• 한국음향학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2023

열악한 실내 음환경은 재실자에게 부정적인 영향을 미친다. 선행 연구를 통해 실내 음환경이 재실자의 과업성취도나 직무만족도뿐 아니라 그들의 건강과 웰빙에도 영향을 주는 것으로 알려져왔다. 본 연구는 국내 공공건축물에 위치한 개방형 사무실의 실내 음환경을 평가하고, 재실자의 음환경 쾌적성 향상을 위하여 고려할 필요가 있는 사항을 검토하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 국내 공공건축물에 위치한 13개의 개방형 사무실에서 실내 소음 레벨을 측정하였으며, 측정은 월요일부터 금요일까지 5일간 진행되었다. 측정된 실내 소음 레벨은 ISO 및 EU ALDREN 프로젝트가 개방형 사무실을 대상으로 권장하는 수준을 기반으로 평가하였다. 분석 결과, 근무 시간 동안 재실자가 있는 환경에서의 실내 소음 레벨은 대부분 ISO 기준을 충족하는 것으로 나타났다. 재실자가 없는 심야 시간대의 음환경을 평가한 결과, 3개 사무실의 측정 결과값이 ALDREN의 권장 수준을 충족하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 아울러 측정이 진행된 현장의 특성이 실내 소음도에 유의미한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 건물 외피의 정확한 음향 성능을 파악하는 것이 불가능하였으므로 향후 추가 연구를 통해 건물의 성능과 실내 음환경 간 관계를 규명할 필요가 있다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2023

이 연구의 목적은 진로 진학 상담 교사 제도의 현황을 살펴보고 향후 진로 진학 상담 교사 제도의 과제를 탐색하는 데 있다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 진로 진학 상담 교사 제도의 경우 ①진로 진학 상담 교사 자격요건은 법령에 따른 일정한 교육 및 연수를 통해서이다. ②진로 진학 상담 자격 취득 후 '진로 진학 상담' 교과교사로 전환 발령을 받는 것은 또 다른 선발 기준에 의한다. ③진로 진학 상담 교사는 학교당 1명 이상을 배치하여야 한다. ④서울시교육청에서 제시하는 중등 진로 진학 상담 교사 공통직무는 진로 진학상담부장 교사로서 학교의 진로 교육을 총괄하는 업무를 중심으로 15개 항목으로 제시하고 있다. ⑤교육부에서는 중등학교에서 진로지도를 할 때 참고할 진로지도 지침 진로지도 모형을 활용하고 있다. 둘째, 진로 진학 상담 교사 제도의 과제는 ①진로지도 지침에서 제시하고 있는 진로지도 모형의 이론적 근거에 대한 검토가 필요하다. ②전 교사의 진로 교사 화가 필요하다. ③중학교와 고등학교에 현재 1명으로 배치 되는 진로 진학 상담 교사의 수를 확대할 필요가 있다. ④교과 통합형 진로 교육을 확대할 필요가 있다.

• 벤처혁신연구
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.241-263
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• 2023

최근 중소기업 경영자의 고령화는 기업승계에 있어 주요한 이슈로 부상하고 있다. 우리나라 산업기반인 중소기업의 원활한 승계는 단순히 상속의 논의를 넘어 고용창출 등 국가경제 활력 제고에 중요한 사안이 되고 있다. 이러한 시점에서 본 연구는 기업승계 의도에 미치는 요인에 대해 실증 분석을 했다. 독립변수로는 직원 역량, 마케팅 역량, 디지털 역량으로 구성된 기업 역량과 경영자, 후계자, 제3의 이해관계인과 같은 인적 요인 및 제도적 요소인 법제, 세제, 신탁을 설정하였다. 아울러 매출액 규모의 조절효과를 검증하였다. 설문조사는 중소기업을 운영하고 있는 대표자를 대상으로 실시하였고 총 유효한 설문은 315부였다. 실증분석은 설문조사를 기반으로 위계적회귀분석 방법으로 진행하였다. 실증 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 마케팅 역량과 디지털 역량, 경영자 역량과 후계자 역량, 세제와 신탁은 기업승계 의도에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 주는 것으로 분석됐다. 하지만 제3의 이해관계인과 직원 역량 및 법제는 기업승계 의도에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 유의한 영향을 주는 변인들 중에서 그 영향력의 크기는 세제, 후계자 역량, 경영자 역량, 신탁, 마케팅 역량, 디지털 역량 순으로 나타났다. 둘째, 매출액 규모는 기업승계 의도에 유의한 영향 관계를 보인 변인들 즉 경영자 역량, 후계자 역량, 마케팅 역량, 디지털 역량, 세제 및 신탁과 기업승계 의도간의 관계를 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 원활한 기업승계를 위한 학술적, 실무적 및 제도적 시사점을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.5-22
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• 1969

The urban population of our country is rapidly increasing due to many factors of social structure, and sociologists are predicting that the increase rate of the urban population will be over 50% in 1980's. Above all, the population of the capital city of Seoul, is at present more than four millions. Such centring of people in cities, together with the improvement of the standards of living, caused rapid increase in the amount of fuel consumption, and this consumption of fuels became one of the primary sources of the air pollution in cities. Moreover, the heavy traffic, construction of many tall buildings, and the increasing number of new factories due to the industrial development-all these are contributing to make the matter of air pollution worse and worse in the Metropolitan, whose geographical location is quite unfavorable considered from the view point of air pollution. Most homes in Seoul use briquet as fuel, while oils are used in tall buildings. The CO, $SO_2$, and smoke that come from burning of these fuels are a great threat to the health of the urban population. With the purpose of examining the influence of air pollution upon the public health, written inquiries were made upon respiratory diseases, and the carboxyhemoglobin saturation in the blood was measured to determine whether the air pollution may affect the health of the urban population. Method of Health Examination (1) Investigation of Respiratory Diseases Patients' records were examined to figure out the monthly ambulance rate of respiratory patients to the total number of patients treated. On the other hand, by using the questionnaire form approved by the Medical Research Council's Committee on Research into Chronic Bronchitis, investigators interviewed the examinees and inquired into the respiratory symptoms. (2) Measuring of Carboxyhemoglobin Saturation From the ear lobe of the examinees, with the use of the melangeur for the white blood cell counting, blood was taken, and after diluting it ten times with 0.1% $Na{2}CO_{3}$, again diulting it 20 times with 0.5% $Na_{2}\;CO_{3}$, its absorbancy was measured. The following results are obtained from the investigation. (1) It was found out that 7.7% of the total patients under treatment were suffering from upper respiratory infection, acute or chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary emphysema and bronchiectasis. Of them all, patients with upper respiratory infection numbered the greatest with 4.8% and patients with acute or chronic bronchitis the next with 2.1%, and their monthly ambulance rate was high from December to February during the winter, and from April to May and from September to October during the changeable seasons. (2) The daily ambulance rate of respiratory patients, it was revealed, had a close connection with the concentration of $SO_2$ and CO in the air. (3) It was found out that men were more subject to respiratory disease than women, and both men and women were more liable to the diseases with the advancing of age. (4) People living at Choong-ku with the heavy traffic and in the industrial zones of Yeungdungpo had high frequency of respiratory symptoms. (5) Considered from the view point of occupations, high frequency was found among those without job, with jobs unknown, merchants and intdustrial workers, whose social status was rather low and traffic policemen who were always exposed to the exhaust gas of cars. As for women, the frequency was detected in the order of those from high to low, housewives who were exposed to briquet gas, women with jobs unknown, women without jobs, whose social status was low. (6) Ex-smokers rather than smokers, of both sexes, had higher frequency. As for men, heavy smokers had high frequency, while in women light smokers had rather high frequency which was presumed to be due to their average old age. (7) Men's average of carboxyhemoglobin saturation was 9.48%, while women's was 11.3%, higher than men's. (p<0.05). Age meant no difference in the case of men, but as for women, the saturation was remarkably high between the ages from 20 to 60. (8) No regional difference was detected in the carboxyhemoglobin saturation. (9) The carboxyhemoglobin saturation was found, in the case of men, in the order of office workers, traffic policemen, students, the unemployed, merchants and industrial workers, drivers; and as for women, the order was housewives, office workers, merchants and industrial workers. (10) No significant correlation was found between the carboxyhemoglobin saturation and the concentration of CO detected in kitchens, or between the carhoxyhemoglobin saturation and the passing of time after exposure to briquet gas. No difference of carboxyhemoglobin saturation was detected between smokers and non-smokers, and the degrees of smoking; only, significant negative correlation was found between the passing of time after smoking and the carboxyhemoglobin saturation. It is ture that air pollution causes or aggravates the respiratory diseases, increases the carboxyhemoglobin saturation in the blood, but what seems to be more hazardous to the health is the air polluted by the briquet gas in the kitchens and on-dol rooms rather than the atmospheric air pollution.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.119-141
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• 2000

The current industrial health service is shifting to health improvement business with 1st primary prevention-focused service from secondary and tertiary prevention-focused business, and Oriental medicine can provide such primary prevention-focused service due to the characteristics of its science. In particular, the advanced concept of health improvement can match the science of health care of Oriental medicine. Notably, what is most important in health improvement is our lifestyle, This does not underestimate the socio-environmental factors, which have lessened their importance due to modernism. The approach of Oriental medicine weighs more individuals' lifestyle and health care through self-cultivation. This matches the new model of advanced health business. Oriental medicine is less systemized than Western medicine, but it can provide ample contents that enhance health. If we conceive health-improvement program based on the advantages provided by these two medical systems, this will influence workers to the benefit of their health. Also, health Program needs to define factors that determine individual lives, and to provide information and technologies essential to our lives. The Oriental medicine approach puts more stress on a subject's capabilities than it does on the effect his surrounding environment can have. This needs to be supported theoretically by not only defining the relations between an individual's health state and his lifestyle, but also identifying the degree to which an individual in the industrial work place practices health improvement lifestyle . This is the first step toward initiating health-improvement business . In order to do this, this researcher conducted a survey by taking random samplings from workers, and can draw the following conclusions from it. 1 The sampled group is categorized into', by sender, female 6.6%, and male 93.4%, with males dominant; by marriage status , unmarried 43.9% and married 55.6%, with both similar percentage, and, by age, below 30, 48.4%, between 30 and 39, 27.4%, between 40 and 49, 18.2%, and over 50, 6.0%. The group further is categorized into; by education, middle school or under 1.7%, high school 30.5%, and junior college or higher 65.8% with high school and higher dominant: and by income, below 1.7 million won 24.2%, below 2.4 million won 14.8%, and above 2.4 million 6.3% Still, the group by job is categorized into collegians with 23.9%, office worker with 10.3%, and professionals with 65.8% , and this group does not include workers engaged in production that are needed for this research, but mostly office workers . 2. The subjects selected for this survey show their degree of practicing health-improvement lifestyle at an average of 2.63, health management pattern at 2.64, and health-related awareness at 2.62 The sub-divisions of health-improvement lifestyle show social emotion (2.87), food (2.66). favorite food (2.59), and leisure activities (2.52), in this order for higher points. It further shows health awareness (2.47) and safety awareness (2.40), lower points than those in health management pattern . 3. In the area of using leisure time for health-improvement, males, older people, married, and people with higher income earn higher marks. And, in the area of food management, the older and married earn higher marks . In the area of favorite food management, females, lower-income bracket, and lower-educated show higher degree of practice , while in the area of social emotion management, the older. married, and higher-income bracket show higher marks. In addition, in the area of health awareness, the older, married, and people with higher-income show higher degree of practice. 4. To look at correlation by overall and divisional health-improvement practice degree , this researcher has analyzed the data using Person's correlation coefficient. The lifestyle shows significant correlation with its six sub-divisions, and use of leisure time, food, and health awareness all show significant correlation with their sub-divisions. And. the social emotion and safety awareness show significant correlation with all sub-divisions except favorite food management.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 2006

식품위생에 관한 지식은 식중독의 예방여부, 냉동 냉장식품 보관법, 유통기한 경과 제품처리에 대해서는 조사대상의 87.9%-94.4% 정도가 정확히 알고 있었으나, 식중독의 원인 주요 예방법, 냉장고 보관온도에 대해서는 조사대상의 56.0%-63.0% 정도가 바르게 알고 있었다. 위생지식에 대한 정답률이 낮은 남성, 40대 이외의 연령층, 학력이 낮은, 종업원이 음식조리자인 경우에 대한 지속적인 위생교육이 필요 필요할 것으로 생각되고, 위생교육 미이수자가 위생지식에 대한 정답률이 높은 것으로 보아 교육내용 방법에 대한 개선이 필요하겠다. 위생수준 개선의 필요성에 대해서는 조사대상의 83.6%가, 건강진단의 필요성에 대해서는 조사대상의 78.6%가, 위생교육의 필요성에 대해서는 조사대상의 76.4%가 필요하다고 응답하였다. 위생수준이 미흡한 이유로 영업주의 위생의식이 미흡하여서가 조사대상의 71.6%로 가장 높았고, 개선해야 될 분야에는 업소시설 등 환경위생이 조사대상의 36.7%로 가장 높았다. 위생교육에서 가장 필요한 교육내용으로는 조사대상의 35.7%가 음식의 위생적 품질관리라고 하였고, 29.5%가 전반적인 식품위생의 개요라고 하였으며, 17.7%는 주변환경 및 주방시설의 위생적 취급이라고 응답하였다. 식품위생법 위반시 조사대상의 81.0%는 즉시 시정한다고 응답하였으며, 학력이 높을수록 즉시 시정하겠다는 응답이 많았다. 위생개선을 의해 행정기관에 바라는 점은 조사대상의 73.2%가 시설 및 운영자금지원을 지적하였고, 주기적인 위생교육이 19.3%, 위생공무원의 현지지도가 6.2%였다. 위생실천 실태에서는 위생복 착용률은 31.1%였으며, 조리시에 손을 씻지 않거나 그냥 물로만 씻는 경우가 각각 3.2%, 36.2%였고, 개인위생을 잘 준수한다는 43.7%로서 실천이 제대로 되지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. 이상의 결과로 미흡한 식품접객업소의 위생상태 개선을 위해서는 행정기관의 제도적 보완과 금융지원, 영업주의 직업에 대한 자긍심고취, 위생교육기관의 실효성 있는 위생교육프로그램의 개발 및 교육이 집중적으로 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.79-95
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to investigate the sanitation affairs of general restaurants. The questionnaire survey on the attitude and knowledge toward sanitation, the attitude for sanitary administration and the sanitary education was conducted against new 600 restaurateurs who were educated from June 20 to July 11, 1996, at the administration hall's division of Kyungsangbook-do in charge of food industry that offered regular sanitary education to new restaurateurs annually. And the visit survey on sanitary practice was also conducted over 93 restaurateurs who obtained the commercial license for food service business. The findings from the survey were as follows; In regard to food sanitation, some 87.1 to 88.3% got the right knowledge about the reason and precaution of food poisoning, food's frozen or cold-storage, and the disposal of products after expiration of validity term. But it was about 20.8% to 50.0% who knew right about major precaution, storage temperature in refrigerator, fermented milk product's storage temperature and validity term. There was therefore a necessity for education in food sanitation. 38.2% of the subjects placed an emphasis on sanitary storage of foodstuffs as the most important thing in sanitary management. 33.8% emphasized cooking sanitation. The environmental sanitation was counted as the most important thing by 19.2%, and personal sanitation of worker was counted by 8.8%. There was differences in what they thought the most important thing was, according to the respondent's educational level and cooker. 86.6% replied it necessary to improve the sanitary level. The respondents who were younger or had better educational level emphasized more the need for it. Concerning health examination, 90.2% replied it necessary. 81.4% answered the reason was because there was a potentiality Quests might be infected with contagious disease. 78.5% pointed the need for sanitary education, but respondents with higher educational level less emphasized its needs. As the reason for poor sanitation, restaurateur's poor awareness about it was most frequently pointed out, by 46.9%. Cooking sanitation was most frequently counted, by 38.5%, as the first thing to be improved. As the most critical point in sanitary education, 34.5% indicated food's sanitary Quality control 30.9% mentioned sanitary treatment of kitchen facilities and peripheral environment, and 27.1% emphasized the summary of the general food sanitation. 77.7% answered to correct immediately in case of violating the Food Hygiene Law, and 12.0% replied to correct in the same case if they would get the order from public official or administrative action would be taken. Respondents with higher educational level answered more to correct immediately. What they wanted the government office to do toward sanitary improvement was a fund aid an facilities and management which was pointed out by 38.9%, a periodical sanitary education by 26.3% and a on-the-spot guidance of sanitary officials by 22.3%. In view of the food service business's sanitary practice, the rate of wearing a sanitary clothes was 32.9% in city and 35.0% in county. The rate of hand-washing without soap or non-washing at cooking was 73.9%, 85%, respectively. The rate of personnel sanitation was 34.2% in city and 50.0% in county. These things indicated the sanitation was not well practiced. To improve the poor sanitary conditions of the food service businesses, it is recommended to offer institutional backing and financial aid from administrative office, and encourage restaurateurs to take pride in their job. and conduct the sanitary education effectively by sanitary education institution.

• 역사민속학
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• 제44호
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• pp.145-176
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• 2014

이 연구에서 19세기 함경도 안변도호부의 부사 휘하 행정조직으로서 사족들이 참여하는 향청과 향리들의 작청조직의 직임과 인사관행을 분석하였다. 안변도호부의 신출(新出) '향청(鄕廳) 작청(作廳) 직임(職任) 명안(名案)' 문서를 통해 향청과 작청의 직임과 구성원의 역할, 인사관행 등을 구체적으로 분석하였다. 특히 실질적으로 이 연구에서 향청과 작청의 40개의 직임과 1848년부터 1853년 6년 동안 330여 명에 달하는 직임의 명단을 가지고 족보와 대조를 통해 개개인의 신분 및 가문을 추적하였다. 이들 성씨의 대동보(大同譜) 파보(派譜) 등을 무작위로 일일이 그 본관과 성명을 대조하여 그 중 19명의 가문을 파악할 수 있었다. 안변도호부의 향청 작청의 직임과 직역의 특징은 다음과 같다. 일반적으로 지방행정 조직으로는 사족의 향청과 일반 행정 집행기관으로서의 작청(作廳)과 군사(軍事) 토포(討捕) 등의 업무로서의 장청(將廳)이 존재하는데, 안변에서는 장청의 기능을 향청의 감관과 작청의 호장이 분담하여 지휘하였다. 호장이 장청의 기능을 지휘함으로써 그 역할이 타 지역에 비해 높았다. 안변은 호장 이방 천총 중심의 운영으로 보여진다. 조세(租稅)수입을 보관하는 각창(各倉)은 일반적으로 향청 임원인 좌수(座首) 향소(鄕所)가 겸임하여 관리하는데 비해, 안변에서는 좌수 향소 이외에도 호장 이방 부이방 등이 겸직을 하기도 하고 역임 전후 겸임없이 각창(各倉) 감색(監色)을 단독으로 맡고 있다. 향청 작청 인사는 1주년(周年) 교체를 원칙으로 하고 있으나 연임(連任)이 많으며, 격년(隔年)으로 맡거나, 다음 해에는 타 직임으로 전보(轉補)하는 경우가 많았다. 이는 6년 동안 330여 명의 직임을 171명이 맡은 데에서도 알 수 있다. 족보에서 찾은 19명을 중심으로 보면, 각 직임에 취임하는 나이는 좌수는 5-60대, 향소는 3-40대, 호장 육방들은 비교적 4-50대에, 각창의 색리들은 4-50대이고, 수통인은 20대에 직임을 맡는 것으로 파악된다. 군사(軍事) 토포(討捕) 등의 경찰 업무는 비교적 전문직으로서 자체 순환하여 맡고 있었다. 통상 상천(常賤)이 맡는 각 창의 색리는 감(監)과 색(色)으로 복수로 구성하여, 향청의 향소나 작청의 호장 육방이(六房吏)가 겸임하기도 하고 단독으로 맡기도 하여 신분에 구애 되지 않는 것으로 파악된다. 인사운영의 전반적 특징은 향청 임원은 창감(倉監)을 겸임하기도 하지만 향청내에서만 순환하였다. 반면 작청의 상급 향리인 호장과 이방 직임은 서로 순환하여 맡을 수 있지만 특정 가문이라기보다는 신(申) 이(李) 박(朴) 3개 성씨만이 맡고 있다. 다른 향리들은 상하 구분없이 각색(各色)과 각창(各倉)의 감(監)과 색(色)을 겸임 또는 순환하여 맡고 있다. 경상 호남지역과 달리 향청이나 향리 직임을 몇몇 가문이 세전(世傳)하지 않고, 여러 성씨들이 직임을 돌려 가면서 직역을 분담하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제10호
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• pp.355-385
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• 2005

본 논문은 오랫동안 논의되어 왔던 자치경찰제의 도입방안에 대한 참여정부의 도입안이 확정됨에 따라 주요내용을 분석하고 쟁점사항을 검토하여 보완책을 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 참여정부의 자치경찰 구성은 해당 시${\cdot}$군${\cdot}$구가 자치경찰제 도입의 필요성이 있다고 판단되면 의회에서 조례를 제정하여 실시할 수 있도록 했으며, 시장, 군수, 구청 조직에 과단위의 기구로 운영되도록 한다는 것이다. 주요 업무는 방범, 순찰, 교통단속 등 주민생활과 밀접한 치안서비스와 현재 자치단체가 벌이고 있는 보건, 위생, 환경단속의 업무를 수행하게 된다. 그러나 정부안의 수용을 전제로, 예상되는 몇 가지 쟁점사항을 정리하면 다음의 세가지로 요약할 수 있다. 첫째, 경찰의 기본기능과 관련된 논점이다. 정부안에는 자치경찰에게 일반범죄에 대한 수사권을 주지 않고 있어 ‘경찰의 보조원’에 불과한 것이 아닌가, 하는 것이 논점이 되고 있다. 둘째, 지자체간의 치안서비스의 균형성 논란이 제기될 수 있다. 지방 자치단체간에는 치안환경이 상이하고, 따라서 치안수요도 각기 다르다. 그러기에 자치경찰의 치안서비스는 지자체에 따라 질적인 면에서 차이를 보이게 될 것이다. 셋째, 자치단체 예산으로 운영됨으로서 예상되는 논점이다. 자치경찰이 지자체의 예산으로 운영된다는 점에서, (1) 경찰행정이 일반행정의 하위에 놓여 집행력이 약화 될 수 있다. (2) 경찰기관 간에 협조가 원활하게 이루어지지 않을 수 있다. (3) 예비경찰 보유의 어려움으로 인해 경찰의 기동성(機動性)이 다소 떨어질 수도 있다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.623-634
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• 1994

Although the average menopausal age has not changed, women's life span has increased. Today's women live longer after their menopause than those in the past, and this calls for attention in both nursing and medical fields. Many studies have revealed how women reacted to menopause and suffered from it. But they did not discriminate the menopausal meaning and effects from the climacteric phenomena. So, this author tried to clarify what menopause itself meant to the climacteric women, by means of grounded theory methodology. The interviewees were 21 women, whose ages were between 46 and 60 years. They were selected by theoretical sampling technique, and the author tried to include all levels of important variables such as age, educational background, religion and job. Data were collected by the author through in -depth interviews and observations in July, 1994. The interviews were mostly done in the homes of the subjects, or in some cases at the author's office or in a hospital. Interviews took from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Interviews were tape recorded and transcribed later by a research assistant. Data were analyzed as gathered, by the constant comparative method proposed by Strauss and Corbin. Eleven concepts were discovered from the data, and they were grouped under six higher order categories. These six categories were "to give menopause a meaning", "to experience value change", "to have self-help strategies", "to have no strategies", "to live a life worth living", "to have a sense of powerlessness" Among these "to experionce value change" was . selected as the core category. Five major categories were systematically integrated around the core category. Women's adaptation to menopause was defined as proceeding as follows : Most women felt relief and sorrow at the same time when they faced menopause, and some only sorrow or agony. Then, they consulted with others about menopausal symptoms, or tried to think of them by themselves. Finally, they gave menopause a meaning, which was that menopause and its symptoms were natural phenomena. But menopause made women reflect on them-selves and their past lives. As they reflected on themselves, their value on life began to change. As their value changed, some women seeked self help strategies. Those self help strategies were what they had learned from collegues, professionals or mass media. The quality of their lives depended on whether they practiced self help strategies or not. Three types of lives were found. Twelve women enjoyed a life worth living, and practiced the self help strategies, because they accepted menopause a chance to change. They were characterized by a high educational level, having a professional job and a sincere faith in God. Seven women were living as usual, because they did not have the necessity to change. They were high school graduates and house wives. Two women recognized menopause a chance to change, but they did not try self help strategies. Their characteristic was low educational level. Those who did not try self help strategies complained of powerlessness to varying degrees. The educational background, full-time jobs and faith helped women adapt to menopause positively. But social support was not helpful to women's adaptation to menepause. Three hypotheses were derived from the analysis. (1) The higher the educational level, the more theneed to change. (2) Women with higher educational background will practice self help strategies more than those with lower edcational background. (3) The more women practice self help strategies, the worthier lives they will live. Suggestions for further studies are as follows. (1) Studies to test hypotheses are needed. (2) A study to find the relationship between the degree of practicing self help strategies and locus of control. (3) Spiritual approaches would better be applied to help menopausal women. (4) Education through mass media should be given mere frequently.