• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 1995

농촌 지역 폐결핵 환자들의 가족검진율과 가족중 결핵이환율을 알아보기 위하여 1981년 1월부터 1990년 12월까지 경북 선산군 보건소에 등록된 환자 1,525명을 대상으로 환자 관리 기록부를 열람하였다. 가족검진율은 전반기가 20.0% 후반기가 78.7%로 시간이 지날수록 가족검진율은 증가하였다. 가족검진율과 관련이 강한 요인은 등록된 환자와 가족 검진 자의 관계였다. 즉 환자의 자녀일 때 검진율이 63.0%, 배우자가 28.9%, 기타 가족 28.8%, 그리고 부모가 19.9%였다. X선검사 결과는 점진자중 결핵이환율과 밀접한 관련이 있었다. 즉 X선검사 결과 더 심할수록 검진가족중 결핵이환율은 더 높았다. 검진자중 발견율은 부모가 6.2%, 배우자 4.3%, 자녀 1.1%, 기타 가족 1.55였다. 이상의 결과로 보아 환자와의 관계가 부모일수록 검진율이 낮고, 반면에 결핵이환율은 높아 이와 간은 고령층에 대한 가족 검진의 향상이 요구된다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.29-46
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• 2006

Purpose: Since 1994, Asian Health Services, the Korean American Community Advisory Board, and the Center for Family and Community Health (University of California at Berkeley) have conducted periodic, population-based surveys on Korean American community health in Alameda County, California. The present study examines changes in health care access and utilization between 1994 and 2002 among Korean American adults in Alameda County, California. Method: We reanalyzed data from the 1994 and 2002 Korean Health Surveys. The primary variables of interest, health care access and utilization, were operationalized in terms of health insurance coverage, routine check-ups, a usual source of health care and reported barriers to health care. The frequency distribution of each indicator was calculated and its standard error was estimated using SUDAAN. The differences between 1994 and 2002 were examined with chi-square test. Results: Compared to 1994, Korean Americans in Alameda County were more likely to have health insurance coverage in 2002 (74.0% vs. 82.7%). Korean Americans in Alameda County were more likely to have received a recent (prior two years) routine health checkup in 2002 (50.4% vs. 57.2%). Health checkups increased over time for males, for adults with more than 12 years of education, and for employed adults. Also, compared to 1994, employed adults were more likely to have a usual source of health care in 2002 (66.5% vs. 78.4%). In both 1994 and 2002, high cost (58.0% vs. 47.8%) was the most commonly cited barrier to health care, and the next most frequently cited barriers were language (29.2% vs. 27.7%) and no time (29.2% vs. 30.3%). Conclusion: To improve health care utilization and health conditions, it is important to investigate factors related to health care and to monitor changing trends. Ongoing surveillance of health-related factors can contribute to the development of health education programs to reduce morbidity and mortality due to chronic disease, and thereby lead to improvements in health status among Korean Americans.