• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.164-174
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical growth and developmental status of infants and children of married immigrant women. Methods: The participants were 92 infants and children aged from birth to 6 yr whose mothers were married immigrant women living in one rural area. Physical growth and developmental status were evaluated by using anthropometric assessment, and Korean Denver II developmental screening test. Results: Of the participants, 10.8% were below the 3rd percentile for weight, 13.0% for length, 5.4% for head circumference, and from 69.6% to 79.3% were distributed below the 50th percentile on growth charts. Further, 18.5% were classified as having questionable development. Factors related to low physical growth in infants and children were mother's weight and mother's level in Korean language classes. Conclusion: The physical growth and developmental status of children is vulnerable and serious. The study results suggest a need for regular growth and developmental evaluations. Political support is important for these mothers. In addition, there also is a need to develop early intervention strategies to promote growth and development of the infants and children of these married immigrant women.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.496-498
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• 2016

현재 국내 지하철에서는 노약자석과 교통약자 배려석 이외에도 임산부만을 위한 '임산부 배려석'을 운영하고 있다. 그러나 실효성이 미비하여 많은 임산부가 교통약자로서 사회적 배려를 받지 못하고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 기존의 임산부 배려석을 활성화하는 방안으로서 근거리 통신기술 중 하이브리드 비콘(Hybrid Beacon)과 모바일 애플리케이션(App)을 활용한 좌석시스템을 제안한다. 먼저 현재 임산부 배려석의 문제점에 대해 알아본 후 시스템의 개념과 시나리오를 소개한다.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2023

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and related factors of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal adult women in South Korea. Methods: Data of 678 postmenopausal adult women aged 19 to 64 were collected from the Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2021 and analyzed by a complex sampling design using SPSS 20.1. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal adult women was 25.8%. The prevalence was 1.93 times (confidence interval [CI]=1.15~3.25, p=.014) higher for high school graduates, 2.55 times (CI=1.33~4.91, p=.005) higher for middle school graduates, and 2.90 times (CI=1.36~6.15, p=.006) higher for elementary school graduates, compared to college graduates. It was found that artificial menopausal women had 2.74 times (CI=1.18~6.38, p=.020) higher prevalence than natural menopausal women. In addition, women who perceived their health as bad were 1.90 times (CI=1.14~3.16, p=.014) higher than women who perceived their health as good, and women who did not muscle exercise more than twice a week had 1.87 times (CI=1.05~3.34, p=.034) higher prevalence than women who did muscle exercise. Conclusion: Therefore, in order to effectively prevent and manage metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal adult women, a focus must be placed on vulnerable groups to manage these factors.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.422-430
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• 2021

Objectives: Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to respiratory infections such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but insufficient research has investigated pregnancy and its outcomes in women with COVID-19. This cross-sectional study compared birth outcomes related to COVID-19 between Bangladeshi pregnant women with and without COVID-19. Methods: The study was conducted at 3 tertiary referral hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from March to August 2020. Pregnant women admitted for delivery at these hospitals with laboratory results (reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction) were analyzed. Using convenience sampling, we included 70 COVID-19-positive and 140 COVID-19-negative pregnant women. Trained and experienced midwives conducted the interviews. Data were analyzed using the t-test, the chi-square test, and univariate and multivariable linear and logistic regression. Results: Pregnant women with COVID-19 were more likely to give birth to a preterm baby (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.15; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06 to 4.37) and undergo a cesarean section (aOR, 3.27; 95% CI, 1.51 to 7.07). There were no significant differences in birth weight, premature rupture of membranes, and the Apgar score at 1 minute or 5 minutes post-delivery between women with and without COVID-19. All the newborn babies who were born to COVID-19-positive women were COVID-19-negative. Conclusions: Our study suggests that pregnant women with COVID-19 were more likely to give birth to a preterm baby and undergo a cesarean section. For this reason, physicians should be particularly cautious to minimize adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women with COVID-19 and their newborn babies.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.355-367
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• 2018

본 연구는 C시에 소재한 보건소의 방문건강관리 대상 노인 중 만성 관절통증이 있는 65세이상 취약계층 재가 여성노인 234명을 대상으로 삶의 질에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인을 파악하기 위한 서술적 상관관계 연구이다. 본 연구의 자료는 일반적 특성, 통증양상, 통증정도, 지각된 건강상태, 일상생활능력, 수면양상, 우울, 삶의 질로 구성된 구조화된 설문지를 통해 2017년 2월 16일부터 3월 13일에 걸쳐 수집되었으며, t-test, ANOVA, 상관분석, 위계적 다중 회귀분석으로 분석하였다. 연구결과, 대상자의 일반적 특성을 포함하여 대상자의 삶의 질에 영향을 미친 변수는 우울(${\beta}=-.60$, p<.001), 통증정도(${\beta}=-.15$, p=.007), 의료보장 유형(${\beta}=.15$, p=.001), 지각된 건강상태(${\beta}=.14$, p=.007), 통증지속기간(${\beta}=-.10$, p=.019), 결혼상태(${\beta}=.10$, p=.024), 일상생활능력(${\beta}=.09$, p=.036)순으로 나타났으며, 모형의 총 설명력은 63.1%였다. 본 연구를 통해 만성 관절통증이 있는 재가 여성노인의 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위해서는 지역사회 중심의 체계적인 우울 예방 및 관리 프로그램 운영이 우선 실시되어야 하며, 특히 경제적으로 취약한 공적부조 대상 노인의 삶의 질에 관심을 기울여야 하고, 통증 발현 초기부터 통증에 대한 정확한 사정을 토대로 통증완화중재 개입을 시행해야 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.2244-2255
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 도시와 농촌지역 거주 이주여성의 흡연, 음주, 영양 관리, 개인위생, 구강 건강을 비교하고 건강행위 예측 요인을 파악하는 것이다. 지역사회조사연구에 사용된 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 이주여성 128명에게 2011년 11월부터 2012년 10월까지 자료를 수집하였다. 농촌거주 여성이 도시거주 여성보다 더 많은 건강행위를 수행하였고 거주지역, 교육기간, 직업, 문화 적응 관련 지각된 어려움이 이주여성의 건강행위를 유의하게 예측하였다. 도시 이주여성이 농촌 이주여성보다 건강행위 유지에 취약하며, 문화적 장애요인도 건강행위 유지를 어렵게 할 수 있다. 그러므로 이주여성의 건강행위를 사정하고 문화적으로 적절한 건강증진 프로그램을 계획할 때 개인, 지역사회, 환경적 수준에서의 충분한 고려가 요구된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.859-862
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• 2015

In view of funding crunches and inadequate manpower in cytology in developing countries like India, single lifetime screening for cervical cancer has been suggested. In this study, an attempt was made to cscreening to make it more effective for early detection. Cytological data were derived from the ongoing routine cervical cytology screening program for women attending Gynaecology Out Patient Department of Queen Mary's Hospital of K.G.Medical University, Lucknow, India during a span of 35 years (April 1971 - December 2005). Cervical smears in a total of 38,256 women were cytologically evaluated. The frequencies of squamous intraepithelial lesions of cervix (SIL) and carcinoma cervix were found to be 7.0% and 0.6%, respectively, in the series. Predisposing factors related to cervical carcinogenesis were analyzed in detail to establish the most vulnerable groups of women for single life time screening. The incidence of SIL and carcinoma cervix was found to be maximal in women above the age of 40 years irrespective of parity and in multiparous women (with three or more children) irrespective of age. The incidence of cervical cytopathologies was significantly higher in symptomatic women, the frequency of SIL being alarmingly higher in women complaining of contact bleeding and that of carcinoma cervix in older women with postmenopausal bleeding. It is consequently felt that single life time screening must include the three groups of women delineated above. Such selective screening appears to be the most economical, cost effective and feasible approach to affordably control the menace of cervical cancer in developing countries like India.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.106-114
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this review was to describe a psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) framework for postpartum depression (PPD) and discuss its implications for nursing research and practice for postpartum women. Methods: This study explored the role of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and inflammation as possible mediators of risk factors for PPD through literature review. Results: From this PNI view, human bodies are designed to respond with the reciprocal interactions among the neuro-endocrine and immune system when they are faced with physical or psychological stressors. Chronic stress induces alterations in the function of HPA axis, and a chronic low-grade inflammatory response is associated with depression. The dysfunctions of cytokines and HPA axis have been observed during the postpartum period. Stress promotes glucocorticoid receptor resistance, which can promote inflammatory responses. This, in turn, can contribute to the pathophysiology of depression. This can especially affect populations at vulnerable time-points, such as women in the postpartum. Conclusion: From a PNI perspective, well-designed prospective research evaluating the role of stress and inflammation as an etiology of PPD and the effect of stress reduction is warranted to prevent PPD.

• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2005

Biobehavioral nursing research is focused on generating knowledge that examines relations among biological, behavioral, and social dimensions of health to improve outcomes. In this paper we review the findings of a biobehavioral nursing study of individuals with fibromyalgia (FM) that was framed from the perspective of an individual human response model, the FM literature, and our previous studies in midlife women. We were particularly interested in the studying the role of 'arousal' secondary to pain or to dysregulated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hormones during sleep and the impact on symptom expression. Unexpectedly, we did not find evidence of, arousal' or abnormal amounts of HPA axis hormones but we did find reduced amounts of growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) and of sleep spindle activity, a biomarker of sleep maintenance. We discuss these new findings and how our thinking was re-shaped to better understand the role that disturbed sleep plays in symptom expression in FM. It is argued that disturbed sleep maintenance mechanisms coupled with dysregulated somatotrophic-growth hormone axis and sleep-related PRL render individuals vulnerable to the development of or exacerbations of FM symptoms.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2023년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.974-975
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• 2023

2023 년 워크넷 구직자 데이터에 따르면 취업 취약 계층은 46.4%를 차지하며, 2019 년 KOSIS 국가 통계 포털에 따르면 취업 기관 및 프로그램 이용 경험이 없는 자는 전체의 93.7%를 차지한다. 이러한 현황은 대면 프로그램 부담과 정보 부족이 원인으로, 취업 기관 및 지원 프로그램의 활용도가 낮음을 의미한다. 일자리 및 자격증 등의 정보를 각각 찾아야 하는 불편함과 대면 활동 부담, 및 구직자 간의 정보 공유 어려움 등이 문제가 된다. 이를 해결하기 위해 웹 프로그램을 통해 사회적 취약 계층인 경력 단절 여성, 노인, 청년에게 구직 관련 정보를 제공하고 메타버스 가상 공간에서 다양한 활동을 통해 취업 취약 계층에게 적극적인 도움을 제공하는 서비스를 제안한다.