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Behavioral Modification Regarding Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma with a Health Belief Model Using Integrated Learning

  • Phatisena, Panida;Eaksanti, Tawatchai;Wichantuk, Pitsanee;Tritipsombut, Jaruwan;Kaewpitoon, Soraya J;Rujirakul, Ratana;Wakkhuwattapong, Parichart;Tongtawee, Taweesak;Matrakool, Likit;Panpimanmas, Sukij;Norkaew, Jun;Kujapun, Jirawoot;Chavengkun, Wasugree;Kompor, Porntip;Pothipim, Mali;Ponphimai, Sukanya;Padchasuwan, Natnapa;Kaewpitoon, Natthawut
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.2889-2894
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    • 2016
  • This study aimed to modify behavior regarding liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma prevention in Chumphuang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand through integrated learning. A total of 180 participants were included through purposive selection of high-risk scores on verbal screening. Participants attended the health education program which applied the health belief model included family based, knowledge station based, academic merit based and community based learning. Data were collected using a questionnaire composed of 4 parts: 1) personal information, 2) knowledge, 3) perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers, 4) practice regarding liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma prevention. The result revealed that the majority were female (79.9%), age ${\geq}60$ years old (33.2%), primary school educational level (76.1%), and agricultural occupation (70.1%). The mean scores of knowledge, perception, and practice to liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma prevention, before participated the integrative learning were low, moderate, and low, respectively. Meanwhile, the mean score of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, and barriers, and practice regarding liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma prevention, were higher with statistical significance after participation in the integrated learning. This finding indicates that health education programs may successfully modify health behavior in the rural communities. Therefore they may useful for further work behavior modification in other epidemic areas.

ENHANCEMENT OF FREQUENCY OF RADIATION-INDUCED CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS AND MICRONUCLEI BY ARA C AND 3AB

  • Chung, Hai-Won;Cho, Yoon-Hee;Kim, Su-Young;Kim, Tae yeon;Kim, Yang-Ji;Lee, Ra-Mi;Seo, Soo-Ra;Kim, Tae-Hwan;Ha, Sung-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.124-124
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    • 2002
  • In order to determine the effect of the DNA repair inhibitors, cytosine arabinoside(Ara C)and 3-aminobenzamide(3AB) on the frequenceis of chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei induced by radiation. After in vitro exposure of human lymphocytes to x-ray(1-3Gy) DNA repair inhibitors, Ara C and 3AB were treated and the frequencies of micronuclei, translocation and dicentric chromosomes were analysed using FISH technique with DNA probe for chromosome 4.(omitted)

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Financial Integrity Strategies for Sustainable Development of Local Public Medical Centers: Focused on Financial Efficiency and Publicness (지방의료원의 재무적 효율성과 공공성 향상을 위한 관련 요인 분석)

  • Kim, Sinah;Sohn, Minsung;Moon, Sungje;Yoon, Heesoo;Choi, Mankyu
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.44-57
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    • 2017
  • The objective of this study is to investigate financial integrity strategies for sustainable development of local public medical centers, and particularly focus on seeking ways to enhance its financial efficiency and publicness. The data which was collected from 33 local public medical centers was analyzed by Data Envelopment Analysis to measure its financial efficiency. Then, Matrix Analysis was used to examine the association of financial efficiency and publicness of local public medical centers with related factors. In the aspects of facilities and location, according to the results, the local public medical centers which have larger number of available hospital beds or located in bigger cities were examined to have higher degree of publicness. In the aspect of human resources, greater number of doctors made both financial efficiency and the degree of publicness decreased, whereas higher participation rate of educational program for doctors affects increasing its financial efficiency and publicness. Lastly, in the aspect of costs, higher labor, material, and administrative cost diminished financial efficiency, but enhanced the degree of publicness. Based on these results, this study concluded that enhancing the publicness of local public medical centers should be pursued by increasing the accessibility with better facilities and location, and also concurrently organizing rational expenditure structure with appropriate cost investment to the resources of local public medical centers. Also, it is necessary to enhance both financial efficiency and publicness simultaneously by improving the quality of health care services through the educational programs for medical staffs.

Problems and Reconsideration of the Concept of Public Health Care (Public Health and Medical Services) in South Korea (한국 내 공공보건의료 개념의 문제점과 재설정)

  • Sung, Jong Ho;Kim, Jung Ha
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.3-9
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    • 2022
  • The concept of "public health care (public health and medical services)" as discussed in South Korea is used in an unclear sense, with a meaning unlike the terminology used worldwide. The terms "public health care (public health and medical services)" and "health care (health and medical services)" have the same legal definition in Korea. Globally, "public health care (public health and medical services)" refers to medical services provided to the public that are operated as publicly funded resources, but in Korea, this term is confined to limited medical services prescribed by the government. The following considerations regarding "public health care (public health and medical services)" in Korea are proposed: All medical services performed by the state, regional governments, health care institutions, or health care workers to protect and promote the health of the people should be clearly established as "public health care (public health and medical services)" by definition. The financial burden borne by the state through national health insurance should be increased to an appropriate level to clarify the state's responsibility. Improving public health is an urgent priority in Korea, and this goal can be achieved by improving regional public health through systematic relationships between the state and regional governments, establishing a Ministry of Health, and efficiently allocating public health doctors who are important for providing regional medical care in rural and remote areas. It will be possible to actively deal with infectious diseases at the national level through establishment of a Ministry of Disease Control and Prevention.