Public health concerns and risk perceptions in Korea: Focusing on the residents of the metropolitan cities
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
;
: 259-269, 2014.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-182707
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to measure the variation in the levels of risk perception associated with various health risk factors. We analyzed the variables of psychological paradigms that may affect such risk perception levels. According to the perception survey results, the perception of the risk of medical malpractice appeared to be at the highest level compared to other risk factors. According to the analysis of differences in psychological paradigms of health risk factors between genders, the known extent of hazard that medical malpractice, medicines side effects, vaccination accidents, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and food poisoning was much high in female than in male. According to the evaluation of the severity of the risk to future generations, it appeared that women believed that vaccination accidents, AIDS, chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, smoking, and drinking would have a greater effect on the risk to future generations than did men. The significance of this study is that the psychological paradigm affecting the perception level of health risk factors and the risk perceptions themselves have been analyzed by a survey of adults from the general population of Korea.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Smoke
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Social Responsibility
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Smoking
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Health Status
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Public Health
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Chronic Disease
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Risk Factors
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Vaccination
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Drinking
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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