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Recognition of Body Weight and Body Part Satisfaction in Female College Students (여대생들의 체중에 대한 인식과 신체 부위별 만족도)

  • Kim, Mi-Ok;Eun, Jong-Geuk;Chang, Un-Jae
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.205-214
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    • 2009
  • Diet is an important focus in solidifying the fundamentals of health; thus, it is necessary to offer and manage accurate and correct information. This study examined the effects of body part satisfaction and attitude on diet, in female college students, who are known to be very interested in their appearances and tend to have a strong propensity to consume. The data were gathered using questionnaires answered by 101 female college students living in Daegu City, after classifying the women into normal weight and overweight groups, respectively. According to the analyzed results, there were no significant differences in satisfaction by body part between the normal weight and overweight groups, however, both groups were found to be dissatisfied with the following body parts, in the order of: thighs > legs > and hips. The motivation factors for weight control were found to be in order: not having a boyfriend > lacking of confidence > seeing slender entertainment stars, and there were no significant differences between the two groups. Finally, the main reasons for weight control were in order: appearance > health > getting a job. It is anticipated that these results will contribute to preparing systematic solutions to promote healthy diets and body satisfaction in society, and will help bring a desirable change in perceptions about diet.

Awareness Levels and Influencing Factors of Sexual Harassment and Gender Egalitarianism among College Students (대학생의 성희롱 및 성평등 인식 수준 및 영향 요인)

  • Lee, Young-Ran;Kim, Kyung Mi;Choi, So-Eun
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.40-50
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to identify awareness levels and influencing factors of sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among college students. Methods: This study was based on a questionnaire survey with a total of 1,244 college students. The copies of the questionnaire were collected from November 2 to December 20, 2011. Results: The average level of sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among students from the Youngnam province was higher than those of other province. The average level of the sexual harassment and gender egalitarianism among those students who were majoring in healthcare sciences was higher than that among those who were majoring in other subjects than arts and sports sciences. The influencing factors on the recognition of gender egalitarianism were genders and sexual experiences. The influencing factors on the recognition of sexual harassment were genders and ages. Conclusion: This study identified college students' awareness of sexual harassment, gender egalitarianism and influencing factors associated with them. It is expected that this study will be helpful for developing strategies for the prevention of sexual harassment for college students.

The survey of actual condition of pupils care and Knowledge of dental hygiene(II) - Centering the rural area around Booan-Kun Chollabuk-do - (국민학교 아동의 구강보건관리 및 지식에 대한 실태조사(II) - 전북 부안군 농촌지역을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Yun-Su;Kang, Seung-Gyeung
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.5-22
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    • 1989
  • We investigated 974 male and female students who are in 4th, 5th and 6th year of 8 elementary schools are located win Puan-kun, the farm area of Chollabuk-do, and the results are as follows. 1. Visiting dental clinic in order to be treated for dental caries hold the highest rate as 26.1% of male students and 30.3% of female students. 2. On fear when children visit dental clinic, first, 25.6% of male students and 35.1% of female students mark the highest rate as some what fear. Second, 23.1% of male students represent to be usual and 29.4% of female students represent to be very fear. There fore it speaks for dissimilarity in character between male and female students. 3. On reason of developing dental caries, 62.5% of male students and 55.8% of female students replied that it was developed because they frequently ate the sweet things. 4. Children who pull out decidous teeth alone mark the highest rate as 44.7% of male students and 38.6% of female students. 5. On important thing for ordinary dental health, 56.2% of male students and 58.5% of female students as the highest rate replied that they often brushed their teeth.

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Health Behavior and Health Knowledge of Elementary School Student Related to Parent's Socio-Economic Status (초등학생의 건강생활실천정도에 영향을 미치는 사회 경제적 요인)

  • Yoon, Hee-Sang;Jung, Sang-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.63-71
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: This study explores the relationship between the health behavior and knowledge of elementary school students and the socio-economic status of their parents. Methods: A self-administrated questionnaire was provided to 238 students and their parents living within Seoul metropolitan area. The questionnaires were administered during December 2003. The relationship betweensocio-economic status, health behavior (19 items) and health knowledge (15 items) were analyzed using correlation, t-test and one-way ANOVA. Multiple regression analyses were also performed in order to investigate the relationship between health behavior and socio-economic status. Results: The results of multiple regression demonstrated that the health behavior of children living in apartments was 2.29 higher ($\beta$=2.29) than those not living in apartments. Health behavior scores among students with highly educated mothers were 0.42 higher ($\beta$=0.42) than those for students with relatively uneducated mothers. These numbers represent statistically significant values. Conclusion: Since health behavior appears to be directly proportional to socio-economic status ofthe parent, active intervention may be required in order to improve the health behavior of children with poorly educated mothers and who live in independent or multi-household houses.

Affecting Factors on Food Habits related Health Behavior Activities of Adolescents (청소년의 식습관이 건강행위실천에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Seo, Hwa Jeong;Park, Min Ae;Jang, Jae Seon
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.297-304
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    • 2017
  • Although adolescents' obesity prevalence increases recently in Korea due to Westernized dietary life, according to social and economic development, and physical activity decline, distorted body image and improper dietary habits are prevalent, because of excessive obsession with weight control, deriving from psychological impacts including appearance supremacy. This study conducted a survey on health oriented awareness and attitude related with dietary habits targeting adolescents, such as high school students and college students, younger than 24, from May 11 to May 29, 2015. In this study, 280 questionnaire copies were collected out of 300 distributed questionnaire copies, and used 269 copies as analysis data, except 11 copies of which responses were inadequate. The results of this study are as follows: First, the high school students showed higher dietary regularity than the college students. Especially, 95.5% of the college students showed very high irregularity of lunch, compared with just 4.5% of the high school students. Second, the adolescents showed distorted perceived body image in comparison with body mass index (BMI). As a result of examining BMI relationship, according to one's own perception on body type, 28.6% of the respondents perceived themselves fat, despite normal BMI, and 40.4% of the respondents perceived themselves normal, despite low BMI. Third, health behavior activities level was higher, as the regularity of breakfast (B=1.093), lunch, (B=0.650), and dinner (B=0.765) was higher. The variable affecting the most ( ${\beta}=0.372$) was the regularity of breakfast. As interest in weight control was higher, health behavior activities was lower. Because over-interest in weight control may be linked with improper dietary habits or weight control, a caution is needed. The results of this study are expected to be utilized as the basic data for the policy and health-oriented program development to improve adolescents' health behavior practice.

Emotional Intelligence, Academic Motivation, and Achievement among Health Science Students in Saudi Arabia: A Self-Deterministic Approach

  • Mahrous, Rasha Mohammed;Bugis, Bussma Ahmed;Sayed, Samiha Hamdi
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.53 no.6
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    • pp.571-583
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: This study used a self-deterministic approach to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI), academic motivation (AM), and achievement among health science students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in three cities of Saudi Arabia (Dammam, Riyadh, and Jeddah). A convenience sample of 450 students was incorporated using the multistage cluster sampling technique. The online survey contained three sections: students' basic data and academic achievement level, the modified Schutte self-report inventory, and the Academic Motivation Scale lowercase. Results: This study revealed moderate overall scores for EI (57.1%), AM (55.6%), and grade point average (GPA) (57.6%). The overall EI score, its domains, and GPA had significant positive correlations with overall AM and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (p < .01). Amotivation had an insignificant correlation with GPA (p < .05), but it was negatively correlated with EI and its domains (p < .01). Multiple regression analysis proved that EI domains predicted 5.0% of GPA variance; emotions appraisal and expression (β = .02, p = .024), regulation (β = .11, p = .032), and utilization (β = .24, p < .01). EI domains also predicted 26.0% of AM variance; emotions appraisal and expression (β = .11, p = .04), regulation (β = .33, p < .01), and utilization (β = .23, p < .01). Moreover, AM predicted 4.0% of the variance in GPA; intrinsic (β = .25, p = .004) and extrinsic (β = .11, p = .022) motivation. AM also predicted 25.0% of the variance in EI: intrinsic (β = .34, p < .01) and extrinsic motivation (β = .26, p = .026). Conclusion: EI and AM have a bidirectional influence on each other, significantly shaping the GPA of health sciences students in Saudi Arabia, where intrinsic motivation has a predominant role. Thus, promoting students' AM and EI is recommended to foster their academic achievement.

A Study on Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Attitude and Reproductive Health Promoting Behaviors in Nursing Students (간호대학생의 성지식, 성태도, 생식건강증진행위에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon Jung Koo;Sunyeun Hong
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.439-446
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    • 2024
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship among sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes, and reproductive health promoting behaviors of nursing college students. The research tools utilized were sexual knowledge measurement tool by Jeon(2004), sexual attitudes measurement tool by Ho(2009), and reproductive health promoting behaviors measurement tool by Jo(2014). A total of 300 nursing college students were surveyed, and 229 responses were analyzed. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's post hoc test and pearson's correlation coefficients with IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0. Female students exhibited higher sexual knowledge, and it was evident that reproductive health promoting behavior education is appropriate during lower academic years. Additionally, the indication that higher sexual knowledge corresponds to higher reproductive health promoting behaviors suggests the ongoing necessity for sexual education to enhance reproductive health promoting behaviors. Therefore, this study could serve as foundational data for developing educational materials on reproductive health promoting behaviors for counseling and education aimed at improving nursing college students' reproductive health.

A Study on the Curriculum of Global Health Education (글로벌 건강교육 교과과정에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Kyung Sook;Kim, Hack Sun;Lee, So Young;Dressel, Anne;Galvao, Loren W.;Jun, Myunghee
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.220-227
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study aimed to understand current global health education and suggest its future direction for Korean undergraduate nursing students. Methods: After reviewing literature to identify key concepts applicable to global health nursing curricula, the authors analyzed global health curricula from 98 nursing colleges by using a framework that was developed for this study. Results: Among the 201 nursing colleges, 98 (48.8%) schools offered one or more global health-related courses. The titles of these courses were divided into two categories: Multiculturalism and international nursing. Multicultural courses were offered mainly for freshmen (40.5%) or sophomore students (40.5%), whereas international nursing courses were offered mainly for senior students (35.9%). These courses trained nursing students to be culturally competent in providing nursing care for immigrants or foreign travelers living in South Korea. Conclusions: It is evident that interest in global health education is growing in South Korea. However, the scope and content of global health education needs to be broadened beyond multiculturalism and international nursing so that it can prepare nursing students to promote global health equity, reduce global health disparities, and work competently with globally-focused organizations.

A Study of Health Behavior According to the Gender Role Identity among University Students (대학생의 성역할정체감 유형에 따른 건강행위)

  • Kim, Myung-Ae;Nam, Seung-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate gender role identity and health behavior and to explore the relationship between gender role identity and health behavior among university student. Method: Participants were 245 university students who lived in Daegu. Each participant was administered the KGRII (Korean Gender Role Identity Inventory), and Healthy Life Style: A self-test provided by ODDHP National Health Information Center. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, ${\chi}^2$-test with SPSS 11.0 PC Program. Result: 1. As a result of health behavior level, male students had more health risk behavior problems than female students in smoking(p=.00) and drinking (p=.03). Female students had more health risk behavior problems than male students in exercise and physical activity(p=.00). 2. For female students, feminity type (29.3%) was most common, subjects of undifferentiated type was 26.4%. For male students, masculinity type(32.4%) was most prevalent, and androgenic type was 31.4%. 3. Androginy typed group had more healthy behavior compared with other gender role identity typed group. In contrast, undifferentiated typed group had more high risk behavior compared with other typed group for all of health behavior. Conclusion: These results suggest that gender role identity is a stronger predictor of heath related variable than is sex of subject. Therefore effect methods to develop health promotion program should consider not only sex difference but gender role identity.

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A Study of Sexual Attitude of Korean College Students (대학생의 성태도 유형에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Hae;Eo, Yong-Sook;Lee, Hwa-Za;Choi, So-Young
    • Korean Parent-Child Health Journal
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.115-126
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the sexual attitude in college students in order to provide baseline data for the development of sex education program. Method: For this study, the questionnaires were given to 161 students in the college students and collected during the period from 19th to 31th May, 2003. Data were analyzed by SPSS WINS. Result: The level of sexual attitude was low level of liberal. Sixty seven percent of college students in the study percepted liberal sexual attitude based on the cut-point suggested by Hudson et al.(1983). There were significant difference between general characteristics and sexual attitude in the age. Conclusion: In conclusions, the sexual attitude of college students change liberal, and then it is required to specific and practicable sex education programs.

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