The Effect of Weaning Practices on Linear Growth Retardation in Low-Income Households in Korea

Park Haeryun(박혜련),Gershoff Stanley N,Moon Hyun Kyung(문현경) 韓國營養學會 1991 Journal of Nutrition and Health Vol.24 No.4

일부 사립 초등학교 아동의 비만 실태와 그 정도 변화에 관한 종단 연구

박혜련,김사름,하애화 명지대학교 자연과학연구소 1996 자연과학논문집 Vol.13 No.-

비만은 건강상의 위협뿐만 아니라 정상적인 성장과 발달에 장애 요인이 되고 있어 소아 비만의 예방과 이들 비만아에 대한 적절한 관리가 요구되고 있다. 서울 시내 사립학교 4-5학년 아동 361명을 대상으로 지나간 4년 간 성장 유형의 변화를 중심으로 살펴본 결과, 신장에서보다는 체중에서 그 증가폭이 두드러져(P<0.001> 실제적으로 비만이 확산되고 있음을 알 수 있었다. WL1 값에 의한 분류에 의하면 조사대상아의 15%가 과체중에, 13%가 비만에 속하였다. 또한 1학년 때 비만 군에 속했던 아동만 따로 추적한 결과 4년 후 남아의 경우 100%, 여아의 경우 82.4%가 여전히 비만군 속해 있어서 이들 비만도가 높았던 아동의 체중 감량이 쉽게 이루어지지 않고 있음을 알 수 있었고 여아보다는 남아의 경우가 비만 관리에 더 어려움이 많은 것으로 추정되었다. 결론적으로 소아 비만의 문제는 비만의 확산 추세도 문제가 되고 있지만 일단 비만이 된 경우 이들에 대한 체중감량 지도가 적절히 이루어 지지 않고 있음을 보여주고 있어 사춘기 전 아동을 대상으로만 영양 교육이 강조되어야 한다고 보여진다. The growth patterns of 361 primary school children, 4th and 5th grade in Seoul, were assessed longitudinally for four years in July 1994. Compared to the 1985 Korea Children's Growth Standard valuse, the surveyed children have shown remarkable increase in every representive percentile values of weigh-for-age and height-for-age, which is the secular trend of Korean children accompanied with rapid economic growth and changes in diet patterns after 1970s. The incremental weight was relatively far larger than that of height (p<0.001) especially for children of over 50th percentile. This trend gets more obvious as the children were in larger percentile group. Among 361 surveyed children 15% were overweight and 13% were obese currently. Among the 33 boys of overweight or obese group by WLI index at 1st grade, only 12.1% was in normal weight at 4th grade and among 37 girls of overweight or obese at 1st grade only 37.8% was in normal weight group at 4th grade. Moreover all of the obese boys at 1st grade were still obese at 4th grade and 82.4% of obese girls at 1st grade was still obese at 4th grade. The findings of this study reasserts the importance of nutrition education focused on children heading puberty to ensure better physical fitness.

Suicide mortality and marital status for specific ages, genders, and education levels in South Korea: Using a virtually individualized dataset from national aggregate data

Park, Soo Kyung,Lee, Chung Kwon,Kim, Haeryun Elsevier 2018 Journal of affective disorders Vol.237 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Background</B></P> <P>Previous studies in Eastern as well as Western countries have shown a relationship between marital status and suicide mortality. However, to date, no Korean study has calculated national suicide rates by marital status for specific genders, ages, and education levels. This study investigated whether the relationship between marital status and suicide differs by age, gender, and educational attainment, and analyzed the effect of marital status on suicide risk after controlling for these socio-demographic variables.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>Using national mortality data from 2015, and aggregated census data from 2010 in South Korea, we created a virtually individualized dataset with multiple weighting algorithms, including individual socio-demographic characteristics and suicide rates across the entire population.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>The findings show that the following groups faced the highest relative suicide risks: 1) divorced men of all ages and men aged more than 75 years, particularly divorced men aged more than 75; and 2) never-married men aged 55–64 years, and never-married women of lower education status.</P> <P><B>Limitations</B></P> <P>We did not account for important variables such as mental health, substance abuse, employment insecurity, social integration, perceived loneness, and family income which we were unable to access.</P> <P><B>Conclusions</B></P> <P>This current research extends prior theoretical and methodological work on suicide, aiding efforts to reduce suicide mortality in South Korea.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Divorced men of all ages and men aged more than 75 years faced high suicide risks. </LI> <LI> Never-married men aged 55–64 years faced high suicide risks. </LI> <LI> Never-married women with low educational levels faced high suicide risks. </LI> <LI> Suicide risk for divorced people was 5.44 times higher than among married people. </LI> <LI> Study extends prior research and aids efforts to reduce suicide mortality in Korea. </LI> </UL> </P>

이유식 먹이는 방법이 유아의 영양상태에 미치는 영향

박혜련,임영숙 明知大學校 自然科學硏究所 1997 자연과학논문집 Vol.15 No.-

서울지역 유아원과 수원지역 보건소를 이용하는 337명 유아들을 대상으로 이유식 먹이는 방법에 따른 영양섭취상태의 차이를 분석하였다. 이유식 먹이는 방법으로 주로 젖병을 사용했던 유아들에게서 특히 월령이 증가할수록 헤모글로빈 값이 정상범위에 속하는 비율이 증가함을 보였고(p<0.001) 헤마토크리치 값에서는 숟가락을 사용했던 군과 젖병을 사용했던 군 모두에서, 월령이 증가 할수록 정상 범위에 속하는 유아들의 수가 증가하여(p<0.05) 이유기의 부족했던 철분섭취가 연령이 증가함에 따라 개선됨을 보였다. 이유식 섭식방법에 따른 영양소의 섭취량간에는 차이가 없었고, 영양소의 한국인 영양 권장량의 섭취 비율에 따른 차이가 없었으나, 36개월 이하 연령군에서, 일일 우유 섭취량은 이유식을 주로 젖병으로 사용했던 유아들이 많았다.(p<0.05). 그러나 일일 섭취한 총식품수는 주로 숟가락을 사용했던 유아들이 더 많아(p<0.05) 다양한 식품을 섭취하는 것으로 분석되었다. 결론적으로 이유식 먹이는 방법이 유아의 식습관 형성에 중요한 요인으로 작용하여 식품섭취 다양성 및 이유기 빈혈에도 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 이유식 먹이는 방법에 바른 영양정보의 전달이 중요한 것으로 사료되었다. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of weaning food -feeding practices on children's nutritional status. 337 children, aged 18-60 months, participated in the study. all of the collected data was analyzed based on the feeling method, using boattles or spoons, during the weaning period. The study results are summarized as follows. 1. During the weaning period, 46% of the mothers mostly used spoons and 44.2% of them used bottles to feed their babies. 2. Serum iron level assessed by Hb was low in general. Only 50-82% of the subjects at each monthly age were in normal range. As children got older, more of the subjects reached the normal range, which means inappropriate food intake during the weaning period and improved iron nutrional status with diverse foods intakes thereafter. This tendency was more evident among children of the bottle-group. 3. No differences were shown in individual nutrient intakes between the bottle-group and the spoon-group. 4. the number of daily consumed foods was significantly higher in the spoon-group than in the bottle-group, showing diverse food consumption. 5. In summary, the feeding method during the weaning period affected the children's nutritional status by changing food intake diversity, which might be related to iron nutritional status and biased food preference.

Analysis of the supportive care needs of the parents of preterm children in South Korea using big data text-mining: Topic modeling

Park, Ji Hyeon,Lee, Hanna,Cho, Haeryun Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing 2021 Child Health Nursing Research Vol.27 No.1

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the supportive care needs of parents of preterm children in South Korea using text data from a portal site. Methods: In total, 628 online newspaper articles and 1,966 social network service posts published between January 1 and December 31, 2019 were analyzed. The procedures in this study were conducted in the following order: keyword selection, data collection, morpheme analysis, keyword analysis, and topic modeling. Results: The term "yirundung-yi", which is a native Korean word referring to premature infants, was confirmed to be a useful term for parents. The following four topics were identified as the supportive care needs of parents of preterm children: 1) a vague fear of caring for a baby upon imminent neonatal intensive care unit discharge, 2) real-world difficulties encountered while caring for preterm children, 3) concerns about growth and development problems, and 4) anxiety about possible complications. Conclusion: Supportive care interventions for parents of preterm children should include general parenting methods for babies. A team composed of multidisciplinary experts must support the individual growth and development of preterm children and manage the complications of prematurity using highly accessible media.

알코올 중독자 부모를 둔 청소년의 자녀역할과 학교 적응과의 관계에서 부모애착과 교사관심의 조절효과

김혜련 ( Haeryun Kim ),박수경 ( Soo Kyung Park ) 대한가정학회 2011 Human Ecology Research(HER) Vol.49 No.4

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between children`s roles, parental attachment, teacher`s concerns and school adjustment among Children`s Alcoholics(COAs). Participants were 2,803 middle and high school students in Seoul. The regression analysis results showed that hero role was positively associated with school bonding and academic performance but increased the level of anxiety/depression. Meanwhile, scapegoat and lost children`s roles were negatively associated with school bonding and also increased the level of anxiety/depression. Mascot role were positively associated with school bonding and academic performance but had no relation with anxiety/depression. Regarding moderating effects, maternal attachment moderated the relationship between scapegoat role and school bonding while teacher`s concerns moderated the relationship between hero role and anxiety/depression, and the relationship between scapegoat role and anxiety/depression. These findings suggested that practitioners need to consider the contributions of children`s roles on school adjustment and moderating effects of maternal attachment or teacher`s concerns when intervention programs are developed to improve school adjustment among COAs.

용인 지역 노인의 지질 섭취 태도 및 영양 섭취 실태 조사

고영수,박혜련,이경희,이성순,조경자 한양대학교 한국생활과학연구소 1998 韓國 生活 科學 硏究 Vol.- No.16

This study was performed to assess the health and nutritional status of 125 elderly living in the Yongin area, Kyonggi-do. Survey questionnaires including 24-hr dietary recall, attitude related to fat intake, anthropometric and biochemical measurements were applied as the instruments. Major finding were as follows : The average age of the subjects were 77 for male and 75 for female. Mean value of BMI was 23.2. About 30% of the subjects was overweight, which is over 25 of BMI. Caloric intake and protein intake were about 50% of the Korean RDA. Their diets were inappropriate, showing C : P : F ratio = 75 : 15 : 10. Based on lipid profile analyses, the average HDL-C, LDL-C, TC, TG were 49.6±16.3mg/dl, 94.4±38.3mg/dl, 179.5±41.0mg /dl, 176.2±96.2mg/dl, respectively. Prevalence of high risk groups based on blood lipid profiles were 31%, 3%, 5%, 56% by under 40mg/dl of HDL-C, over 170mg/dl of LDL-C, over 250mg/dl of TC, over 150mg/dl of TG respectively. The average attitude score about fat intake was 18.7±4.4. Attitude score about fat intake was not significantly different among age groups (p=0.53). According to Linear regression analysis, the older subjects showed low attitude scores about fat intake. By Pearson's correlation analysis, BMI, and attitude score about fat intake were positively related to the Atherogenic Index (p<0.01), LDL-C (p<0.05), TC (p<0.05), and TG (p<0.05) level of the subjects.

Relationships between the diabetes awareness and clinical indices/nutrient intakes in Korean adults: Based on the 2012-2013 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data

Lee, Seul,Park, Haeryun,Lee, Youngmi,Choi, Onjeong,Kim, Jiwon,Gray, Heewon L,Song, Kyunghee The Korean Nutrition Society 2019 Nutrition Research and Practice Vol.13 No.3

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Diabetes is diagnosed after an average of 10-12 years of diabetic development. Strict glycemic control in diabetic patients promotes the normalization of blood glucose and reduces cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetic complications. Therefore, early diagnosis in non-aware individuals is very important. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Clinical indices and nutrient intakes in Korean diabetic adults aged 19-64 years were examined according to the awareness of diabetes, using 2012 and 2013 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) data. The aware group was defined as individuals who were aware of having diabetes from diagnosis by physician before the survey and the non-aware group as individuals who were not aware of having diabetes. RESULTS: The average age was higher in the aware group compared to the non-aware group in both men (P = 0.002) and women (P = 0.004). The prevalences of hypertension and dyslipidemia were not different between the two groups, but the diagnosis rate was significantly lower in the non-aware group. In the non-aware group, total and LDL-cholesterol were significantly higher (P < 0.001), the risk for total cholesterol over 240 mg/dL was 3.4 times (95% CI: 1.58-7.52) higher (P = 0.002) and the risk for LDL-cholesterol over 160 mg/dL was 4.59 times (95% CI: 2.07-10.17) higher (P < 0.001). The calorie intake of the female non-aware group was significantly higher compared to the female aware group (P = 0.033). CONCLUSION: The results suggested that the recommendation of screening test is necessary even for young adults. Studies on the methodology for early diagnosis of diabetes are also needed.

Body donation trends in Yonsei University: a statistical analysis of donor records

Hyun Jin Park,Haeryun Ahn,Eunji Ki,Je Seong Lee,Yiseul Choi,Kyung-Seok Hu,Yong-Min Chun,Hee-Jin Kim 대한해부학회 2021 Anatomy & Cell Biology Vol.54 No.1

Body donation trends in Korea have changed significantly over the last 3 decades. Establishing a body donation system will promote donations to universities for academic purposes. Yonsei University College of Medicine started its own body donation system in 1992, including documenting donors’ records. However, there has been no reported attempt to analyze the trend of these records, which could provide noteworthy information that can be interpreted for medical advances. This study performed a statistical analysis of the donors’ records between 1992 and 2019 to analyze the sociological and anthropological changes. Donor personal information such as sex, age, religion, and place and cause of death were extracted from the Yonsei University College of Medicine database. Our statistical analysis revealed significant correlations between donors’ records and the changes in the number of geriatric hospitals, religious beliefs, number of donations, and donor age.

Development of a mobile application focusing on developmental support care for Korean infants born prematurely: a methodological study

Ji Hyeon Park,Haeryun Cho 한국아동간호학회 2022 Child Health Nursing Research Vol.28 No.2

Purpose: This study aimed to develop and evaluate a mobile application focusing on developmental support care for infants born prematurely. Methods: An application was developed using the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation model. In the analysis phase, previous research was evaluated through big data text-mining and a literature review. In the design phase, the preliminary content of the application was designed, and the content validity and comprehension were verified. A hybrid application was developed and used by eight experts and ten users, who evaluated the layout of the mobile application and their satisfaction with it. Results: The content of the designed application comprised a diary, customized information, developmental play, and community. The mean scores for layout were 3.73±0.47 and 3.43±0.68 out of 4 points among the experts and users, respectively. Users’ mean satisfaction score was 3.70±0.70 out of 5 points. Conclusion: The information provided by the mobile application was evaluated as consistent and systematic. The application was also found to be satisfactory by infants’ parents. The mobile application developed through this study is expected to be effective in supporting the development of children born prematurely.