• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.265-275
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore essences and meanings of using oral contraceptives among adult women. Methods: The interview was conducted with 20 adult women who lived in Seoul, Gyeongi Province, Jeolla Province, Chungcheong Province, and Gangwon Province. Participants with the experience of using oral contraceptives for contraception were selected by convenience sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted for data collection. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method. Results: Five themes revealed: 'Lack of information and knowledge regarding oral contraceptives', 'Inconvenient and difficult purchase process of oral contraceptives', 'Pressure and fear regarding other people's reaction', 'Self-centered thinking toward the use of oral contraceptives', 'A need for a change in public awareness and policy'. Conclusion: A change in society's perception about oral contraceptives is required for safe contraceptives use. Therefore, it is necessary to educate the correct usage of oral contraceptives, and to develop a program for changing the paradigm of sex education.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 1986

During the past decade great advance has been made in contraceptive technology. The development and subsequent modification of oral steroid contraceptive together with the improved design of other contraceptives have tremendously altered the contraceptive practise of complete throughout the world. At the present time one of most complex issue is the population explosion. In Korea the population growth rate is remarkably decreased from 3% in 1960s to 1.7% in 1984. Increasing proportion of women practising family planning and improved contraceptive methods have contributed on remarkable reduction of fertility rate. But still about half of married women not involved in family planning practise. One of the reasons why that so many women haven't participated in family planning should be undesirable side effects or inconvenience of currently available contraceptives. So we need more research to develop newer, safer and more effective contraceptive to solve the problems. According to recent report on the family planning program achievement in Korea, sterilization (male and female) is most popular, leading contraceptive method (330 cases/1000 fertile persons) and the I.U.D. (167.5/1000), condom (132.9/1000) and oral pill (61.1/1000) were followed by in the order of favorite choice of contraceptive (KIPH, Family planning evaluation report, 1984; KIPH Family plan Service Statistics, 1981-1984). In present paper the present status and knowledge of contraceptives will be summarized.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2014

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to provide substantial foundation to establish effective sex education plan for university students, and to inquire into sexual knowledge, consciousness and values of university students and into whether there are difference between health related major subjects and non-health related major subjects. Methods: This study was conducted on students in 227 health related major subjects and 226 non-health related major subjects in chungbuk C city. The Questionnaire, used in this study, was re-made on basis of reviews and previous studies, and total of 453 questionnaires were used. Results: Sexual knowledge scores were not significantly difference between health related major subjects and non-health related major subjects. but health related major subjects were more educated contraception, pregnancy artificial abortion, sexually transmitted disease than non-health related major subjects. Sexual knowledge was correlated with attitude in sex, times of sex education and usefulness of sex education. Conclusion: The university authorities make a curriculum for systematic sex educations and need to assertive support students and they can have right sexual consciousness and have mature and responsible attitude to sex through right education of knowledge in sex.

• 한국인구학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.213-256
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• 2002

여성은 여러 원천에서 제공되는 다양한 정보를 참고하여 출산조절결정을한다 본 연구는 사회조직(social network) 자료를 2단계 계량경제모형에 적용함으로써 여성의 출산조절에 미치는 다른 여성들의 견해와 행동의 효과를 분석한다. 동시에 (1) 출산조절결정에 미치는 사회적 지도력의 영향, (2) 여러 종류의 사회조직간 영향도 비교. (3) 출산조절 현장요원 및 여성사회조직의 역할 등을 고려함으로써 저개발국의 출산조절정책수립을 위한 정책점 시사점을 제공한다

• 한국인구학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.5-32
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• 2002

이 연구는 한국의 인공임신중절의 실태 및 결정요인을 분석하고 인다. 한국보건사회연구원에서 조사한 2000년 전국 출산력 조사 원자료를 이용하여 한국의 유배우 여성들의 인공임신중절율 및 인공임신중절경험율을 여러 독립변수에 따라 분석하고 있다. 한국의 유배우 여성들이 인공임신중절을 행하는 가장 큰 이유는 원하지 않는 임신을 한데서 시작된다 그러나 원하지 않는 임신이라고 모두 인공임신중절로 귀결되는 것은 아니다. 결국 인공임신중절은 한국 사회에서 단산이나 터울을 조절하기 위한 방법으로 이용되고 있다. 그러나 인공임신중절을 택하는 이유는 매우 다양해서 첫 인공임신중절을 택한 가장 큰 이유는 혼전임신으로 밝혀지고 있고. 그 다음으로 중요한 이유는 경제적인 이유 때문에 인공임신중절을 택하는 것으로 나타나고 있다.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2018

Purpose: To determine the effect of sex communication with friends and sexual double standard on contraceptive self-efficacy among university students. Methods: With a survey design, data were collected from 251 university students from three universities in G city from September 2016 to October 2016. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: Sex communication with friends, sexual double standard, and contraceptive self-efficacy scores of participants were $58.82{\pm}8.78$, $21.73{\pm}6.00$, and $44.20{\pm}5.91$, respectively. Sex communication with friends and sexual double standard were related to contraceptive self-efficacy. Sexual double standard, sex communication with friends, female, contraceptive education, and contraceptive experience explained 33% of contraceptive self-efficacy of participants. Conclusion: Sexual double standard and sex communication with friends were influencing factors of contraceptive self-efficacy. To improve contraceptive self-efficacy of university students, a program is needed to eliminate sexual double standard and improve sex communication with friends among university students in Korea.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.46-59
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• 2019

Purpose: To determine associations of traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with sexual autonomy and identify factors influencing sexual autonomy among female university students of North Korean defectors. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed with a total of 103 female students who completed a structured online self-report survey from January 7 to March 31, 2018. This study was conducted using questionnaires on interpersonal trauma scale, the Traumatic Scale for North Korean Refugees (TSNKR), and sexual autonomy measurement for college students. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression with SPSS WIN 23.0 program. Results: Traumatic events, PTSD, and sexual autonomy scores were $3.96{\pm}3.07$, $31.47{\pm}10.75$, and $52.66{\pm}6.89$, respectively. PTSD was positively correlated with traumatic events (r=.22, p=.030). Sexual autonomy was inversely correlated with PTSD (r=-.25, p=.010). Contraceptive use, PTSD, and voluntary sexual debut explained 26% of sexual autonomy of participants. Conclusion: To improve sexual autonomy of young women from North Korea, reproductive intervention programs including contraception, sexual assertiveness training, and psychoeducation to reduce PTSD need to be developed and implemented.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.26-40
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• 2024

Purpose: This study investigated the scope of patient navigation studies on women's health care for maternal health and noncancerous gynecologic conditions and aimed to report the characteristics of the identified patient navigation programs. Methods: A scoping review was conducted following Arksey and O'Malley's framework. Five electronic databases were searched for relevant studies published in English: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and PsycInfo. There were no restrictions on the publication date and the search was completed in July 2023. Results: This scoping review included 14 studies, which collectively examined seven patient navigation programs. All selected studies were related to maternal health issues (e.g., perinatal health problems and contraception for birth spacing). Close to two-thirds of the patient navigation services were provided by women (n=9, 64.3%) and half by lay navigators (n=7, 50.0%). The majority incorporated the use of mobile health technologies (n=11, 78.6%). All of the patient navigation programs included in the review coordinated the necessary clinical and social support services to improve women's access to care. Conclusion: Patient navigation appears to be in its nascent phase in the field of maternal health. The results of this study suggest that the implementation of patient navigation services could potentially improve access to care for socially disadvantaged women and families. Furthermore, providing patient navigation services that are specifically tailored to meet women's needs could improve the quality of maternity care.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.54-64
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• 2013

Objectives : Stevia rebaudiana is a well-known herbal sweetener in the Korea, Japan and China, and its medical uses were originated from countries in South America. Although it has been shown the various medical effects of S. rebaudiana including contraception and treatment of human diseases such as hyperglycemia, it has almost not been studied about the efficacy of S. rebaudiana methanolic extract (SRE) on the acute inflammation and its action mechanism. Methods : To investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of SRE, we treated SRE and examined the level of inflammatory mediators in LPS-stimulated Raw264.7 cells. Results : Treatment of macrophage with LPS markedly induced the production of NO, $PGE_2$ and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Pretreatment of SRE blocked the induction of inflammatory mediators and the expression of iNOS protein. More importantly, LPS-induced phosphorylation of $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ was suppressed by the treatment of SRE, suggesting SRE inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ activation. Furthermore, SRE blocked LPS-induced phosphorylation of MAPKs. Conclusions : SRE inhibited the induction of NO, PGE2 and pro-inflammatory cytokines in Raw264.7 cells. SRE's effect may be mediated with its inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ activation and MAPK phosphorylation, which suggests its uses as an anti-inflammatory agents.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.555-563
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• 2015

본 연구는 대학생의 성 경험 영향요인을 확인하고, 변인간의 관계를 규명하여 대학생의 성 교육 프로그램 개발의 기초 자료를 제공하고자 한다. 본 연구는 2013년 5월 20일부터 6월 20일 동안 경산시에 위치한 일개 대학교 548명의 대학생을 대상으로 실시하였다. 대상자에서 성 경험에 대한 차이가 있는 것은 연령, 주거형태, 출신고등학교, 이성교제경험, 부모의 성 태도로 나타났으며, 대상자의 성별에 따라 유의하게 나타났다. 성 경험이 있는 대상자의 성 경험 시기는 '고등학교', 성관계 상대에서는 '당시 교제상대', 피임에 대해서도 '할 때도 있고 하지 않을 때도 있다', 성 관계 장소에 대해서 '본인 또는 상대 집'이라고 많이 응답하였다. 성 지식, 성 태도, 성 주체성을 분석한 결과에서는 성 태도와 성 주체성이 상관관계를 나타났다. 성 경험에 영향을 미치는 요인에서는 나이, 부모의 성 태도, 성 지식, 성 태도가 영향요인으로 유의하게 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 통하여 성 교육 프로그램 적용시기와 성 교육 프로그램 개발과정에 고려해야 할 영향 요인을 나타내므로 이를 바탕으로 성 교육 프로그램을 개발 및 적용한다면 대학생의 성 교육 프로그램의 효율성과 접근성을 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다.