• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2913-2921
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• 2012

Introduction: The impact of cervical cancer prevention programs depends on persuading women to go for screening and, if needed, treatment. As part of an evaluation of a pilot project in Indonesia, qualitative research was conducted to explore the factors that influence women's decisions regarding screening and treatment and to generate practical recommendations to increase service coverage and reduce loss to follow up. Methods: Research was conducted at 7 of the 17 public health centers in Karawang District that implemented the pilot project. Interviews and focus group discussions were held with 20 women, 20 husbands, 10 doctors, 18 midwives, 3 district health officials, and 16 advocacy team members. Results: Free services and mobile outreach events encouraged women to go for screening, along with promotional efforts by community health workers, advocacy teams, and the mass media. Knowledge and perceptions were the most important barriers to screening: women were not aware of cervical cancer risks, did not know the disease was treatable, and were fatalistic. Factors facilitating treatment were social support from husbands, relatives, and friends and the encouragement and role modeling of health workers. Barriers to prompt treatment included limited access to services and the requirement for husband's consent for cryotherapy. Conclusion: As cervical cancer prevention services are scaled up throughout Indonesia, the findings suggest three strategies to expand screening coverage and ensure prompt treatment: strengthening community mobilization and advocacy activities, modifying the service delivery model to encourage a single visit approach to screening and treatment, and working to gain men's support.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.569-577
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• 2018

근거리 무선통신 (NFC)은 전 세계적으로 주목 받고 있는 유용한 기술이다. NFC 모바일 결제는 많은 금융 기관을 포함한 기술 회사에서 개발되었고 특히 대중교통에 많이 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서 우리는 NFC 결제 시스템을 채택하려는 의도에 영향을 미치는 NFC 시스템에 관련된 주요 요인들을 확인하였다. 이러한 연구 가설을 검증하기 위하여 최근 한국에서 Post China로 많은 관심을 받고 있는 베트남의 경제 중심지인 호치민시에 거주하는 355 명의 응답자를 대상으로 설문을 통하여 자료를 수집하고 Amos를 활용하여 통계적 분석을 실시하였다. 이론적으로는 기술 수용 모델 (TAM)을 사용하였다. 사회적 영향력, 신뢰, 보안, 사용자의 편의성 모두가 매개변수(인지된 유용성 및 사용용이성)를 통하여 NFC결제 방법 사용의도 및 실제 사용에 영향을 미치는 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2000

In recent, occupational diseases in harmful working places become a social issue. It is the well-known fact that a respiration in polluted working places exert a serious effect on health of workers. Accordingly, the cutting off contaminants air originally is the best way to improve working environments. In these cases, ventilation systems should be essentially installed to dilute or exhaust the contaminated indoor air. In this study, we investigated the characteristics of ventilation system of the noxious gas in working indoor places with natural ventilation by using COMET. The numerical simulations were carried out the natural ventilation with two phase(air, dust). For turbulent flow, Reynolds stresses were closed by the standard $\kappa$-$\varepsilon$ model. The results are as follows ; 1) In the natural exhaust in the working place, the flows of the central region have a more rapid velocity vector than the right and left one. 2) Numerical results show that the distribution of contaminants concentration have greater influence on convection than the case of diffusion by government of velocity vectors. 3) To observe the velocity variation with distance, three location of distance are considered. As results, it shows that the velocity are 0.075(m/s) at y=5(m), 10(m) and mean concentration are raised 10.6% at y=5(m), 10(m). 4) We have presented the useful data for the adequate counterplan in the harmful working places by carrying out the various investigation of the natural ventilation.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권14호
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• pp.5793-5800
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• 2015

Background: Outcome-expectation beliefs and knowledge may ultimately influence behavior for cancer prevention. The aims of this study were to measure changes in knowledge and beliefs about cancer prevention before and after viewing a television advertisement and identify the factors affecting receptivity to its messages. Materials and Methods: A one-group pretest-posttest design was used in this study of 1,000 individuals aged 20 to 65 years who were recruited online in November 2014. The outcome variables included cancer prevention beliefs based on the Health Belief Model (five items) and knowledge about risk factors for cancer (seven items). Results: Perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy increased significantly and their perceived severity and perceived barriers decreased significantly, after participants viewed the television advertisement. Correct responses to questions about risk factors also increased significantly, except for smoking. The main factors affecting changes in the outcome variables were age, interest in cancer prevention, social network, satisfaction with the ad, and pretest scores. Conclusions: Television advertisements with positive frameworks can be an efficient channel of improving beliefs and knowledge about cancer prevention in a short period. The continuous development of intervention materials that consider the demographics, needs, and satisfaction of the target group will be necessary for future studies.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.2247-2254
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• 2016

Background: The incidence of breast cancer is rising in Oman, and the disease is diagnosed at late stages, when treatment success is limited. Omani women might benefit from better awareness, so that breast cancer can be detected early and treated. This study was conducted to assess Omani women's levels of breast cancer awareness and early detection practice, and explore factors which might influence these levels. Materials and Methods: A mixed methods study was conducted in 2014, including a quantitative survey of 1,372 and a qualitative assessment of 19 Omani women, aged ${\geq}20years$ from five Omani governorates using convenient sampling. Demographic information and scores for awareness levels were used in a multivariate regression model to investigate factors associated with awareness. Thematic analysis and interpretive description were used to analyse the qualitative data. Results: The overall means for early detection and general awareness scores were 0.58 (SD 0.24) and 0.46 (SD 0.21), respectively. General awareness was significantly associated with age, education, income and familiarity with cancer patients (p<0.05), while early detection was significantly associated with age, marital status and education. A majority of women (59.5%) agreed with a belief in 'evil eye' or envy as a risk factor for breast cancer. Women discussed various factors which may empower or inhibit awareness, including the cultural-religion-fatalistic system, personal-familial-environmental system, and healthcare-political-social system. Conclusions: The overall low scores for awareness and early detection, and the survey of local beliefs highlight a severe necessity for a contextually-tailored breast cancer awareness intervention programme in Oman.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.931-941
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• 2016

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between depression and poor oral health in Korean elderly using Korean version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for assessment of depressive symptoms. Methods: This study used the data from Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VI-2). The study included 1,454 elderly Korean aged over 65. Variables included demographic characteristics (gender, age), socioeconomic factor (income, education), systemic diseases, oral health related factor (tooth brush, dental products), health related factor (alcohol drinking, smoking), and depression. Logistic regression analysis was used as sequential models. Effects were quantified as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: From frequency analysis, being female, primary school or less, non-alcohol drinking, poor oral health were significantly related to depression. In the multiple logistic regression model, depression was significantly associated with poor oral health (OR=1.96, CI=1.15-3.53) after adjustment for other covariates including demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factor, systemic diseases, oral health related factor, and health related factor (OR=1.91, CI=1.13-3.27). Conclusions: Depression had an influence on the poor oral health after adjustment as confounding variable in the elderly. It should be focused on the health promotion for the elderly vulnerable to depression and poor oral health. The development of the mental health and oral health should be established.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.62-71
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• 2015

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate North Korean refugees' knowledge of mental illnesses and treatments and analyze the factors affecting this knowledge. Methods: Subjects were selected via a snowball sampling method, and the survey outcomes of 152 North Korean refugee participants were analyzed. The factors affecting knowledge of mental illnesses were analyzed via a regression analysis by constructing a multivariate model with mental illness knowledge score as the dependent variable. Results: The North Korean refugees' mental illness scores ranged from 3 to 24 points, with an average score of 13.0. Regarding the factors that influence mental illness knowledge, the subjects with South Korean spouses and those who had spent more time in South Korea had higher knowledge scores. Furthermore, the subjects who considered the mental health of North Korean refugees to be a serious issue revealed lower knowledge scores than those who did not believe it was a serious issue. The subjects who visit psychiatric clinics showed higher knowledge scores than those who do not. The South Korean subjects who had at least a college education exhibited higher scores than did those without advanced education. The subjects who are satisfied with life in South Korea manifested a higher mental illness knowledge score than those who are not. Conclusions: This study is significant as being the first study to ever measure and evaluate the level of North Korean refugees' knowledge of mental illnesses. In addition, the evaluations of North Korean refugees' mental illness knowledge and influencing factors while residing in South Korea created basic data that formed the foundation of an effort to enhance mental health literacy and provide proper mental health services. The results of this study can be utilized to solve mental health problems that might frequently occur during the unification process of North and South Korea in the future.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2016

본 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 라이프스타일, 브랜드태도, 브랜드애착, 행동유형에 따른 관계를 파악하고 하고자 하였다. 지역의 외식업체의 이용경험이 있는 고객을 모집단으로 편의표본추출 하였고 광주지역 외식업체 이용고객을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구목적에 따라서 연구모형과 가설을 설정하여 분석하였다. 첫째, 라이프스타일과 브랜드태도간의 관계는 라이프스타일은 개인적인 성향과 습관적인 행동으로서 브랜드 태도인 인지, 편안함, 친숙한 특징들은 라이프스타일의 유형과 상관없이 유의한 관계를 형성하고 있다. 둘째, 라이프스타일과 애착간의 관계는 고객의 라이프스타일은 브랜드 애착이 현실추구형, 가치지향형, 유행추구형 순으로 유의한 관계가 형성이 되었으나 사교지향성은 브랜드애착에 유의한 관계를 형성하지 않았다. 셋째, 고객의 브랜드태도와 브랜드충성도 관계와 고객의 브랜드애착과 브랜드충성도간의 영향관계에 있어 유의한 관계가 형성이 되었다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.107-118
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• 2012

스마트 TV는 스마트폰, 스마트 패드, PC 등 모든 IT 기기들을 통합하여 스마트 워크와 스마트 홈을 통해 스마트 IT 기기의 허브역할을 수행할 것으로 기대되고 있다. 스마트 TV라는 새로운 기술의 수용 요인과 과정을 분석하기 위해 체계적인 조사와 분석이 필요하다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 스마트 TV 시장의 경쟁우위를 확보하기 위한 전략 수립이 필요한 시점이다. 본 논문에서는 정보기술 수용과 사용의 통합이론을 이용하여 스마트 TV 이용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인들과 그 요인들 간의 관계성을 구조방정식 모델을 이용하여 규명하였다. 연구 결과에 따르면 혁신성, 전환비용, 전환이익, 서비스 인터페이스, 사용자 인터페이스와 같은 외생 변인이 노력 기대, 성과 기대, 사회적 영향에 유의적 영향을 미쳐서 최종적으로 이용 의도에 영향을 끼치는 것으로 파악되었다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.95-117
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of anxiety about economic change in middle-aged and elderly people and to analyze the factors that influence this anxiety. The data, derived from Korean General Social Survey(KGSS) were collected from Survey Research Center of Sung Kyun Kwan University. The samples included 821 people over the age of 40, including 529 middle-aged people who were from 40 to 59, and elderly people who were over 60. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the research model. The findings from the analysis showed that age and subjective economic status had crucial effects on the entire group's anxiety about unemployment and poverty, housing prices, financial markets, and economic recession in the older life. For the middle-aged group, age in particular had crucial effects on all the components of its anxiety about economic change. For the elderly group, geographical region was the most critical factor that affected its anxiety about economic change, the elderly people who were living in metropolitan area and towns had more anxiety than those who were living in rural areas. In particular, region was the only factor that affected the elderly group's anxiety about financial markets, and economic recession. These results showed that specific age of middle-aged and elderly people had the crucial effects while their sex, educational level, and the employment status of their spouse had no effects on their anxiety about economic change. Objective economic indices such as their earned-income and other income including savings and pensions had no effects on their anxiety level. While as noted above subjective economic indices such as their standard of living compared with their parents, projected economic status, and level of socio-economic success had an effect on anxiety about economic change.