• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.767-772
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• 2018

Public acceptance is a major issue that will determine the future of nuclear energy. In this article, we review relevant studies and identify several common patterns of nuclear public acceptance. Based on these patterns and four categories of factors, we propose hypotheses on the impact of different socioeconomic factors on the public opinion of nuclear energy. These factors were demographic and social influences, politico-economic, energy conditions, and nuclear accidents and natural risks. We tested these hypotheses using a data set including survey results on public opinion of nuclear energy in 59 countries from 1987 to 2014. Results of the regression analysis generally verified the proposed hypotheses, especially regarding the positive impact of education or geological suitability and the negative effect of improved living standards and democracy on nuclear acceptance. We propose policy recommendations, including a better focus on education and communication and a thorough consideration of the social and geological conditions a country needs to make before deciding to go nuclear. Potential weaknesses of this study are also discussed, including the possible causal relation between independent variables and the binary nature of the dependent variable.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2023

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify workload measurement indicators for school nurses in order to provide high-quality health care and deploy school nurses effectively. Methods: A second Delphi survey was conducted on 21 experts with more than 5 years of school nurses experience. To develop indicators related to the workload of school nurses, the importance and measurability of a total of 21 workload indicators were investigated, including school nurses characteristics, school characteristics, health needs of students, and socioeconomic determinants. Results: As a result of the Delphi survey, it was found that 6 indicators were suitable in terms of importance and 8 indicators in terms of measurability. The important indicators the panel agreed on include the size of the city where the school is located, the total number of students, the number of classes, the percentage of students with chronic illness, the percentage of students visiting the health office per day, and the percentage of wound care in the health office per day. Conclusion: The percentage of students with chronic illness and the percentage of wound care per day need to be reflected in school nurse workload indicators and follow-up studies are required to shed more light on the socioeconomic determinants of schools.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2015

본 연구는 만 6세부터 18세까지 연령을 대상으로 제5기 국민건강영양조사 자료를 이용하여, 인구사회경제 특성과 구강건강 수준에 따른 미충족 치과의료 경험의 차이를 분석하고 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인한 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 청소년 3,961명 중 786명 19.84%가 미충족 치과의료를 경험한 것으로 나타났고, 미충족 치과의료 경험 이유로는 학교를 비울 수 없어서와 경제적인 이유가 높게 나타났다. 청소년의 미충족 치과의료 영향 요인을 확인한 결과 6~12세에 비해 높은 연령층에서 상대적으로 높게 나타났고, 소득이 증가할수록 미충족 치과의료 경험을 덜 하는 것으로 나타났다. 주관적 구강건강 인식 수준 좋지 않음에 비해 보통과 좋음의 경우 각각 0.61배, 0.72배 덜 경험하는 것으로 나타났으며, 정기적인 구강검진을 하는 경우 미충족 치과의료를 0.22배 덜 경험하는 경향을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 청소년의 미충족 치과의료 경험을 줄이기 위해 사회경제적 수준에 따른 치과의료 보장정책이 강화되어야 할 것이며, 학교를 비울 수 없어서가 원인이 된 치과의료 이용의 접근성 장애를 개선하기 위해 중 고등학교 내 구강보건실 설치를 위한 정책적 노력이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2002

목적 : 본 연구는 자원봉사자 교육 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료로서 질병 말기 환자에게 호스피스 케어를 제공하는 자원봉사자의 관점에서 본 서비스 요구도를 조사하고자 하는데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 방법 : 경상남도, 부산시 및 충청남도 지역의 호스피스 자원봉사 교육 수료자로서 호스피스 케어 제공 경험이 있는 자원봉사자인 연구대상 중 88명이 본 연구를 위한 분석대상으로 사용되었으며, 구조화된 설문지를 이용한 자기기입식 설문방식에 의해 조사되었다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS Window version 10.0 통계 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도, 백분율, 평균, 표준편차 및 회귀분석방법에 의해 분석되었다. 결과 : 조사대상자의 사회인구학적 특성은 기독교 중류가정의 40대 유배우 고졸 여성으로 가족 중 호스피스 경험이 없는 경력 1년 미만의 호스피스 센터에 소속된 사람이었다. 정보영역에서 호스피스 케어 요구도가 가장 높았으며 사회경제적 영역에서 가장 낮았다. '질병과 치료과정에 대한 정보 제공 필요'에 대한 요구가 정보영역에서, '욕창관리 및 예방'에 대한 요구가 신체적 영역에서, '의료인과 지속적인 관계유지 도와줌'이 정서적 영역에서 그리고 '의료보험 지원 확대를 도와줌'이 사회경제적 영역에 대한 요구도 중 가장 요구도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 호스피스 케어 전체 영역 및 신체적 영역에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 '가족 중 호스피스 경험'이, 정서적 영역에서는 '호스피스 경력'과 '가족 중 호스피스 경험'이 영향을 미치는 요인 변수로 예측되었으나 정보영역 및 사회경제적 영역에서는 어떤 변수도 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 결론 : 본 연구가 편의표본을 사용하여 시행되었기에 본 연구의 결과가 실제적이고 효과적인 자원봉사자 교육 프로그램 개발을 위한 자료로 일반화되어 사용되기에는 한계를 지니고 있다. 따라서 호스피스 센터 별 전수조사 혹은 확률표본추출법에 의해 설계된 본 주제와 관련된 조사연구 및 질적 방법에 의한 연구가 필요하리라 사료된다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.62-72
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• 2023

Based on the basic ideology of health care, this study realized the seriousness of annual unmet medical need and conducted a study to confirm the relationship between the subjective perception of regional healthcare environment and unmet medical needs. The independent variable was classified into attitude 'satisfaction' and 'unsatisfaction' toward regional healthcare, and the dependent variable was classified as whether unmet medical needs occurred annually. Based on previous studies, the control variables were selected as demographic and socioeconomic characteristics that can affect the occurrence of unmet medical care annually and characteristics related to health behavior. Descriptive statistics were conducted for each variable on the extracted sample, and multivariate survey logistic regression analysis was conducted to confirm the association between variables. As a result, more unmet medical needs occurred annually than those who were satisfied with the medical services in the area where they lived. In addition, more unmet medical need occurred annually in "unsatisfied" households compared to households "satisfied" with local medical services. In residential areas, women live in "metropolis" and "rural areas" compared to "urban," women live in men, lower education levels, and poor subjective health levels, and less satisfied with local medical services. As such, the impact of environmental factors in the community on the use of health and medical services is one of the major areas of interest in the field of health science, such as health policy and social dynamics. Therefore, hospitals in each region need to make efforts in terms of hospital management to increase the overall satisfaction of medical services in the region by continuously monitoring the attitude of residents to achieve universal health security, and policymakers should also be interested and propose new policies.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.43-56
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• 2007

한국은 70년대 이후 자동차의 증가와 함께 교통사고로 인한 인명피해가 점차 늘어나 90년대 초 이미 심각한 공중보건문제로 등장하였다. 그러나 역대 정부는 사고예방과 사상자감소를 위한 대책 마련에 소극적이었으며, 다양한 관련전문분야의 협조로 달성 가능한 효과적 안전전략을 이끌어내지 못하였다. 이 논문은 한국의 사회경제적 발전과 교통안전 수준을 밝히고, 특히 전문 의료인의 참여를 요하는 교통안전전략을 조명하는데 목적을 두었다. 사회경제적 발전을 위해 6 가지, 교통안전을 위한 2 가지 지표를 조사하여 외국의 사례들과 비교했으며, 발전수준에 상응하지 못하는 낙후된 교통안전상태가 지속되고 있음을 보였다. 사회경제적발전과 교통안전의 이러한 불균형은 정부로 하여금 장차 관련전문분야 특히 의료인의 협력과 공조를 요하는 보다 효과적인 교통안전전략을 모색토록 할 것이며, 이에 대비하여 1984년 이후 국제교통의학회지 및 동 학회 학술대회에 발표된 논문과 경험들을 성찰하고 그들 중 중진국 수준으로 발전한 한국에서 실행가능하고 시도될 수 있는 주요전략 및 대책들을 분류 제시했다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.1463-1478
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 경로당 이용경험(이용중, 이용 중단, 이용경험 없음)에 따른 노인들의 특성을 조사하고 그 결과를 바탕으로 경로당의 발전 방안을 모색하는 데 있다. 전국에 거주하는 65세 이상 재가노인을 대상으로 한국보건사회연구원과 보건복지부가 공동으로 실시한 2004년도 전국 노인생활실태 및 복지욕구조사 결과 수집된 자료를 카이검정, 분산분석, 다항로지스틱회귀분석을 이용하여 분석하였다(n=3,005). 연구 결과 사회경제적 여건이 좋지 않은 농어촌지역의 고령노인이 주로 경로당을 이용하였고, 비교적 젊고 사회경제적으로 안정된 도시지역의 중산노년층이 경로당을 이용하다가 중단하거나 경로당을 이용하지 않는 것으로 나타나 경로당 이용경험에 따른 노인간 연령, 거주지역, 사회경제적 여건에서 확연한 차이가 있었다. 남녀노인간 차이는 있지만, 경로당 이용을 중단하거나 이용하지 않는 가장 큰 이유는 '경로당을 이용하는 노인들과 맞지 않아서'였다 즉, 노인들간 인구 및 사회경제적 차이 때문에 발생하는 교류상의 문제와 그로 인한 경로당 이용노인 모두의 여가복지욕구를 만족시킬 수 있는 프로그램의 제공이 현재 우리나라 경로당 운영에서 가장 시급히 해결해야 할 과제였다. 연구 결과를 바탕으로 경로당에만 한정하는 협의적 차원의 경로당 발전 방안(보건, 재활 및 건강 관련 프로그램의 활성화, 여성노인의 여가복지욕구를 반영한 프로그램의 운영, 보육시설의 운영 등)과 중장기적이고 종합적인 노인여가복지정책 수립을 위한 광의적 차원에서의 경로당 발전 방안(정부가 추진하고 있는 저출산 및 고령화정책의 인프라를 위한 복지시설로의 경로당 기능전환, 노인복지관과 유료노인여가복지시설의 활성화 등)이 제시되었다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2006

This study was conducted as a survey to find out middle-aged persons's housing preferences for a future elderly housing and to grasp background characteristics of persons influencing the preferences and the effect of elderly's aging situations on the changes of their preferences. A sample of 300 middle-aged people was selected purposely from parents of university students living in Gwang-ju city. Questionnaires were administered to parents by students and analysed with SPSS Windows 10 program. Middle-aged persons's housing preferences were differed according to elderly's aging situations, in the case of healthy situation, they tended to prefer to stay present house without their children in irrespective to couple or single, whereas in the case of unhealthy situation, they tended to prefer to live with their children. and couples showed preferences for planned housing for the elderly and singles showed preferences for elderly housing facilities with care services. The most important characteristics of elderly housing among middle-aged people was a places where they can enjoy leisure and provide home-help services, located in the suburbs. Also middle-aged persons were likely to prefer to a green spaces such as garden, path for walking, and madang for the elderly housing. Needs for community care services (NCCS) were required above the average. Among the items of NCCS, a visiting medical examination was the most demanding, and a visiting nursing services, a emergency calling bell, and home repairs were sequently followed in the level of needs. The characteristics of the elderly housing which preferred to and needs for community care services were influenced by middle-aged persons's age, gender, subjective evaluation of economic abilities, tenure status, the cost of living, and the size of housing. This findings suggests that it must to be considered to develop various types of the elderly housing depending on socioeconomic status.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.29-42
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• 2004

Women are unlikely to receive an equal education, compared to men, in rural Korean society despite the equality in labor sharing. To address this issue this research aims to (a) analyze the educational needs for farming skills and daily life management in rural communities, and (b) develop a model for educational programs reflecting regional characteristics for the female farmers in order to make them experts in agriculture. A structured questionnaire was administered, using a group interview method, to 366 female farmers from the Jeonnam, Chungbuk, and Gyeonggi provinces with help of agricultural agents. The major components of the questionnaire dealt with individual peculiarities, educational environment, and curriculum and training subjects wanted by the female farmers. Educational program content was classified as daily life management, scientific farming and agricultural management skills to create systematic and effective programs. It was found that the critical factors for developing educational programs for the female farmers are as follows: a. It is necessary to develop a program combining daily life management skills and farming skills to make the female farmers experts in agriculture. b. Statistically significant differences were found in the female farmers' educational program participation and needs based educational level, age, educational expenditure, farm type, farming experience, and farm scale. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a program considering the fore-mentioned socioeconomic status and farming characteristics. c. It is important to establish an educational system for the female farmer to improve their quality of life as a minority group in Korean society. In addition, it is also necessary to develop public relations program to ensure that female farmers recognize the importance and necessity of the education.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2003

Purpose: The purpose of this study was investigate the relationships among perceived social support, instrumental support needs, and depression of healthy, community dwelling elderly women. Method: This study was designed to examine whether the perceived social support and instrumental support were correlated with depression in elderly women. Data were cross-sectional and community-dwelling elderly individuals. The subject was 98 elderly women recruited from Elderly Welfare Center and Community center for Elderly. The instruments for this study were Personal Resource Questionnaire-part II, Geriatric Depression Scale (Short Form), and Instrumental Support Activities Checklist. Data were gathered by means of structured personal interviews. The internal consistency of the instruments was relatively good. Result: The participants' perceived social support was moderately high and instrumental support needs was low. Depression was mild and moderate relatively. The correlation analysis showed that the perceived social support was negatively related to depression and negatively related with instrumental support needs. Conclusion: The findings suggested that more perceived social support, less their depressive symptom in elderly women. It also revealed that the age, marital status, and socioeconomic status of elderly women also are important indicator of the elderly depression. Therefore nursing assessment and the design of intervention that incorporate the determinants supported in this study, such as perceived social support of the elderly women are needed in adopting and maintain health promoting lifestyle for the mental health and effective functioning in later life in women.