• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.249-260
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• 2013

Objectives: Previous observations propose that risk-taking behaviors such as cigarette smoking are prevailing among young people with chronic conditions including diabetes. The purpose of this study was to examine whether cigarette smoking is more prevalent among diabetics than non-diabetics and whether it differs by age at the time of diagnosis with diabetes from young adulthood (YAH) to adulthood (AH). Methods: We used US panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health Study) during the years 2001 to 2002 (Wave III, YAH) and 2007 to 2008 (Wave IV, AH). Multivariate logistic regression models were applied to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of cigarette use behaviors according to age at the time of diagnosis with diabetes, after adjusting for demographic and selected behavioral factors. Results: Of 12 175 study participants, 2.6% reported having been diagnosed with diabetes up to AH. Early-onset diabetics (age at diagnosis <13 years) were more likely than non-diabetics to report frequent cigarette smoking (smoking on ${\geq}20$ days during the previous 30 days) in YAH (OR, 3.34; 95% CI, 1.27 to 8.79). On the other hand, late-onset diabetics (age at diagnosis ${\geq}13$ years) were more likely than non-diabetics to report heavy cigarette smoking (smoking ${\geq}10$ cigarettes per day during the previous 30 days) in AH (OR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.03 to 2.30). Conclusions: The current study indicated that diabetics are more likely than non-diabetics to smoke cigarettes frequently and heavily in YAH and AH. Effective smoking prevention and cessation programs uniquely focused on diabetics need to be designed and implemented.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.29-55
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• 2017

본 연구는 주관화된 지표와 객관화된 지표로 구성된 장년근로자의 건강변수가 근로보수에 미치는 영향을 분석하고 있다. 근로보수는 화폐적 요소인 임금수준과 비화폐적 요소인 작업조건을 대변해 주는 사업장 안전지표인 산업재해 여부로 구성된다. 장년근로자의 객관화되고 주관화된 건강요소들이 근로사업장의 물리적이고 조직적인 근무환경과 결합되어 생산성을 반영하게 되는 임금수준과 재해 발생에 미치는 효과는 성별 연령별로 뚜렷한 차이로 나타난다. 특히, 장년근로자의 정신적 건강문제는 임금수준이 높을수록 크게 나타난다. 신체적인 손상, 만성질환 등 질병을 경험한 장년근로자는 재해위험에 더 노출되어 있으며 보상임금도 낮다. 따라서 장년근로자들의 건강수준 격차에 따른 근로보상 차이가 커짐에 따라 사업장 근로여건 개선과 일자리 보호에 대한 취약성을 보완하여 전직지원서비스나 기업의 주도적인 은퇴설계 프로그램의 활성화와 국가 차원의 제도 지원이 요청된다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2011

최근 인구 고령화와 만성질환자의 증가로 건강에 대한 관심이 높아지고, IT기술의 선진적인 발달로 인하여 건강관리에 대한 서비스가 증가하고 있다. 이로 인하여 병원뿐만 아니라 가정에서도 자신의 건강상태를 모니터링하고 특화된 건강관리 서비스의 제공이 요구된다. 본 논문은 사용자의 생체 신호 데이터를 통해 상황정보와 연계된 측정 및 특이환자 알림 서비스를 제공하며, 지수에 따른 알림 서비스를 제공하는 고혈압 모니터링 및 알림 서비스 시스템을 제안한다. 본 시스템은 기존의 모니터링 서비스와 차별화되어 사용자의 상황을 고려하므로 좀 더 정확한 측정값을 얻을 수 있으며, 특이환자의 관리와 생활과 연관된 지수를 통하여 사용자의 건강위험을 줄일 수 있다. 또한 사용자에게는 정확하고 세분화된 서비스가 가능하고 더욱 맞춤화된 서비스를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.113-125
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• 2012

개인 맞춤형 식이 운동 콘텐츠 제공을 위해 1개 3차병원에서 제공하는 PHR(Personal Health Records)을 기반으로 건강관리 스마트폰 어플리케이션을 개발하였다. PHR의 상병명에 근거하여 각 질환과의 상관관계를 적용한 식이 운동 적합률 알고리즘을 통해 개인의 질환을 관리하기 위한 맞춤형 콘텐츠를 제공하며, 식사량과 운동량을 기록하여 섭취 소비한 칼로리를 기록하는 기능을 제공한다. 또한 사용자의 위치정보를 근거로 한, 음식점 위치 정보 및 해당 메뉴, 그에 따른 영양분석에 대한 정보를 제공하는 개인에게 적합한 콘텐츠를 이용하고 기록할 수 있는 서비스로써, 사용자의 상태와 편의성을 고려하여 유헬스 서비스를 제공할 수 있다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.265-277
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• 2018

이 연구는 양적인 증가 및 사회적으로 중요도가 높은 1인가구 노인의 성별에 따른 우울 영향요인을 비동거자녀 지원에 초점을 두어 살펴보았다. 2014년 노인실태조사자료의 65세 이상 1인가구 노인 2,354명(남자 407명, 여자 1,947명)을 대상으로 성별로 사회인구학적 특성, 건강수준 및 행태, 친인척 및 친구관계, 여가 및 사회활동, 비동거자녀 지원 및 지원유형에 따른 우울 분포와 우울에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인을 비교분석하였다. 다변량 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과 1인가구 남성노인은 도구적일상생활수행능력, 주관적건강상태, 친구 수, 여성노인은 주관적건강상태, 친구 수, 현재 일하는 여부, 만성질환수, 비동거자녀의 정서적 지원 등이 우울에 영향을 미쳤다. 특히 비동거자녀의 정서적 지원은 1인가구 남녀노인의 우울에 차이를 보이는 주요 요인으로 향후 1인가구 노인의 차별화된 정신건강증진 방안 마련 시 고려되어야 한다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2018

Objectives: After many national physical activity guidelines have established, recent changes are deep and rapid. So the major features and implication to reverse worsening Korean physical activity indicator is desprate but related knowledge and informations are few. So review of recent features and implications of new physical activity guidelines have made. Methods: National physical activity guidelines of advanced countries were searched through snowballing methods. Major features were described according to the nation. Implication were drew through discussion for Korean realitiy. Results: New Australian physical activity and sedentary behaviour guideline explicitly included sedentary behaviour. The age in the guideline expanded to early years. Canada also presented 24-hour movement guidelines to early years. The second generation of the physical activity guidelines reflects the extensive amount of new knowledge. New aspects include discussions of additional health benefits related to brain health, additional cancer sites, and fall-related injuries; immediate and longer term benefits for how people feel, function, and sleep; further benefits among older adults and people with additional chronic conditions; risks of sedentary behavior and their relationship with physical activity; elimination of the requirement for physical activity benefits to occur in bouts of at least 10 minutes; and tested strategies that can be used to get the population more active. Conclusions: The most important message from the new guidelines is that the greatest health benefits accrue by moving from no, to even small amounts of, physical activity. Multiple studies demonstrate that the steepest reduction in disease risk occurs at the lowest levels of physical activity. People need to understand that even small amounts of physical activity are beneficial and that reductions in the risk of disease and disability occur by simply getting moving. So various evidence based proven strstegies are needed in Korea including workforce training.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2021

The petroleum refinery industry handles a variety of complex chemical substances and employs a large number of people around the world. According to previous research, diseases caused by exposure to chemicals were quite common among workers in refineries until the 1980s. More recently, it is unusual for oil refinery workers to suffer from these serious diseases. The objective of this study was to identify the occurrence level of general diseases and any differences in lifestyle habits of workers in refineries in Korea compared with the general population. In this study, we used the results of health examinations from 2014 for workers at a large oil refinery in South Korea. In addition, based on the results of KNHANES from 2014 as representative of the population, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, hyperlipidemia, liver function abnormality, and kidney function abnormality were calculated using the standardized incidence rate. Hypertension showed a low result with an SIR of less than 1, but a high result in the case of abnormal liver function. The workers' occurrence rates of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, kidney dysfunction, and anemia were lower than those of ordinary salaried employees. however, their occurrence rate for abnormal liver function was markedly higher. In lifestyle habits, the smoking rate of workers was low while the alcohol consumption rate was quite high. This study has improved the understanding of the health status of workers in a large oil refinery in Korea, and has shown the impact of lifestyle habits related to the work environment on chronic diseases.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.601-616
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• 2022

In the era of the fourth industrial revolution technology, the inclusion of personalized nutrition for healthcare (PNH), when establishing a healthcare platform to prevent chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and inflammatory diseases, enhances the national competitiveness of global healthcare markets. Furthermore, since the government experienced COVID-19 and the population dead cross in 2020, as well as numerous health problems due to an increasing super-aged Korean society, there is an urgent need to secure, develop, and utilize PNH-related technologies. Three conditions are essential for the development of PNH technologies. These include the establishment of causality between obesity genome (genotype) and prevalence (phenotype) in Koreans, validation of clinical intervention research, and securing PNH-utilization technology (i.e., algorithm development, artificial intelligence-based platform, direct-to-customer [DTC]-based PNH, etc.). Therefore, a national control tower is required to establish appropriate PNH infrastructure (basic and clinical research, cultivation of PNH-related experts, etc.). The post-corona era will be aggressive in sharing data knowledge and developing related technologies, and Korea needs to actively participate in the large-scale global healthcare markets. This review provides the importance of scientific evidence based on a huge dataset, which is the primary prerequisite for the DTC obesity gene-based PNH technologies to be competitive in the healthcare market. Furthermore, based on comparing domestic and internationally approved DTC obese genes and the current status of Korean obesity genome-based PNH research, we intend to provide a direction to PNH planners (individuals and industries) for establishing scientific PNH guidelines for the prevention of obesity.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.29-46
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• 2006

Purpose: Since 1994, Asian Health Services, the Korean American Community Advisory Board, and the Center for Family and Community Health (University of California at Berkeley) have conducted periodic, population-based surveys on Korean American community health in Alameda County, California. The present study examines changes in health care access and utilization between 1994 and 2002 among Korean American adults in Alameda County, California. Method: We reanalyzed data from the 1994 and 2002 Korean Health Surveys. The primary variables of interest, health care access and utilization, were operationalized in terms of health insurance coverage, routine check-ups, a usual source of health care and reported barriers to health care. The frequency distribution of each indicator was calculated and its standard error was estimated using SUDAAN. The differences between 1994 and 2002 were examined with chi-square test. Results: Compared to 1994, Korean Americans in Alameda County were more likely to have health insurance coverage in 2002 (74.0% vs. 82.7%). Korean Americans in Alameda County were more likely to have received a recent (prior two years) routine health checkup in 2002 (50.4% vs. 57.2%). Health checkups increased over time for males, for adults with more than 12 years of education, and for employed adults. Also, compared to 1994, employed adults were more likely to have a usual source of health care in 2002 (66.5% vs. 78.4%). In both 1994 and 2002, high cost (58.0% vs. 47.8%) was the most commonly cited barrier to health care, and the next most frequently cited barriers were language (29.2% vs. 27.7%) and no time (29.2% vs. 30.3%). Conclusion: To improve health care utilization and health conditions, it is important to investigate factors related to health care and to monitor changing trends. Ongoing surveillance of health-related factors can contribute to the development of health education programs to reduce morbidity and mortality due to chronic disease, and thereby lead to improvements in health status among Korean Americans.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2019

Purpose: This study is a comparison of spatiotemporal parameters between straight and curved walking in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke, investigating whether those patients can adapt their walking according to task demands and environmental changes. Methods: Twenty-eight patients who diagnosed with their first stroke at least six months prior to this study were recruited. They were measured for spatiotemporal parameters in three different walking conditions: straight walking, walking with an inner curve to the more-affected leg, and walking with an inner curve to the less-affected leg. This study also measured secondary clinical factors, such as the timed up-and-go test, the trunk impairment scale, and the dynamic gait index. The statistical methods for the three different walking conditions, using the averaged value of each condition, was repeated measures ANOVA. Results: The difference in cadence was statistically significant when comparing straight walking, walking with an inner curve to the more-affected leg, and walking with an inner curve to the less-affected leg. Swing duration (%) was also a statistically significant difference between straight walking and walking with an inner curve to the more-affected leg. However, differences in other spatiotemporal parameters were not statistically significant among the three conditions. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that stroke survivors could adapt their walking according to straight and curved walking conditions, although cadence and swing duration were different between straight and curved walking groups.