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Assessment of Dietary Education Program for Children from Low-Income Families in Korea (취약계층 아동 대상 식생활 교육의 효과성 평가)

  • Kwon, Sooyoun;Kim, Oksun
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.522-529
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to develop a dietary education program, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the education program for children from low-income families. A total of 242 children (122 education groups and 120 control groups) were run six times a dietary education program from April to December 2018, and a questionnaire was administered before and after the education to evaluate effectiveness. Elementary school students were the most prevalent in the education and the control group. In the education group, the body height and weigh were 137.27 cm and 33.69 kg, respectively, and in the control group the body height and weight were 143.48 cm and 40.64 kg, respectively. The education group showed positive change in dietary self-efficacy and dietary knowledge compared to the control group. In particular, 'I can have meals regularly' (Education Group: 4.00 points from 3.71 points) and 'I can choose fruits instead of cookies candies as snacks (Education Group: 4.01 points from 3.70 points) The score increased after participation in the program. In the change of nutritional and hygiene knowledge of children, the education group scored 3.63 of 10 points before education, but the score significantly increased to 5.70 points after education(p<0.001).

Implementation of structured trauma training for firstyear surgical residents in Ethiopia: a novel pilot program in a low income country

  • Segni Kejela;Meklit Solomon Gebremariam
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.132-139
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: Curricula for surgical residents should include training in trauma care; however, such training is absent in many low income countries. At the largest surgical training institution in Ethiopia, a trauma training program was developed, integrated into the existing surgical curriculum, and implemented. This study was conducted to evaluate the trainees' response to the new program. Methods: Over a 5-month period, 35 first-year surgical residents participated in weekly trauma care training sessions. The program included journal clubs, practical sessions, didactic sessions, and case-based discussions. Six months after the conclusion of the training, changes in knowledge, attitude, and practices were evaluated through a self-report survey. Results: For knowledge-based items, the survey data revealed reported improvements in 83.8% to 96.8% of students. Furthermore, 90.3% to 93.5% of participants indicated improvements in practice, while 96.7% exhibited a change in attitude. Respondents reported that attending didactic courses improved their presentation skills and facilitated the acquisition of knowledge. They suggested the inclusion of additional practical sessions. Conclusions: Training structures that are simple to implement are crucial for residency programs with limited resources. Such programs can be developed using existing academic staff and can aid residents in delivering improved care to trauma patients.

College Students' TV Advertising Information Recognition and Comprehension: A Focus on the Consumer-deception Factors in Commercials (대학생 소비자의 TV광고정보인지 및 이해에 관한 연구: 광고 속 소비자기만요소를 중심으로)

  • Han, Sung-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.343-359
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze college students' TV advertising information recognition, comprehension and affecting factors on them. Data were collected by a survey of college student consumers after experiments with TV commercials. ANOVA, Duncan, and stepwise multiple regression analysis were carried out with the gathered data. The results are as follows. First, the TV advertising information comprehension degree of the college students consumers were shown to be low, by 41.2%. The comprehension degree was especially low when the information was presented visually without any verbal expression. Second, assuming that the comprehension of TV advertisements is defined by a correct perceptual understanding after recognizing the consumer-deception factors, the percentage of correct answers was poor, by 29.2%. Third, according to sex, average monthly income, degree of immersion on TV commercials, advertisement attitude, and consumer education of school, the TV advertisement information recognition and comprehension showed varying degrees between the groups. In the case of women students whose average monthly income was 100 to 300 thousand Korean won, had a high degree of immersion on TV commercials, and a high degree of consumer education at school, the TV advertising information recognition was shown to be high. In the case of third year college students who had a medium level of immersion on TV commercials and a high degree of consumer education at school, the TV advertisement comprehension was high. Fourth, the high explanatory factor of TV advertising information recognition and comprehension was found to be common because of consumer education at school.

Case Study on self-directed learning of mathematics using EBS contents for students at Child care centers (지역아동센터학생 대상 EBS 동영상을 활용한 자기 주도적 수학학습 사례 연구)

  • Park, Kyung-Eun;Lee, Sang-Gu
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.589-623
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    • 2015
  • This study is to find out a way to foster self-directed learning math skills for the low-income youth at child care centers. Taking advantage of EBS materials, we found the youth, low-income youth in particular, were positively influenced to learn mathematics in the way of self-directed and action learning. This program gives a model of the self-directed math learning using the EBS mathematics materials. From the survey of this study, we found see that students started to have a positive attitude for learning and they started to gain new mathematical concept, and improved their problem solving, reasoning, communication and representation skills with these new leaning environments. This study tells us that this type of cooperative learning could help them to have an objective assessment, and gave a positive impact on self-directed learning.

Mass Customization and the Level of Customers' Needs for Beauty Salon (미용실 고객의 매스 커스터마이제이션 요구 수준)

  • Kwon, Tae-Shin;Kim, Yong-Sook
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2012
  • The purposes of this study were to analyze factors of mass customization for hair salon's customers and to identify the differences among groups segmented by mass customization level. The self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The respondents were 423 women using hair salons. Factors of hair salon's mass customization implementation were sanitary condition & hair salon's staff, hair styling technique, communication service, tangible service, monetary support, convenience service, and visible service. Hair salon's customers were categorized into the high-level of needs group, the middle-level of needs group, and the low-level of needs group. The high-level of needs group consisted of university students or women with a higher education or higher income. This group selected beauty salons by the promotion or advertisements, preferred their own unique hair style or a little-fashionable hair style, and showed a lower level of patronage. The middle-level of needs group consisted of university students or women with a higher education or higher incomes. They selected hair salons by service prices, preferred a basic hair style, and showed a midium level of patronage. The low-level of needs group consisted of women with lower education or lower income. They selected beauty salons by career of hair dressers or the promotion or advertisement, preferred highly fashionable hair style, and showed high level of patronage.

Factors Affecting Intention to Participate in School Breakfast Programs of Middle and High School Students in Seoul (서울시 중.고등학생들의 학교아침급식 참여 의사에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Kim, Yang-Suk;Yoon, Ji-Hyun;Kim, Haeng-Ran;Kwon, Sung-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.489-500
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting intention to participate in school breakfast programs of middle and high school students in Seoul using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Out of 2,280 questionnaires distributed to the middle and high school students, 2,060 were returned (90.4% response rate) and 1,799 were analyzed (78.9% analysis rate). To determine factors affecting intention to participate in school breakfast programs, logistic regression analyses were conducted for middle and high school students, respectively. For logistic regression, data of 1,217 out of 1,799 students (637 middle and 580 high school students) were used after excluding 582 students which had an answer 'Not sure' to the question about intention to participate in school breakfast programs. In case of middle school students, male than female students (OR = 1.504), the students who skipped all breakfast (OR = 1.851), who ate breakfast $1{\sim}2$ times (OR = 3.474) or $3{\sim}4$ times (OR = 1.950) than those who ate breakfast everyday during weekdays of the previous week were more likely to participate in school breakfast programs. In case of high school students, male than female (OR = 1.967), the students who skipped all breakfast (OR = 4.187), the students who ate breakfast $1{\sim}2$ times (OR = 3.024) or $3{\sim}4$ times (OR = 2.095) than those who ate breakfast everyday during weekdays of the previous week were more likely to participate in school breakfast programs. In addition, both possibility of middle and high school students' participation in school breakfast programs increased as the satisfaction with school lunch service (OR = 1.704, 1.653) increased. Middle school students who perceived their household income level 'low or middle low' (OR = 1.999) than those who perceived their household income level 'middle' and the students who had more positive 'attitude' (OR = 1.311) toward eating breakfast were more likely to participate in school breakfast programs. However, high school students who had higher 'perceived difficulty in access to breakfast' (OR = 1.370) were more likely to participate in school breakfast programs. The results of this study could be useful data to plan and develop school breakfast programs in Korea.

Factors Affecting the Discrimination Damage of Children in Low-income Families in Community Children's Centers (지역아동센터 저소득층 아동의 차별피해 영향요인 분석)

  • Woo, Jung-Ja
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.573-584
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the discrimination of low-income children among children in the community children's centers. The subjects of the survey were 6th grade elementary school students who were the third respondents of the second Child Panel Survey of the community children's center, among them, 355 children whose family economy level corresponds to basic living allowance, next level, and blind spot. SPSS Statistics 25.0 was used to analyze exploratory factors, reliability analysis, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The results of this study showed that single parent family, parent social capital, parental abuse, and happiness had a significant effect on the discrimination damage of low-income children in community children's centers. The more one parent's family, the less the parent's role as a counterpart to the discussion, and the more the parental abuse, the higher the child's discrimination damage. In general, parents-related factors were affecting the discrimination damage of low-income children. Community children's centers and related institutions should focus on developing and implementing programs that can improve the quality of family relations of children.

The Level of Stress and Coping Behavior of Middle and High school students in Korea (중.고등학생의 스트레스 정도와 스트레스 대처방식)

  • 이해옥;현온강
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.59-78
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of this study were to investigate adolescents’level of stress, and coping behavior of stress as related to socio-demographic variables. The subjects were 270 first-grade middle school students and 258 first-grade high school students in Ansan. The data were analyzed by S.A.S. Program Package, the statistical methods of Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard deviation, T-test, One-way Anova, DMR(Duncan’s Multiple Range Test) The results of this study were as followed:1) The general tendency of adolescents’level of stress, and coping behavior of stress were that high school students experienced more stress than middle school students and both experienced more stress in school life than in family life. 2) According to personal variable, there were differences in the grade and scholarly attainment in the low-level stress group. According to parents variables, the level of stress differed significantly according to mother’s school career and father’s occupation in the low-level-stress group. There was significant difference in accordance with mother’s occupation in the high-level-stress group. 3) The coping behavior of stress according to adolescent variables differed significantly according to grades, the monthly income of the household, mother’s level of education and the father’s occupation.

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The Effect of the Group Counseling Program Based on MMTIC for Psychological Well-Being, Self-esteem and Depression in Elementary School Students from Low Income Families (MMTIC를 활용한 집단상담 프로그램이 저소득층 초등학생의 심리적 안녕감, 자아존중감 및 우울에 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Heang-Mi;Chae, Myeong-Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.954-965
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    • 2019
  • This study was a quasi-experimental study of a non-equivalence comparison group to investigate an effect of adaptation of group counseling program based on MMTIC (Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children) on improvement of psychological well-being, self-esteem and depression for elementary school students from low income families. Data were collected from August 3 to August 31, 2016. The group counseling program based on MMTIC was applied to the experimental group 10 sessions (twice a week, 60minutes), participants were 56 elementary school students from low income families (experimental group = 28, control group = 28) live in J city. The effects of this study were evaluated with the scales for psychological well-being, self-esteem and depression. As a result, it was found that well-being and self-esteem had significantly improved, depression had noticeably decreased with the program. Therefore, It is should that the group counseling program based on MMTIC will be used for effective psychiatric nursing intervention.

A Study on the Clothing Consumption Pattern and Satisfaction of University Students (남녀 대학생의 의복 소비생활과 만족도에 관한 연구)

  • 권수애;최종명
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.111-126
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the clothing consumption pattern and satisfaction of the university students. 509 subjects were surveyed during the period of 2002, for statistical analysis, t-test, ANOVA(LSD), X²-test were used by SPSSWIN program. The results of this study were following; Number of clothing showed significant difference according to sex, income, and major Female students had more clothes than male students, but female student was not satisfied with thier number of clothing. University students spend the money below one hundred thousandwon on the purchase of clothing and they depend upon their parents for the cost. Their resources of fashion information are display of shop. Clothing consumption pattern showed significant difference according to sex and female students purchased on sale more frequently than male students. The needs of university students for formal wear was high. The reason for not wearing the clothes they have showed significant difference according sex, male students din't wear their clothes for ragging or unsuitableness of size but female students din't wear because thier clothes were old fashion or they lose interests in thier clothes. The tendency to have ethetic, easycare and high quality clothing of female student was stronger than that of male students. It is necessory business develop high quality formal wear at a low price, made in practical textiles and activative designed skirts for university students.