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Knowledge of Modern housing of the Textbooks for Physiology and Hygiene in Korea 1894-1910 (생리 및 위생분야 교과용도서의 근대적 주거지식(1894-1910))

  • Kim, Myung-Sun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.1328-1333
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    • 2008
  • The new knowledge in the textbooks for Physiology and Hygiene in Korea 1905-1910 was focused on the problems of hygiene. Lighting, ventilation, dryness were proposed as main conditions fer hygienic housing, for which management and planning methods were explained. This knowledge was taught as 'scientific' or 'modern' knowledge based on the physiological theory and air property, thereafter the conditions were placed as important conditions of modern housing.

Recognition about national health insurance of dental scaling in industry accident injury patients (스케일링 건강보험 급여화에 대한 산재환자의 인식도)

  • Lee, Hea Shoon;Lee, Kyung Hee
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.561-568
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study is to examine the recognition and needs on the national health insurance coverage of scaling in industry accident injury patients. National health insurance coverage of dental scaling will start in September, 2013. Methods : Subjects were 649 industrial injury patients and they completed self-reported questionnaire. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0 for percentage, chi-square test, t-test, ANOVA, post-hoc Scheffe test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Results : Recognition on national health insurance coverage of dental scaling was not fully known to industrial injury patients (24.5%). Highly educated and high income workers seemed to recognize national health insurance coverage of dental scaling (p<.001). Recognition for national health insurance coverage of dental scaling revealed a significance (r=.576, p<.001). Most of the industrial injury workers thought that 50,000 to 100,000 Korean Won of dental scaling fee is reasonable. The coverage of dental scaling should be more than twice over 20 years old. Conclusions : It is necessary to encourage the patients to take regular dental scaling checkup and make them know the health insurance coverage of scaling. The preventive oral health care may improve oral health care and quality of life.

Framework for Continuous Assessment and Improvement of Occupational Health and Safety Issues in Construction Companies

  • Mahmoudi, Shahram;Ghasemi, Fakhradin;Mohammadfam, Iraj;Soleimani, Esmaeil
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.125-130
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    • 2014
  • Background: Construction industry is among the most hazardous industries, and needs a comprehensive and simple-to-administer tool to continuously assess and promote its health and safety performance. Methods: Through the study of various standard systems (mainly Health, Safety, and Environment Management System; Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 180001; and British Standard, occupational health and safety management systems-Guide 8800), seven main elements were determined for the desired framework, and then, by reviewing literature, factors affecting these main elements were determined. The relative importance of each element and its related factors was calculated at organizational and project levels. The provided framework was then implemented in three construction companies, and results were compared together. Results: The results of the study show that the relative importance of the main elements and their related factors differ between organizational and project levels: leadership and commitment are the most important elements at the organization level, whereas risk assessment and management are most important at the project level. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that the framework is easy to administer, and by interpreting the results, the main factors leading to the present condition of companies can be determined.

A Valuation and Improvement of Industrial Ventilation System of Printing Process in Synthetic Leather Factory using Dimethylformamide (DMF를 사용하는 합성피혁 공장 인쇄공정의 산업환기시스템 평가 및 개선)

  • Lee, Sun Woo;Kim, Tae Hyeung;Kim, Jung Man;Kim, Jong Cheul
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.113-126
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    • 2009
  • In the recent years, health effect of dimethylformamide(DMF) has been one of critical industrial hygiene issues. There might be many factors to increase the exposure level of DMF. Among those factors, industrial ventilation would be one of the main factors. In this study, industrial ventilation systems of printing processes in synthetic leather factories were thoroughly surveyed and the improved ventilation systems were proposed. 7 synthetic leather factories were selected for this study. After the ventilation systems were visually inspected, each component of the system was tested by using the appropriate instruments. Hood face velocities, fan exhaust flow rates, fan static pressures, fan rotation rates, etc were measured. In addition, flow visualization techniques were used to observe flow patten around hoods and inside the factory buildings. After gathering all qualitative and quantitative information, the test results were analysed to see if any improvement might be necessary. For the system to be improved, the re-design plans were made by using computational fluid dynamics softwares. The softwares used in this study were AIRPAK and STAR-CD. The effectiveness of the several improvement options were tested, then the best cost effective option was selected. Finally, the standard ventilation systems were proposed to minimize the exposure levels of DMF.

Current Status of Dental Hygiene and Comparison of Some Curriculums in Korea and Japan (한.일 치위생(학)과 현황과 일부 대학의 교육 과정 비교 -일부 한국 학생 요구도를 중심으로-)

  • Jeong, Hyun-Ja;Aiko, Hujiwara
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.4896-4906
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    • 2010
  • This study was conducted in order to promote students' interest in overseas employment and to present methods of improving education that suits globalization and internalization. From responses to individual written survey questionnaires answered by $3^{rd}$grade 200 students who are studying dental hygiene at colleges in Daegu. They had most interested in Japan (60.3%), and they want to work abroad if they are given the changes (38.1%), which indicate that the dental hygiene majors have much interest and positive attitude in overseas employment. In Japan, there are 158 schools had department of dental hygiene (51 to 2 years, 101 to 3 years, 6 to 4 years). Especially, Kanto area has 25 private schools. When compared Korea and Japan, they similar were curriculum, 39 at 3 years, 44 at 4 years, respectively. The current national board dental hygiene examination system was 200 in total score, and 19 in total subjects. The 9 basic clinical courses including oral anatomy have 100 scores, and the 8 subjects including preclinical course have 50 scores, one dental assistant course have 50 scores. In Japan, 4 years pre-dental hygiene curriculum content provide certificate of dental hygiene after graduation. They provide additionally 'social worker' in Tokyo University, 'teacher in nursing' in Hirosima University. They scheduled the various foundational knowledge and skill such as competencies to communicate effectively, to participate community health program, and to make decisions regarding dental hygiene service.

The effect of un-contact lecturess on dental hygiene and students' self-directed learning ability and learning immersion on major satisfaction in the COVID-19 situation (코로나 19 상황에서 비대면 수업이 치위생과 학생들의 자기 주도적 학습능력 및 학습몰입이 전공만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • Doe, Yue-Jeong;Min, Hee-Hong
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 2022
  • This study intends to present a desirable vision so that students can focus on their studies and adapt to the dental hygiene major education perceived by dental hygiene students in un-contact lecturess situations by preparing measures to increase student satisfaction with the dental hygiene department. Data collection was conducted using a self-reported questionnaire from students in the dental hygiene department at universities in Seoul, Chungcheong, and Gangwon from June 20 to August 19, 2021. Variables according to the general characteristics of the subjects were analyzed using t-test and one-way ANOVA, and the post hoc test was verified by Tukey. The correlation between variables was Pearson's correlation, and the factors affecting dental hygiene and students' major satisfaction were multiple regression. The self-directed learning ability of dental hygiene students was 3.57 points, learning immersion was 3.02 points, and major satisfaction was 3.54 points. Dental hygiene students were found to have higher major satisfaction with higher grades, higher college life satisfaction, and higher learning immersion and self-directed learning ability. Therefore, it was found that systematic program development and application is necessary to improve major satisfaction in difficult circumstances due to COVID-19.

The Current Status of Workers at Major Industrial Health Institutions in South Korea (우리나라 산업보건 주요기관의 인력 현황)

  • Young Gyu Phee;Seung Won Kim;Sa Woo Lee;Gwangyong Yi
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.70 -77
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    • 2023
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify information on the workers at major industrial health institutions. Methods: The subjects were employees at work environment measurement institutions, specialized health management institutions, special health examination institutions, and health checkup institutions. Data on these employees was identified by age, career, region, and qualification. Results: The sample totaled 6,449 workers at major industrial health institutions. The number of doctors, nurses, and industrial hygienists was identified at 4,609. For their age groups, 34.1% were in their 30s, and 56.3% had less than five years of work experience. The distribution by region was 24.3% in Gyeonggi-do Province, 12.7% in Seoul, and 8.7% in Gyeongsangnam-do Province. Conclusions: Information on occupational health human resources has been published irregularly and is limited by specialty. Therefore, it is necessary to systematize information on human resources and disclose it regularly so that supply and demand conditions can be predicted when establishing industrial accident prevention policies.

Effect of self-efficacy in dental hygiene students on the career maturity level (일부 치위생과 학생의 자기효능감과 진로태도성숙간의 관련성)

  • Jung, Eun-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.7231-7238
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    • 2014
  • This study examined the effects of self-efficacy on career maturity in dental hygiene students, and whether there were differences in self-efficacy according to the existence or not regarding the certificate of qualifications, participating experience in vocational training competition and award one in the competition. The data was collected from a self-administrated questionnaire on dental hygiene students. The 435 students were selected for this study. The data was analyzed by descriptive analysis, Pearson Correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The results of this study were as follows. First, the task difficulty self-efficacy as a career decision, career independence, career certainty, and career preparation had a positive impact. Second, the self-regulation self-efficacy as a career independence, career confidence, career preparation, and career objectives had a positive impact. Third, the main career attitude and maturity factors affecting the efficacy of dental hygiene students was a career student independence, career preparation, and career certainty. The total explanatory power was 28%. As a result of this research, comprehensive implications were suggested to improve the career maturity and enhance the adjustment to college.

Evaluation on the oral health promotion program effect from some part of community child center (일부 지역아동센터 구강건강증진 프로그램 운영 효과 평가)

  • Choi, Yong-Keum;Lee, Min-Sun;Bae, Soo-Myung;Son, Jung-Hui;Ryu, Da-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.3850-3857
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    • 2013
  • This study aims to examine the effect of the program by identifying changes in oral health behaviors, oral health knowledge, the Patient Hygiene Performance(PHP) index and others after performing oral health promotion program on children in community children's centers to develop persistent and more effective program. The final analysis subjects were 27 children. According to the examination results of dental plaque score, the PHP index score was reduced from 3.42 to 2.43 before and six month after the tooth brushing education, respectively, indicating the effect of oral health promotion program(p<0.001). The data of this paper can be used oral health promotion programs development based on the social ecological model.

The Effect of Self-efficacy and Occupational Value on Major Satisfaction in Dental Hygiene Students (치위생학 전공 대학생들의 자기효능감과 직업가치가 전공만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Sae Na;Kiml, Eun Sook
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.5304-5313
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-efficacy and occupational value in major satisfaction in dental hygiene students. The subjects were 236 dental hygiene students in Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheongnam-do. They filled out self-reported questionnaires that consisted of general characteristics of subject, self-efficacy, occupational value, and major satisfaction. Data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 18.0 and Amos. V18. Sophomore's curriculum satisfaction and perceive satisfaction were higher than freshman's. Group of high self-efficacy was higher than average and low groups in major satisfaction. Group of internal occupational value was higher than group of external and neutral occupational value in curriculum satisfaction, perception satisfaction, and total major satisfaction. The most effective factor on major satisfaction of dental hygiene students was self-efficacy.