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Exploration of the meaning and factors affecting the mental health perceived by university students utilizing photovoice methodology (포토보이스 조사방법을 활용한 대학생이 지각한 정신건강의 의미와 영향요인 탐색)

  • Lee, Sowon;Kim, Kyungsook;Kim, Boyoung
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.77-90
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore how university students perceive the mental health, what are the factors affecting the mental health in their lives. Methods: The participants of this study were eight university students who haven't participated in a class of mental health, residing in G city. This study collected the data between May 9 and June 13, 2016, and adopted a photovoice methodology of participatory action research. Results: The mental health perceived by the participants was expressed as new things re-experiencing in a familiar daily life of themselves, and things seem the same but different from others. Through discussion, the participants found that affecting factors of the mental health they negatively perceived could work on others as positive factors. Also, the participants were in search of a strategy to individually protect the mental health barriers in ways of that could contribute to mental health of the community such as conformity to social regulations. Conclusions: Based on these results, this study was meaningful in that various views were derived to prepare strategies and policy alternatives to promote university students' mental health.

The 'Good Nursing' Experienced by Hemodialysis Patients (혈액투석 환자가 경험한 '좋은 간호')

  • Yeom, Eun Yi;Kim, Miyoung
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.275-286
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning and essence of good nursing from the perspective of patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: The data were collected through in-depth interviews of five hemodialysis patients who have been dialyzed for one year or longer. The data analysis was conducted using the Giorgi's phenomenological method. Results: The findings included six constituents and 13 sub-constituents. The six constituents were 'prompt and skillful response to mitigate distress', 'careful attention to provide relief', 'individualized education to promote self-management', 'an intimate relationship to regain isolated ego', 'warmhearted support to encourage strength to live in a exhausting life', and 'providing of comfortable environment to maintain stability'. Conclusion: From the perspective of the hemodialysis patients, the concept of good nursing should stem from the integration of nurses' scientific knowledge, expert skills, and moral sensitivity. The finding suggests that strategies to develop nursing interventions for hemodialysis patients will be required on the basis of understanding of their sociocultural contexts and familism.

Iconological Interpretation of Makeup depicted in Alexander McQueen's Collection (Alexander McQueen 컬렉션에 표현된 메이크업의 도상학적 해석)

  • Kim, Hyun-Mi;Kim, Sook-Hyun;Jang, Ae-Ran
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.60 no.10
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    • pp.118-132
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of the research is to develop a systematic model to interpret makeup signs through a case analysis of makeup shown in Alexander McQueen's ready-to-wear collections from 2001 to 2010 and to prove an importance of makeup as a communication medium to deliver social and cultural values. This research employed Panofsky's Iconology theory to analyze data. This theory consists of three steps to interpret the meaning of a work: (1) pre-iconographical description, (2) iconographical analysis, and (3) iconological interpretation. Alexander McQueen's makeup was analyzed with the three steps in order. As a result of the pre-iconographical description step, makeup styles (icons) in his collections are identified which are Egyptian style, Gothic style, Androgynous style, Victorian style, Fantasia style, and Futuristic variant style. The iconographical analysis step identified that the elements used in his makeup are inspired by his identity and life. In the final step of iconological interpretation, the researcher concluded that Alexander McQueen's makeup expresses social, cultural, and aesthetical value of the time period when the collection was created. His makeup shows postmodernism that accepts a diversity of views (the pluralism) and humanism, romantic narcissism that is his personality trait, and avant-garde that pursues a new, creative aesthetics.

On the classical results of Cesàro summability for Fourier series (푸리에 급수에 대한 체사로 총합가능성의 고전적 결과에 관하여)

  • Lee, Jung Oh
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.17-29
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    • 2017
  • This paper is concerned with the $Ces{\grave{a}}ro$ summability of Fourier series. Many authors have studied on the summability of Fourier series up to now. Also, G. H. Hardy and J. E. Littlewood [5], Gaylord M. Merriman [18], L. S. Bosanquet [1], Fu Traing Wang [24] and others had studied the $Ces{\grave{a}}ro$ summability of Fourier series until the first half of the 20th century. In the section 2, we reintroduce Ernesto $Ces{\grave{a}}ro^{\prime}s$ life and the meaning of mathematical history for $Ces{\grave{a}}ro^{\prime}s$ work. In the section 3, we investigate the classical results of summability for Fourier series from 1897 to the mid-twentieth century. In conclusion, we restate the important classical results of several theorems of $Ces{\grave{a}}ro$ summability for Fourier series. Also, we present the research minor lineage of $Ces{\grave{a}}ro$ summability for Fourier series.

A Study on the Effect of Social Welfare Practice in Multicultural Society (다문화사회의 사회복지실천의 영향연구)

  • Jung, Dok-Dong;Youn, Myoung-Kil
    • Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2018
  • This study focuses on the understanding of social workers' needs for cultural competence and understanding its meaning. And furthermore, this study describes Korean cultural competence and how it is viewed in Korean reality where social workers are. Therefore, this study suggests this research idea based on previous researches data and discussed issues. Particularly considering the unique nature of Korean social welfare site involving multicultural, the role of advocacy is considered essential to Korea. Also, it is necessary and unavoidable part of the perspective of a social justice. Currently, with increasing international marriage, Korean society is rapidly moving toward a multicultural society. This means that we need to promote the ongoing multicultural understanding education to improve and enhance multicultural education system. But, the real effect of the multicultural understanding education in reality of the situation represent just other culture introduction, thus, most of the ongoing multicultural understanding education systems are insufficient to improve the multicultural competence. Korea still has a long way to go before becoming a full-fledged multicultural society. A multicultural society can bring diversity and rich life. Therefore, social workers with deep Korean multicultural competence should be increased in Korean changing multicultural society.

Evaluation of Service Quality in Aged Care Facilities : A Focus Group Study (노인장기요양시설 서비스의 질 평가 탐색 : 포커스 그룹 연구)

  • Lee, JungSuk;Lee, Yong-Mi;Hwang, RahIl
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.19-33
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the meaning and contents of high-quality aged care facilities and provide basic data for evaluation of service quality in such facilities. Methods: The focus group interviews and participants consisted of two user groups, for a total of 16 family caregivers of the elderly living in facilities and four service provider groups, for a total of 26 chief managers and caregivers working in aged care facilities. All interviews were recorded and transcribed as they occurred. Content analysis was used and debriefing notes were referred to in order to analyze the data. Results: Four themes of a high-quality aged care facility emerged from the analysis; 1) a place to rest for comfortable later years; 2) systematic value-based management; 3) providing professional care; 4) comprehensive service provision in response to diverse needs. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed the importance of client centered care and ethical mindset of providers, which had not been included in the existing quality evaluation programs. Based on these results, medical treatments, end-of-life care and more comprehensive and extended services including family care need to be provided in facilities to ensure good quality aged care.

Concept Analysis of Relocation Stress - Focusing on Patients Transferred from Intensive Care Unit to General Ward - (전실 스트레스[relocation stress]의 개념분석 - 중환자실에서 일반 병실로 전실하는 환자를 중심으로 -)

  • Son, Youn-Jung;Hong, Sung-Kyung;Jun, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.353-362
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze and clarify the meaning of the concept for relocation stress -focusing on patients transferred from an intensive care unit to a general ward. Methods: This study used Walker and Avant's process of concept analysis. Results: Relocation stress can be defined by these attributes as follows: 1) involuntary decision about relocation, 2) moving from a familiar and safe environment to an unfamiliar one, 3) broken relationship of safety and familiarity, 4) physiological and psychosocial change after relocation. The antecedents of relocation stress consisted of these facts: 1) preparation degrees of transfer from the intensive care unit to a general ward, 2) pertinence of the information related to the transfer process, 3) change of major caregivers, 4) change in numbers of monitoring devices, 5) change in the level of self-care. There are consequences occurring as a result of relocation stress: 1) decrease in patients' quality of life, 2) decrease in coping capacity, 3) loss of control. Conclusion: Relocation stress is a core concept in intensive nursing care. Using this concept will contribute to continuity of intensive nursing care.

Perception on Children in 15th Century Korean Medicine and Its Historical Meaning (15세기 한국의학의 소아(小兒)에 대한 인식과 의학사적 의의)

  • Shin, Haegue;Ahn, Sangwoo
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.11-24
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    • 2015
  • Historically, children have inevitably been under different treatments depending on their circumstances. In noble families, overprotection rather damaged children; in general, children undergoing important stages of life were exploited as laborers and not cared for. In order to help these children grow whole and healthy, pediatrics has provided information on the right environment and medical treatments for children. In traditional Korean medicine, it is said, "the reason I put gynecology and pediatrics in the first chapters $\cdots$ of this book (Chapter on Pediatrics, Euibangyoochui) is to show my intention of respecting the origin", emphasizing the significance of children as the basis of a person. This is distinguished not only by philosophical implication, but also by its practical contribution to children's health. Euibangyoochui 醫方類聚 is the major book of 15th-century Korean medicine, compiled medicine until Joseon. Through Chapter on pediatrics, which collected medical theories and treatments on children, this paper studies how children had been perceived in traditional Korean medicine, and how it was followed by corresponding medical treatments.

Analysis of Retelling Cases Linked to Reading in Thinking and Expression - Focusing on Reading Michel Tournier's "Let Joy Remain in Me" (문학 읽기 연계 리텔링 강의 분석- 미셸 투르니에의 「기쁨이 내게 머물게 하소서」 를 중심으로)

  • Hwang, Hye-young;Lee, Eun-Sook;Chung, Hyun-Sook
    • Korean Educational Research Journal
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.59-87
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    • 2022
  • 'Thinking and Expression' develops comprehensive problem-solving ability to solve various problems in life and society by cultivating thinking skills such as creative, logical, reflective thinking, and connected thinking and communication ability to communicate one's thoughts through writing and speaking. This is a college basic liberal arts course established to improve students. The purpose of this study is to introduce the case of rewriting of literature reading and healing performed as an extension of storytelling learning in 'Thinking and Expression' class. In class, we read Michel Tournier's short story "Let Joy Remain in Me" and shared our feelings about the final scene of the work. Then, we each presented a question that came to mind as we read the work, and we shared our thoughts with the members of the group. Next, the students created the content that will follow the last scene of the work with the direction of healing. Through this, we tried to read the work carefully and deeply appreciate its contents, and we had time to feel the creative experience of the reader re-creating the meaning of the work and the effect of healing rewriting. Then, we turned the direction of reflection to the realm of the reader's own life and expressed their desired future self in writing, imagining that it had already been realized. Through this, we tried to discover the meaning of practical rewriting towards self-actualization.

Experiences of Critical Care Nurses Caring for Dying Patients (중환자실 간호사의 임종 환자 돌봄 경험)

  • Seol, Eun-Mi;Koh, Chin-Kang
    • Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2018
  • Purpose : This study aimed to develop an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the experiences of critical care nurses caring for dying patients. Method : Eleven critical care nurses with experience in caring for dying patients were recruited from four tertiary hospitals. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted between November 2016 and March 2017. The transcribed data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to identify major themes and sub-themes that represented the experiences of critical care nurses. Results : The following six themes, and twelve sub-themes, were identified: (1) the gap between expectation and reality, (2) a distorted meaning of death, (3) repeated emotional pain and stress, (4) finding a solution alone, (5) sublimation into mission and calling, and (6) integration into one's own life. Conclusion : This study found that critical care nurses experience various psychological difficulties while caring for dying patients, and they made efforts on their own to overcome them. These findings are expected to inform the development of specialized programs to support critical care nurses to tackle these challenges, create guidelines on caring for dying patients, and help promote death education.