• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.268-283
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• 2016

Among men, depression is often unrecognised and untreated. Men employed in male-dominated industries and occupations may be particularly vulnerable. However, efforts to develop tailored workplace interventions are hampered by lack of prevalence data. A systematic review of studies reporting prevalence rates for depression in male dominated workforce groups was undertaken. Studies were included if they were published between 1990 - June 2012 in English, examined adult workers in male-dominated industries or occupations (> 70% male workforce), and used clinically relevant indicators of depression. Twenty studies met these criteria. Prevalence of depression ranged from 0.0% to 28.0%. Five studies reported significantly lower prevalence rates for mental disorders among male-dominated workforce groups than comparison populations, while six reported significantly higher rates. Eight studies additionally found significantly higher levels of depression in male-dominated groups than comparable national data. Overall, the majority of studies found higher levels of depression among workers in male-dominated workforce groups. There is a need to address the mental health of workers in male-dominated groups. The workplace provides an important but often overlooked setting to develop tailored strategies for vulnerable groups.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to analyze 157 processes of 145 industries that exceeded Korean Occupational Exposure Limits (KOEL) for carcinogen during the 11 year period from 1999 to 2009. The data included number of industry and workers exposed, type of carcinogen and their exceeded ratio, type and size of industry in each year. These data were collected by 46 regional employment & labor offices in Korea using work environment monitoring reports. The result showed that, in each year, about 10 industries exceed their carcinogen exposure limit. The most common carcinogen exceeding KOEL were found to be formaldehyde, benzene, ethylene oxide and chromium VI. The carcinogen with the highest level of over-exposure were in the order of formaldehyde, benzene, ethylene oxide and asbestos. Fabricated metal product manufacturing industry were found to be most vulnerable against carcinogen with 11.1% of them exceeding carcinogen KOEL followed by electronic components manufacturing industry (8.3%), chemical products manufacturing industry (6.3%), and electrical equipments manufacturing industry (4.9%). The industry employing less than 50 workers had the highest percentage of exceeding carcinogen KOEL with 52.8%. The result also showed that strengthening KOEL for benzene and asbestos helped reduce the level of carcinogen over-exposure. Based on these results, strengthening the KOEL or new regulation turned out to help reduce the carcinogen over-exposure level. Benzene, ethylene oxide and chromium VI were the most frequently over-exposed carcinogen with the highest level. Therefore, these chemicals need to be regulated with a highest priority to improve the workplace environment. The results also show that the small-sized industries employing less than 50 workers was the most vulnerable against carcinogen exposures. Therefore, more government support are needed for these small-sized industries to help them to improve their workplace environment.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.64-70
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• 2018

Objectives: In most countries around the world, sex work is an illegal activity. Female sex workers (FSWs) in Iran hide their identities, and they are known to be a hard-to-reach population. Despite free access to HIV testing, fewer than half of FSWs receive HIV testing. The purpose of this study was to characterize the reasons for which FSWs do not seek testing at drop-in centers (DICs) and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) centers in Iran. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in 2016. The participants were 24 FSWs who received services at VCT centers and DICs for vulnerable females in the north of Iran and 9 males who were the clients of FSWs. In this study, we made use of purposive sampling and carried out a thematic analysis. Results: We found 4 major and 6 minor themes. The major themes were: fear of being infected (with HIV), stigma, indifference, and knowledge. Conclusions: Despite the significant efforts made by the government of Iran to establish and expand DICs for vulnerable females, the number of FSWs receiving services at these centers has not been very considerable. Consequently, by introducing and implementing training programs for peer groups, it may be possible to take steps toward establishing strategic programs for the control and prevention of HIV/AIDS.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.263-272
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• 2022

폭염과 도시열섬현상은 기후변화가 진행됨에 따라 피해가 더욱 커지고 있으며, 2050년까지 폭염 발생빈도는 2~6배가 증가될 것으로 예측된다. 특히, 폭염기간동안 건설공사현장에서의 근로자가 느끼는 더위체감지수는 매우 높으며, 도시열섬현상까지 고려하게 되면 체감지수는 더욱 높아진다. 열에 취약한 건설현장 환경과 건설근로자의 상황은 나아지지 않고 있으며, 피해를 줄이기 위해서는 효과적인 대응이 필요한 시점이다. 본 연구에서는 인공위성영상 이미지와 Land Surface Temperature (LST)와 Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) 딥러닝 모델 기법을 적용하여 33℃ 이상 온도가 되는 지역을 분석하고, 폭염에 취약한 건설공사현장을 식별하여 폭염 및 도시열섬현상의 복합적인 피해를 가중시킬 수 있는 가장 취약한 지역을 예측하여 도출하였다. 예측 결과를 통해 건설근로자의 안전을 보장하고, 건설현장 경보시스템의 기반이 될 수 있기를 기대한다.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제35권
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• pp.10.1-10.10
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• 2023

The purpose of this paper was to review the problems relating to Korea's occupational health services and suggest ways to improve them. Korea can be classified as a welfare state type of conservative corporatism partially interwoven with liberalism. While experiencing compressed economic growth, the economic sectors of developed (excess areas) and developing (deficient areas) countries are interwoven. Therefore, it is necessary to perfect conservative corporatism along with a complementary reinforcement of liberal contents and to apply a multilayered approach focusing on complementing the deficient areas. It is essential to form a national representative indicator related to occupational health, and a strategy for selection and concentration is needed. The proposed central indicator is the occupational health coverage rate (OHCR), which is the number of workers who have applied for mandatory occupational health services under the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the numerator with the total working population in the denominator. This paper proposes ways to raise the OHCR, which is currently at the level of 25%-40%, to 70%-80%, which is the level of Japan, Germany, and France. To achieve this target, it is necessary to focus on small businesses and vulnerable workers. This is an area of market failure and requires the active input of community-oriented public resources. For access to larger workplaces, the marketability of services should be strengthened and personal intervention using digital health resources should be actively attempted. Taking a national perspective, work environment improvement committees with tripartite (labor, management, and government) participation for improvement of the working environment need to be established at the center and in the regions. Through this, prevention funds linked to industrial accident compensation and prevention could be used efficiently. A national chemical substance management system must be established to monitor the health of workers and the general public.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.511-519
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• 2021

본 연구는 수도권 지역의 자활프로그램 참가 근로자들의 우울 수준과 구강 건강이 삶의 질에 미치는 영향에 대하여 살펴보고자 한다. 연구 방법은 자활 근로자 569명을 대상으로 2020년 7월 26일부터 9월 5일까지 설문 조사를 시행하였다. 조사항목으로는 우울 수준, 잇몸 지수, 주관적 구강 증상, 구강 건강 삶의 질을 조사하였으며, 연구 결과 다음과 같다. 전신질환이 있는 근로자에서 우울 수준, 잇몸 지수, 구강 증상, 삶의 질 모두 부정적으로 나타났다. 우울 수준이 높은 집단은 잇몸 건강, 구강 증상, 구강 건강 삶의 질 모두 부정적으로 높게 나타났으며, 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 또한 우울은 잇몸 건강, 구강 증상, 구강 건강 삶의 질과 부적 상관성을 나타냈다. 우울, 잇몸 지수와 구강 증상은 구강 건강 삶의 질에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 요인으로 나타났으며 특히 구강 증상이 구강건강 삶의 질에 가장 큰 영향력을 나타냈다. 자활근로자는 구강 건강에 취약하므로 구강건강에 대한 올바른 인식과 관리를 위한 구강보건교육이 필요하며 계속구강건강관리가 이루어질 수 있도록 사회취약계층을 위한 구강보건정책 개선이 필요하다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.383-389
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• 2020

Accidents on construction sites involving fires do not occur as often as accidents involving falls from height or collapses. However, once a fire accident occurs, there is a high risk of a large number of casualties. Fire on construction sites is affected by working conditions and the types of activities the construction workers are engaged in at the sites. This study aims to identify activities and working conditions at construction sites that are vulnerable to fire, and analyse how they correlate with each other and how they affect the causes and consequences of fire accidents at construction sties. I analysed 40 fire accident reports and listed the situations vulnerable to fire at construction sites considering direct causes, activities, and working conditions. The most dangerous combination of fire hazards can be the heating devices used during rest/sleep in the office/cabin/storage during cold weather. The next most hazardous combination can be sparks arising from painting, waterproofing, insulation, plumbing, or welding/melting work in an underground or confined space.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.247-260
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual and working environment-related factors affecting hypertension among middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers in South Korea. Methods: This was a secondary data analysis of data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). The study sample included 1,319 middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers who were diagnosed without hypertension and older than 45 years at Wave 1 of the KLoSA. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis using SPSS 20.0. Results: About 20% of the middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers were diagnosed with hypertension within about 8 years from the baseline. the significant predictors of hypertension among the participants were age, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, frequency of health examinations, working hours per week, the presence of regular day off, and the type of job. Conclusion: Middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers are vulnerable to work-related health problems. In order to prevent hypertension among self-employed workers, it is necessary to improve the work environment-related factors as well as individual life styles.

• 웰빙융합연구
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2023

Purpose: It is necessary to prepare more groundbreaking measures to prevent recurrence in order to reduce the number of industrial accidents in Korea that occur steadily. In particular, since workers with disabilities are much more vulnerable to disaster safety than non-disabled workers, there is a great need to build a customized safety environment system suitable for the characteristics of the work in which workers with disabilities work and to promote management efficiency. Research design, data and methodology: Based on the analysis of the actual status of safety and health management of workplaces for the disabled, such as small, medium-sized and major businesses in Korea, an app was designed and developed to improve safety and health management efficiency of workplaces for the disabled. First, it was designed so that managers of workplaces with disabilities can understand at a glance key legal information that managers need to know and it was improved to suit the eye level of disabled workers so that they could self-evaluate the risk of their work by applying the risk assessment model for workplaces with disabilities. In addition, a mobile education environment was created in which safety and health education contents suitable for the characteristics of disabled workers can be learned by themselves. Results: When this app is applied to domestic workplaces, it is possible to check the exact contents of occupational safety and health education and easily search and check various legal information anytime, anywhere, allowing managers and disabled workers to quickly and efficiently manage various safety information. Conclusions: In addition, the establishment of a mobile safety and health management system that can quickly identify and clearly respond to various legal standards and risks of workplaces with disabilities can be expected to help prevent industrial accidents at workplaces with disabilities in Korea.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 한국고용정보원의 청년패널조사(YP2007) 10-14차(2016~2020년) 직업력 자료를 이용하여 미혼 청년층의 주거 관련 특성 현황들을 살펴보고, 주거의 특성들과 취업한 일자리의 특성들이 결혼 의향(의지)에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과를 종합해 보면, 고학력층, 고임금 취업자, 가구주이거나 경제적으로 독립한 청년층, 경제적으로 재정상태가 좋은 청년층은 결혼 의지가 높게 나타나고 있어 경제적 여건이 매우 중요한 요인으로 작용하고 있다. 결과적으로 부모로부터 경제적으로 독립한 상당수의 청년취업자 중에서도 상용직, 대기업, 고임금의 청년층은 결혼할 의향이 높게 나타나고 있는 반면, 임시/일용직, 중소기업, 저임금의 고용상태가 취약한 청년층은 결혼에 대한 의향도 낮게 나타나고 있다. 결국 노동시장에서 취약한 상태에 있는 청년층의 경우도 자신의 생애과정에 있어 매우 중요한 의미를 가지고 있는 결혼에 대해서도 포기하거나 미루게 되는 현상이 나타나고 있는 것으로 추정된다. 이에 청년층의 일자리 문제에 대한 개선과 지원정책을 강화함과 동시에 주거문제의 개선 및 대책도 충분히 검토되어야 한다.