Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Eun Kyoung Kim

3 Articles

Factors Affecting the Health Promotion Activities of Workers: Eun Kyoung Kim, Byoung Gwon Kim, Jong Tae Park, Hyoung Ryoul Kim, Jung Wan Koo; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007;19(1):56-64. Published online March 31, 2007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2007.19.1.56

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper was to develop efficient and practical health promotion strategies in the workplace by investigating both the present status of health promotion and the barriers to its practice.
METHODS
A questionnaire was administered to 20% of industrial workers in the workplaces which receives the health care agency enterprise or are supported by a grant from the national treasury, K University Hospital in Gyeong-Gi province, and C University Hospital in Seoul.
RESULTS
According to the questionnaire survey, 51.3% workers were practicing health promotion activities and smoking cessation was the most common method among them. Regarding the factors that prompt workers to commence health promotion activities, TV or the mass media had a 33.4% effect, followed by a 22.1% effect for an abnormal finding at regular health screening. The most necessary health promotion activity in the workplace was exercise (41.9%), followed by stress management. When asked about their expectations of the health promotion program, 84.8% of the respondents answered that they expected it to be significantly or somewhat effective. Factors affecting the health promotion activities of workers were worker's health status and job control.
CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrated that workers evaluate health promotion activities positively and that some workers are unable to participate in these activities despite their willingness to do so due to the barrier of circumstances. To encourage worker's participation, the government and employers should remove barriers.

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Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene.2014; 14(6): 859. CrossRef
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Duck Hee Chae, Su Hee Kim, Chung Yul Lee
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing.2013; 24(3): 273. CrossRef
Factors Associated with Cancer Screening Rates of Manufacturing Workers
Su Ho Park, Chang Hee Kim, Eun Kyung Kim
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing.2013; 22(3): 179. CrossRef
Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening of Blue-Color Workers
Su Ho Park, Gwang Suk Kim, Jong Uk Won, Chang Gi Park
Asian Oncology Nursing.2012; 12(2): 166. CrossRef
Effect Factors on Health Promotion Lifestyle of Shift Work Nurses
Young-Im Kim
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing.2011; 20(3): 356. CrossRef
Health Behaviors by Job Stress Level in Large-Sized Company with Male and Female Workers
Hyunju Park, Hye-Sun Jung
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2010; 40(6): 852. CrossRef

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Pneumonitis by Methylene Chloride: Kyu jin Chang, Jong tae Park, Eun kyoung Kim, Byoung gwon Kim, Hae joon Kim; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;17(4):365-371. Published online December 31, 2005; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2005.17.4.365

Abstract PDF: OBJECTIVES
The authors report a case of pneumonitis caused by methylene chloride (MC).
METHODS
The patient was examined and diagnosed by clinical, radiologic, laboratorial and medical evaluation. The concentration of MC in the factory was measured to determine the exposure level.
RESULTS
The patient had an infiltration in chest X-ray, which underwent rapid relief of radiological finding, respiratory acidosis and hypoxemia in arterial blood gas analysis, and a ground-glass opacity in high resolution computerized tomography. MC was the only exposed chemical compound in this case. The concentration of MC was 39.9 ppm in the factory.
CONCLUSIONS
We diagnosed this to be a case of pneumonitis by MC based on clinical laboratory findings, exposure history to MC and MC concentration in the factory.

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The Toxicologic effect of TAFMAG on RAW 264.7 cell: Hwang Shin Chang, Kyoung Ah Kim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Jin Ku Han, Ji Hong Kim, Hyun Wook Kim, Young Lim; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;11(3):340-349. Published online September 30, 1999; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1999.11.3.340

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OBJECTIVES
This study was designed to evaluate cytotoxicity of TAFMAG, which is a trade name of natural mineral fiber mined and produced in China.
METHODS
The cytotoxicity of TAFMAG was evaluated by measuring iron content, lipid peroxidation, erythrocyte hemolysis, and cytotoxicity in vitro. These results were compared with the data of chrystotile and wollastonite as a positive and negative control, respectively.
RESULTS
There was significant increase of Fenton activity in TAFMAG and chrysotile with dose-response pattern. The iron chelating agent, desferrioxamine, significantly decreased Fenton activity of the particulates except wollastonite. TAFMAG and chrysotile fibers significantly increased malondialdehyde concentration from lipid peroxidation of the red blood cell membrane. In erythrocyte hemolysis test, TAFMAG & chrysotile had stronger effect on erythrocyte hemolysis than wollastonite with the concentration of 1,000g/ml. Furthermore, TAFMAG was more hemolytic than chrysotile with the concentration of 5.000 g/ml. There was a significant cytotoxic effect in TAFMAG and chrysotile on RAW cell compared with wollastonite.
CONCLUSIONS
In vitro study suggested that TAFMAG may have a similar health hazard as usual asbestos.

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