future, it is expected uTradeHub can achieve best results in the simplification of procedures and cost savings when an international linkage is completely established with international cooperations.

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Hospital Workers' Experience with Hospital Evaluation Program: A Focus Group Study (의료기관 평가에 관한 병원 종사자들의 경험: 포커스 그룹 연구)

  • Yi, Myung-Sun;Oh, Ji-Hyeon;Hwang, Hye-Min;Kwon, Eun-Jin;Lee, Jeong-Hee;Park, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.568-579
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand and describe the hospital workers' experience related to the hospital evaluation program implemented in Korea between 2004 and 2009. Methods: During 2010, data were collected using focus group interviews. Four focus group interviews were held with a total of 28 hospital workers participating. All interviews were recorded and transcribed as they were spoken, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Nine themes emerged from the analysis: 1) Positive change in the necessity of the evaluation; 2) Improvement in the hospital system, facilities, and human resources; 3) Unity through cooperation among departments; 4) Nursing work overload; 5) Lack of physicians' awareness and responsibilities; 6) Unfair and unrealistic evaluation items; 7) Lack of credibility of the outcome; 8) Shifting responsibility for negative outcomes to the workers; 9) Lack of pragmatic utility. Conclusion: The results of the study demonstrate that the hospital evaluation program played a key role in improving some work environments and communication among departments. At the same time, they show various negative themes resulting from the context of very authoritarian hospital systems and a connection-oriented society in Korea.

The Problems of the Emergency Rescue and First-aid and the Plan of Improvement in Korea (우리나라 긴급구조$\cdot$구급체계의 문제점과 개선방안)

  • Jung Gi-Sung
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.19 no.2 s.58
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    • pp.81-92
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    • 2005
  • It is natural that The government should be responsibility for the fulfillment of obligation to prevent a notional life, accurate rescue and first-aid from various calamities. Although, The government policy is established a foundation that is reventing a national life and a property from the calamity with deciding of the fire line, that is not satisfied with taking precautions against a calamity. In case of the calamity there is always pointed the confrontation procedures, especially, In case of crisis The government is lacking to come to an developed country on account of system of the emergency rescue and first-aid. The prevention and provision are the most important thing with reference to a confrontation of the calamity. But calamity is happened without warning, so We should establish line of prompt rescue and first-aid lately that is very important thing. The First, We should get the single line of the rescue and first-aid through a integration and elimination in terms of a law of the emergency rescue and first-aid, but also we strengthen a line of a scene confrontation ability and speciality. To raise awareness of improving a rescue and ability of first-aid, through reinforcing the human and material equipment of The 119 rescue party to charge of emergency rescue and first-aid in effect.

Utilization of IT Survey Method in the National Statistics Survey (국가통계조사에서의 IT조사방법 활용에 대한 연구)

  • Shim, Kyu-Ho;Lee, Eui-Kyoo
    • Survey Research
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.137-161
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    • 2009
  • Survey environment has recently been changed along with its bad conditions. Surveyors feel difficult to meet respondents because the number of one person-household and working-together-household has rapidly increased. With a growing awareness of protecting personal information, respondents no longer want to response to a questionnaire. To get responses form an increasing number of non-response houses and respondents who are difficult to meet, Korea National Statistical Office(KNSO) has changed its survey methods and thus introduced new survey methods, free from face-to-face interviews. A telephone interview has officially been allowed for some reasonable situations and it shows a tendency that the trend of interviewing method is moving toward Internet survey. This paper focuses on how survey methods should be changed with the use of IT in response to changes in the survey environment. Survey methods combined with IT have many excellent advantages, Korea has been an enviable World IT contest for a long time. If Korea can apply such an advanced IT environment to survey methods successfully, it will make a great contribution toward improving the survey quality. This paper also reviews which survey method is most appropriate for National Statistics as the survey environment has changed.

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Development and Application of the Learning Program for Improving Problem Solving Ability through Stimulation of Reflective Thinking (문제 해결력 향상을 위한 반성적 사고 촉진 교수 학습 프로그램의 개발 및 적용)

  • Choi, Ji Youn;Jhun, Youngseok
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.104-112
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    • 2013
  • We examined the strategies to stimulate the reflective thinking using science notebook for the improvement of problem solving ability which is one of the core skills for the future. The strategies we derived have four steps which are input, output, solving mission and reflection as my own mirror. We applied the strategies to the 6th grade class for autumn semester in order to examine the students learning process and the result. We could observe that students looked into their own learning and had a time to look back their activities in the class. We could also confirmed that science notebook would be effective to improve the problem solving as stimulating the reflective thinking. In addition, we could specify the strategy of using science notebook in the class. At a 'input' stage, students should be able to choose their own learning style as their preference and teacher need to give them proper feedback. Interaction with peers should be emphasized during the activities as 'question attack' and 'question defense' in 'output' stage and 'solving mission' stage. You should suggest the students various method to record their thought from looking back their classroom activities instead of mere writing. We also examine the students achievement from the students' notebook and Meta Cognitive Awareness test. As a result, students who had studied using science notebook showed statistically meaningful higher achievement than controlled students.

Context awareness Access Control for Ubiquitous Environment (유비쿼터스 환경을 위한 상황 인식 접근제어)

  • Shin, Dong-Wook;Hwang, Yu-Dong;Park, Dong-Gue
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.470-482
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    • 2008
  • This paper propose role base access control model that use context information for ubiquitous environment. Concept of access control that use context information assigns permission that can approach in some information or object in part. And do so that can assigned user in part to it and acquire permission. So it can approach in information or object. Therefore, user approaches in information or object in assigned role, and the role that is allocated ro own is having. So, do so that can secure information or utilization of object safety. Proposa1 model investigated lacking restriction item in GEO-RBAC model. So, it considered that present new restriction condition and role conflict in various case. Also, to GEO-RBAC model proposed suitable model, analyzed old model's advantage, shortcoming. And it presented proposal model to GEO-RBAC because improving this.

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A Phenomenological Study of the Pre-service Teacher Librarian During Student Teaching Practice (예비사서교사의 교육실습에 대한 현상학적 연구)

  • Kwon, SunYoung;Park, JangSoon
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.321-348
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to examine in depth the personal experience of Pre-Service Librarian Teacher during Student Teaching Practice. This helps us understand the overall process and diverse environment of Student Teaching Practice. We conducted in depth interview with participants who had recently experienced. and data analysis was undertaken using the phenomenological method devised by Giorgi. The significance of Pre-service Teacher Librarian experiences during Student Teaching Practice can be summarized in five categories as follows: 'the formation of Pre-service Librarian teacher's awareness about library and librarian through growth process', 'concretization and Strategy Implementation about Career Planning', 'Self-growth Need through experience of student teaching practice', 'Understanding of Organizational Culture Perception of Communication', 'Face reality about library and librarian'. These constituents can be understood in the context of time sequence. The result of this study may contribute for improving the overall environment at Student Teaching Practice.