Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behavior among Hospital Registered Nurses - Mood States, Resourcefulness, and Health Perception - / 간호행정학회지

PURPOSE: This study was done to examine the effects of mood state, resourcefulness, and health perception on health promoting behavior of hospital nurses. METHODS: Convenience sampling was conducted for nurses working at three University hospital and 336 nurses were selected. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. RESULTS: The results of the analysis showed that the score for nurses' mood state was 41.76+/-18.90; for resourcefulness, 11.30+/-20.63; for health perception, 3.32+/-.77, and for health promoting behavior, 111.55+/-17.76. Mood state, resourcefulness, and health perception were significantly correlated with health promoting behavior. The overall explanatory power of the effects of nurses' mood state, resourcefulness, and health perception on health promoting behavior was 27.8%. CONCLUSION: Study results indicate that better mood state, higher resourcefulness, and higher health perception result in more health promoting behavior.

A Study on Pregnancy, Delivery, and Infant Rearing Knowledge and Educational Need of Marriage Immigrant Women / 農村醫學 地域保健

OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to understand pregnancy, delivery, and infant rearing knowledge and educational need of marriage immigrant women to be utilized as a basic data for developing a suitable educational program. METHODS: The subject of the study was composed of one hundred twenty two married immigrant women who live in South Korea. The method used in determining the population was the convenience sampling method. The data were gathered by means of personal interviews using questionnaires. RESULTS: The mean score of pregnancy and delivery knowledge was 3.35, educational need was 3.64 out of 5, and infant rearing knowledge was 3.16, educational need was 3.66 out of 5. The pregnancy and delivery knowledge of the subject showed significant differences based on their present residential location and presence of children and their educational need varies according to their country of origin. The infant rearing knowledge on the other hand, showed notable differences according to presence of children while homeland and existence of children were the two major factors that greatly influenced the significant variation for educational need. CONCLUSIONS: The score of pregnancy, delivery and infant educational need were higher than knowledge. The score of pregnancy, delivery, and infant rearing educational need garnered similar results. Thus it is suggested that further researches should be conducted for the development, application, and verification of pregnancy, delivery, and infant rearing education programs that consider knowledge and educational need of immigrant married women in South Korea.

An Analysis of Articles for International Marriage Immigrant Women Related to Health / 農村醫學 地域保健

OBJECTIVES: This study was for analyzing the research about international marriage immigrant women and a trial to find the right direction for future research. METHODS: Sixty articles published from June, 2004 to June, 2009 were reviewed and analyzed according to the general characteristics, major of author, and theme of health domains. RESULTS: Most of them were master's thesis(71.7%) and journals(21.7%) and doctoral dissertation(6.7%) have been published mostly after thesis. Among 83.3% for quantitative research, descriptive(33.3%) and descriptive correlation(41.7%) methods were the most used and there were some qualitative researches(16.7%). The most frequently used data gathering method was questionnaire(81.7%) and the next was interview(16.7%). The major rates of the author were 61.7% for social welfare and 2.1% for nursing. The investigated variables in social health domain were adaptation(28.3%), and communication(1.7%). In psychological health domain, marriage satisfaction(16.7%), life satisfaction(11.7%), and depression(10.0%) were most researched. Utilization of medical center(5.0%) and health promotion behavior(1.7%) were investigated in physical health domain. CONCLUSIONS: Above this, most articles were researched about the adaptation of international marriage immigrant women. But the life in foreign countries can cause physical and psychosocial unhealthy conditions, so many-sided health related researches are supposed to be conducted for adaptation and prevention health problems of international marriage immigrant women.

A Study on Adolescents' Smoking Behavior and the Status and Need of Smoking Prevention Education for Adolescents

PURPOSE: This study was to identify adolescents' smoking behavior and the status and need of smoking prevention education for adolescents. METHOD: The subjects were 375 students selected through convenient sampling from three middle schools and three high schools in Jeonbuk. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey and analyzed using SPSS 10.1. RESULT: The smoking rate was 20.8% and 83.7% the students experienced smoking prevention education. Students were educated by a special instructor (39.8%) or a health teacher (26.8%). Among the teaching methods, lecture was 69.4%, but some students (30.7%) wanted anti-smoking school. Among the students, 85.0% answered they want smoking prevention education and 46.7% said that it should be covered in regular curriculum. CONCLUSION: High interest and continuity are emphasized for the success of smoking prevention education. In addition, various teaching methods need to be developed including anti-smoking school, lectures, counselling and long term education program. Moreover, smoking prevention education programs need to be covered in regular curriculum.

Relationship of Sexual Attitude, Sexual Identity and Sexual Permissiveness in Junior High School Girls / 기본간호학회지

PURPOSE: This study was to identify the relationship betweem sexual attitude, sexual identity, sexual permissiveness in girls in junior high school. METHOD: The participants were 587 female students in Chungnam Province. Data were collected by questionnaire surveys using convenience sampling. The instruments were the Sexual Attitude Scale by Kim (1997), the Sexual Identity Scale by Jung (1990), and the Sexual Permissiveness Scale developed by Reiss (1964). Data were analyzed by the SPSS 11.0 program, using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, t-test, ANOVA and Tukey's multiple comparison. RESULTS: The relationship between sexual attitude and sexual permissiveness had a positive correlation (r=.440, p-0.000). Sexual identity was positively correlated (r=.180, p=.036; r=.222, p=.014) with both sexual attitude and sexual permissiveness, but maleness was the only positive correlation (r=.258, p=.014) with sexual permissiveness, no sexual specialization was the only characteristic that had a positive correlation (r=.188, p=.046) with sexual attitude. CONCLUSION: These results suggest assessment of these factors and treatment fitted to individual needs are important for correct sexual culture. There should be repeated research on various population groups. Moreover, it is considered necessary to carry out factor-related theoretical researches on several variables related to sex through multilateral literature reviews.

A Study on Motivation for Pregnancy of Married Women in Korea / 여성건강간호학회지

PURPOSE: This study is to define the structural patterns of pregnancy motivation of married women. METHOD: Q-methodology was used on 110 statements collected from interviews with women and a literature review. 38 Q-samples were selected. The Q-samples were administerd to 30 randomized P-sample. RESULT: Data analysis of Q-type obtained by QUANL program shows three types of subjectivity in the perception of pregnancy motivation. Type 1, "Family-connection strengthening", Pregnancy motivation is characterized by the tendency to make home, to tie family member, to connect couple firmly. Type 2,"Self-satisfaction", Women of this type take pleasure and happiness from child rearing in terms of being a mother and having maternal affection. Type 3, "Self-centered", This type of pregnancy motivation puts on high emphasis on self achievement and they make a family planning suitable for the maternal role. CONCLUSION: The stronger was women's pregnancy motivation, the more positive were women's pregnancy experience and maternal role attainment. Therefore, When nurses take care of pregnancy women, they should understand the women's psycho-social aspects and then apply a program of nursing intervention to the pregnant women, It is necessary to continue to study on social and psychological problems related to pregnancy.

Immunologic Characterization of Newly Found Koreans as HIV Seropositives by the Year / 감염

BACKGROUND: Although HIV is introduced relatively late into Asia, the amount of HIV-positive population has been continuously growing in this area. UNAIDS/WHO estimate that 6.5 million people are living with HIV in the Asia/Pacific region at the end of 1999. To expect the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 21st century in Korea, it is necessary to monitor the changes of the number of newly found HIV-infected individuals and their immune status by year including their epidemiological data. METHODS: We have selected 591 HIV-infected individuals whose first CD4 count was checked within 6 months from the time of diagnosis of HIV infection from 1990 to 1999. For the measurement of CD4+T and CD8+T cells, blood samples of HIV-1 infected individuals were collected into three potassium ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (K3EDTA)-treated tubes and stained within at least 24 hours after drawing and analysed by flow cytometer (FACStar or FACScount). The immune status were classified into 4 groups as follows: group I (> or =500 CD4+T cells/mm3), group II (201~499 CD4+T cells/mm3), group III (51~200 CD4+T cells/mm3), and group IV (< or =50 CD4+T cells/mm3). RESULTS: The mean of number of CD4+T cells of HIV-infected individuals at the time of HIV diagnosis was 677 cells/mm3 and the percentage of CD4+T cells was 22.5% in 1990~1991 but 350 cells/mm3 and 14.7% in 1999, respectively. The number of newly found HIV-infected individuals belong to Group III increased rapidly from 1997 to 1999. Also, the proportion of newly found HIV-infected individuals having the CD4+T cell counts of < or =50 cells/mm3 increased slowly by the time of diagnosis of HIV infection. The proportion of newly found HIV-infected individuals who were found in general hospitals increased during the second half of the 1990s. CONCLUSION: These results show that not only the number of newly found HIV-infected individuals has increased annually but also their immune status at the time of HIV diagnosis have been more depressed by the year. Therefore, we should enforce education for prevention of HIV/AIDS about general population as well as high risk groups.