• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.64-70
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the raise of cigarette prices by KRW 2,000 at the beginning of 2015 on the change in smoking behavior among male office workers, and to analyze the correlation of various factors including their work behaviors and socio-economic factors with their smoking rate. Methods: In this research, a follow-up observation panel was constituted with 420 smokers as targets from among male office workers at a bank located in Daegu, South Korea. A cross-analysis and ANOVA analysis were carried out in order to examine whether changes in smoking status, amount of smoking, stop-smoking motivation, and reasons for smoking cessation failure after the passage of time since the cigarette price hike were statistically significant. The level of statistical significance was P < 0.05. Results: After the cigarette price hike, among the 420 smokers who were the target of the panel the rate of smoking cessation declined at the time-point of the survey to 15.5%, 12.4%, 8.5%, and 5.7% after one month, three months, six months, and 12 months, respectively. As a result of a follow-up observation of 65 smokers who stopped smoking immediately after the price hike, the actual non-smoking rate declined to 15.5%, 8.3%, 4.4%, and 3.1% after one month, three months, six months, and 12 months, respectively. One (1) year after the cigarette price hike, the non-smoking rate among the 420 smokers reached as low as 3.1% (13 persons). The most important reason for the failure of the attempts to quit smoking was stress for more than 60% of the smokers who attempted to stop. Conclusions: It seems that a powerful anti-smoking policy by the state targeting the nation's workers is necessary. For companies, mediation for workers' job stress can become a strategy for the success of non-smoking attempts. The government seems to require a practical policy to reduce the smoking rate by actively carrying out social, economic, and scientific research to come up with a reduction method for the cigarette hazard, an effective price hike policy, and other non-price policies.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.812-820
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• 1999

The aim of this investigation was to assess the difference of health behaviors, dietary patterns and nutrient intakes between smokers and nonsmoker from 435 free living elderly in Kyunggi province. The study subjects were interviewed to collect general characteristics and health behaviors such as smoking, exercise, alcohol consumption, and food habits by questionnaires and nutrient intakes by a 24-hour recall, and weight, height, waist, hip, and blood pressure were measured. The percentages of smoker were 52.3% in males and 12.1% in females. Current smokers were fond of alcohol, salty or hot food, tended to have meals irregularly and insufficient sleep, and were inactive lifestyle compared to nonsmokers. Smokers consumed fewer servings of vegetables, fruits, and beans and their products. Women who smoked consumed less energy, carbohydrates, and vitamin E than nonsmokers, and their nutrient adequacy ratio of protein, iron, phosphate, niacin, vitamin B1, and vitamin C were significantly lower than nonsmokers. There were no differences of nutrient intakes and nutrient adequacy ratio between smokers and nonsmokers in male subjects. In conclusion, elderly smokers tended to have less healthy life style, food habit, and dietary nutrient intakes which may influence the deleterious effects of smoke components on cancer and coronary heart disease risk, thus health education program should include nutrition education as well as smoking cessation.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.272-278
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• 2008

Objectives: To compare the health behaviors of widowed women with those of currently married women. Methods: We randomly sampled the subjects from the Jeollanamdo Resident Registration Data and we then selected 2,331 widowed women and 4,775 married women. Well-trained examiners measured the height, weight, blood pressure and abdomen circumference, and the women were interviewed with using a questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the odds ratios(OR) of the two groups. Results: The smoking rate (OR=2.46; 95% confidence interval [CI]1.65, 3.66) was significantly higher for the widowed women. On the contrary, the awareness rate of a smoking cessation campaign (OR=0.80; 95% CI=0.70, 0.92), a quit tobacco telephone line (OR=0.73; 95% CI =0.61, 0.88) and a quit smoking clinic (OR=0.74; 95% CI=0.62, 0.89) were lower for the widowed women. The rate of receiving a health exam (OR=0.80; 95% CI=0.70, 0.91), the rate of undergoing gastric cancer screening (OR=0.77; 95% CI=0.68, 0.88), breast cancer screening (OR=0.79; 95% CI=0.69, 0.89), cervix cancer screening in the last 2 years (OR=0.81; 95% CI=0.71, 0.92), colon cancer screening in the last 5 years (OR=0.74; 95% CI=0.63, 0.87) were significantly lower for the widowed women. Conclusions: This study revealed that the health behaviors are significantly different between the widowed women and the married women. To improve the health behaviors of the widowed women, further study and research that will investigate the socioeconomic and environmental factors that affect the health behaviors of widowed women will be needed.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2006

Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the factors related to the perceived peer smoking prevalence for adolescents. Methods: A self-administrated questionnaire was administered to 352 students in a technical high school in Kangwon Province in May, 2002. The questions included in the questionnaire were concerned with the estimated number of smokers among ten students of the same grade in their school, the sociodemographic characteristics, the smoking-related behaviors and attitudes, and the smoking-related environments. All the students had their expiratory carbon monoxide level measured with EC50 Micro-Smokerlyzer? to verify their smoking status. Multiple regression analysis was applied for data analysis using Windows SPSS 11.5. Results: The former and current smokers overestimated the peer smoking prevalence. Multiple regression analysis for estimating the peer smoking prevalence for the male showed that the perceived smoking prevalence was higher in the female students than in the male students, higher in those students whose mothers had a higher educational level, who had smoked more frequently, who had more best friends smoking, and who had a higher actual smoking rate of the class. For estimating the peer smoking prevalence for the female, the perceived smoking prevalence was higher in the female students than in the male students, higher in those who smoked more frequently, whose five best friends smoked, who had higher actual smoking rate of the class, and who had smoking siblings. Conclusions: This study showed that a higher perceived peer smoking rate is related with their own smoking history and smoking frequency, the smoking related environment, and gender. Smoking prevention and smoking cessation programs need to focus on correcting the falsely perceived smoking prevalence.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.277-290
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• 2001

This study was conducted to examine if the revised HPM was appropriate to explain smoking quitting behavior. A convenience sample of 400 college students enrolled in the universities located in Seoul and Kyunggi-Inchon province was selected. According to the study results, smoking-specific cognitions and affect included in the study could significantly explain commitment to a plan to quit smoking which was one of the behavioral outcomes in the revised HPM. The study result showed that among predictors, smoking-related affect, perceived benefit of quitting smoking, and perceived self-efficacy significantly explained commitment to a plan to quit smoking, but perceived barriers and interpersonal influences did not. The model for smoking quitting behavior formulated with smoking-specific cognitions and affect was statistically significant and the model explained 48 percent of variance in smoking quitting behavior. More specifically, it was shown that among smoking-specific cognitions and affect, only smoking-related affect, interpersonal influences, and perceived self-efficacy were the significant predictors to explain smoking quitting behavior. Smoking-related affect was the most important variable to explain smoking quitting behavior, followed by perceived self-efficacy. However, the influence of commitment to a plan to quit smoking on smoking quitting behavior was not statistically significant. Lastly, the model for smoking quitting behavior formulated with individual characteristics and experiences could explain 13 percent of the variance in behavior to quit smoking. Although the model is statistically significant, only the number of quitting attempts had significant and direct influence on behavior to quit smoking, while the remaining variables did not.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.123-140
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• 2016

Objectives : This study aimed to evaluate the factors influencing health promotion behaviors in elderly men. Methods : We used data from the 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We analyzed difference between sociodemographic characters, health statuses, and health promotion behaviors by age. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the relation between health promotion behaviors and sociodemographic factors by age. Results : Health promotion behaviors related to aging were weight control effort, health screen examination, smoking cessation, and influenza vaccination. Socioeconomic statuses of elderly men declined from the preliminary age, and health status was influenced by the reduction of social role. Health promotion behaviors such as weight control, health screen examination, and performance of aerobic activities were decreased in men of advanced aged. Conclusions : The health promotion behaviors of elderly men differed significantly with age.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.266-275
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• 2011

Purpose: The study investigated the relationship of health behavior with bone mineral density (BMD) for college students. Methods: A descriptive study was done using a convenient sampling of college students (n=116) enrolled in a health-related department. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), health behaviors recognition of subjective health, smoking, drinking, exercise, food habits, intake of calcium, and family history of fracture were measured. BMD was measured at the right forearm using Hologic lunar duel-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA and multiple linear regression. Results: The prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis was 41.4% and 22.4%, respectively. Significant relationships were observed between BMD of right forearm and gender, BMI, subjective health recognition, drinking, and exercise (p<.05). Results of linear regression after adjusted BMD were increased concerning subjective health recognition and regular exercise (p<.05). Conclusions: Subjective health recognition and exercise carries positive effects on BMD. We recommend for college students that healthy behaviors like proper weight, smoking cessation, regular exercise, regular food habits, and health awareness are helpful to BMD.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.87-100
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• 2011

이 연구는 보건소 금연클리닉에 등록하여 6개월 금연에 성공한 사람들의 장기적인 금연 지속 여부와 재흡연에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위하여 실시되었다. 2008년 1월부터 2009년 2월까지 C시 보건소 금연클리닉에 등록하여 6개월 금연에 성공한 920명 중 조사에 응한 남성 159명을 최종 분석 대상으로 하였다. 연구 자료는 금연클리닉 등록카드와 2010년 9월 20일부터 10월 20일까지 실시된 우편설문을 통해 수집되었다. 연구에 포함된 변수는 응답자들의 흡연상태, 인구사회학적 특성, 금연클리닉 등록 당시의 흡연관련 특성, 금연클리닉을 통하여 제공받은 서비스, 건강행태, 건강믿음모형의 구성 변수 등이었다. 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 6개월 금연성공자 중 지속적 금연성공자는 57.2%, 중간 흡연자는 17.0%, 재흡연자는 25.8%였다. 재흡연자들의 재흡연 이유는 스트레스가 쌓여서 76.2%, 본인의 의지가 약해서 16.7%, 주위의 유혹에 의해서 7.1%로 나타났다. 응답자의 인구사회학적 특성, 과거의 흡연관련 특성, 제공받은 금연상담서비스, 건강행태 요인 등은 6개월 금연 성공자의 1년 후 재흡연 여부에 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하였으며, 건강믿음모형의 구성요소 중 (1) 흡연으로 인한 질병의 발생 가능성, (2) 흡연으로 야기되는 질환의 심각성, (3) 금연의 건강증진에 대한 도움, (4) 금연으로 인한 스트레스와 사회생활에 대한 장애정도, (5) 자기효능감이 단변량분석에서 재흡연 여부에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 서열 로짓 분석을 시행한 결과 이 중 (4) 금연으로 인한 스트레스와 사회생활에 대한 장애정도, (5) 자기효능감만이 재흡연 여부에 유의한 영향을 미쳤으며, 특히 자기효능감이 매우 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이 연구를 통해 보건소 금연클리닉을 통하여 6개월 금연에 성공한 남성들 중 상당수가 재흡연을 하게 된다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 재흡연자들은 다시 담배를 피우게 된 이유를 스트레스의 증가나 자신의 의지부족 때문이라고 하였으며, 재흡연에 영향을 미치는 요인이 금연자의 인구사회학적 변수나, 과거의 금연습관보다는 심리학적 요인, 특히 자기효능감과 금연과 관련된 인지된 장애임도 밝혀졌다. 이러한 연구결과는 금연클리닉 등록자 중 재흡연 위험이 높은 사람을 선별하여 맞춤식 관리를 하는데 도움을 줄 것으로 기대되며, 금연 클리닉 등록자를 위한 스트레스 해소나 자기효능감 강화 프로그램 개발이 시급함을 시사한다. 이 연구는 일개 중소도시의 금연클리닉 등록자 중 남성만을 대상으로 하였고, 우편조사로 인한 낮은 응답률, 조사 시기에 따른 회상 오차, 금단 증상, 행동계기(cue to action), 금연에 대한 사회적 지지와 같은 변수가 누락되는 등 연구방법론 상에 제한이 있어 연구결과의 일반화에 주의를 요하며, 향후 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 보완할 필요가 있다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.556-565
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• 2004

Purpose: According to Lazarus & Folkman (1984), appraising a stressor as a threat is associated with negative psychological and physical adjustment, whereas appraising a stressor as a challenge is positive psychological and physical adjustment. This study examined how cognitive appraisal of PTCA(heart disease threat and treatment appraisal) related to the cardiac risk reduction behaviors(smoking cessation, low salt and low cholesterol diet, regular exercise and stress management) 6 weeks following discharge. Method: Data were collected from 50 subjects with successful primary PTCA. Result: Heart disease threat was negative related to treatment appraisal (r=-0.240, p=0.046). Psychological well-being was negative related to heart disease threat (r=-0.317, p=0.012) and positive related to treatment appraisal(r=0.402, p=0.002). The cardiac risk reduction behaviors score was negative related to heart disease threat(r= -0.296, p=0.018) and positive related to treatment appraisal(r=-0.291, p=0.020). Conclusion: More negative appraisal was related to lower the cardiac risk reduction behaviors score. But more positive appraisal was related to higher the cardiac risk reduction behaviors score. So, there is a need to develop the cognitive-behavioral intevention that increase the coping strategy to replace with positive appraisal.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.656-665
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• 2016

연구목적: 이 연구는 한국의 재림교인과 일반 인구집단간의 생활습관 및 건강행동 비교 분석 연구를 통하여 특성과 관련요인들을 도출하고자 실시하였다. 연구방법: 수도권 지역 만 20세 이상 재림교인 878명과 제4기 2차년도 국민건강영양 조사자료 중에서 수도권 지역 만 20세 이상 3,000명을 대상으로 건강행태와 관련된 건강검진, 흡연, 음주, 신체활동, 주관적 스트레스, 체중관리, 구강건강 관련 항목의 비교는 카이제곱 검정을 사용하였으며, 건강행동에 기여요인을 확인하기 위해 로지스틱회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과: 건강검진율은 재림교인이 일반 인구집단보다 높게 나타났으며(p<0.001), 재림교인은 연령이 낮은 20-30대에서 검진율이 낮게 나타났다(p<0.001). 평생 흡연 경험율 및 현재 흡연율에서 재림교인이 일반 인구집단보다 현저하게 낮게 나타났으며(p<0.001), 재림교인 중 과거 흡연자의 금연 성공율은 매우 높게 나타났다. 음주율에서는 재림교인이 일반 인구집단보다 현저하게 낮게 나타났으며, 재림교인은 신앙기간이 짧을수록 음주를 많이 하는 것으로 나타났으며(p<0.001), 남자가 여자보다 음주율이 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.001). 중등도 신체활동 및 걷기 운동에서 재림교인은 일반 인구집단보다 실천율이 높게 나타났으며, 재림교인들의 남자가 여자보다 중등도 신체활동은 높은 것으로 나타났다(p<0.001). 결론: 이상에서 나타난 재림교인들의 건강생활습관에서 흡연 및 음주 등에서는 일반 인구집단에 보다 탁월하게 건강생활을 실천하고 있어 추후 보다 심층적인 추적관찰 연구 등이 필요해 보인다.