Children from low income families are vulnerable to physical problems including obesity, asthma, hypertension and psychological problems including depression, anxiety. This study was done to identify trends in welfare policy for children from low-income families and future direction for solving health disparity problems. Dream Start is a government-sponsored project that offers services for vulnerable children, ages 0 (include pregnant woman) to 12 years and their families. The Korean Government has made an effort to alleviate health disparity through the 'Health Plan' by establishing health objectives. However, in spite of these efforts by the Korean government, health disparity has worsened in Korea. In order to strengthen family function as well as promote growth and development for vulnerable children, experts in child care need to be significantly involved in identifying neglected children in the community.

Citations

• Service Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers of Healthy Eating to Prevent Obesity among Low-income Children Attending Community Childcare Centers in South Korea: A Qualitative Study
  Jiyoung Park, G. A. Ten Hoor, Jeonghyun Cho, Soobin Kim
  Ecology of Food and Nutrition.2020; 59(3): 311.     CrossRef
• Unmet Healthcare Needs of Children in Vulnerable Families in South Korea: Finding from the Community Child Center Child Panel Survey
  Suyon Baek, Eun-Hi Choi, Jungeun Lee
  International Journal of Environmental Research an.2020; 17(21): 8241.     CrossRef
• Predictors of health‐promoting behaviors in children from low‐income families: An ecological approach
  Jiyoung Park
  Nursing & Health Sciences.2018; 20(1): 60.     CrossRef
• Ecological Factors Affecting School Adjustment of Low-Income Adolescents Attending Community Child Care Center
  Jiyoung Park, Youngsook Park, Jeongeun Lee, Soobin Kim
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(2): 158.     CrossRef
• Ecological predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among children from low-income families in South Korea
  Jiyoung Park, Suyon Baek
  Children and Youth Services Review.2017; 81: 238.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses' experience in caring for infants who are approaching death and to identity the meaning and structure of their experiences.
METHODS
The participants were eight nurses who had experience in caring for these infants. In-depth interviews were performed from December, 2012 to February, 2013 until data were fully saturated. Collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method.
RESULTS
Four theme clusters were extracted from fifteen themes. The four theme clusters of the NICU nurses' experience in caring for infants who are dying were: 1) Crossroads between life and comfort of infants approaching death, 2) emotional suffering at the death of the infant, 3) adapting and coping with the death of the infant, 4) new expectations for caring for infants who are dying.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study provide useful information in understanding NICU nurses' experience in caring for infants who are dying and establishing effective strategies to support these nurses.

Citations

• Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Palliative Care Nursing Self-Competence scale for infant use
  Eun Sook Kim, Sujeong Kim, Kyua Kim, Hyejung Lee
  Australian Critical Care.2023; 36(6): 1019.     CrossRef
• How Do Oncology Nurses Cope With the Psychological Burden of Caring for Dying Patients?
  Mikyoung Lee, Kwisoon Choe, Sangsuk Kim, Yuhwa Shim
  Cancer Nursing.2023; 46(4): E245.     CrossRef
• Nurses’ experiences of providing “sensitive nursing care” for terminally-ill individuals with cancer: A qualitative study
  Sinyoung Kwon, Miyoung Kim, Sujin Choi
  European Journal of Oncology Nursing.2020; 46: 101773.     CrossRef
• Development of an Instrument to Measure Stress in Korean Nurses Performing End-of-Life Care for Children
  So Yeon Park, Hyeon Ok Ju
  Journal of Pediatric Nursing.2020; 54: e84.     CrossRef
• Nurses' Experiences of End-of-life Care for Elderly Patients in Long-term Care Hospitals
  Chun Yee Lee, Ga Eon Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nurs.2020; 31(2): 199.     CrossRef
• Influence of Perceptions of Death, End-of-Life Care Stress, and Emotional Intelligence on Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care among Nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  Ju-Young Park, Jina Oh
  Child Health Nursing Research.2019; 25(1): 38.     CrossRef
• Difficulties in End-of-Life Care and Educational Needs of Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study
  Hyun Sook Kim, Eun Kyoung Choi, Tae Hee Kim, Hye Young Yun, Eun Ji Kim, Jin Ju Hong, Jeong A Hong, Geon Ah Kim, R.N. Sung Ha Kim
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2019; 22(2): 87.     CrossRef
• Neonatal ICU Nurses’ Coping with Death of High Risk Newborn
  Yu Mi Kim, Hyu Yong Yoon, Yong-Jun Choi, Dong-Soo Shin
  Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics.2019; 44(2): 103.     CrossRef
• Person-Centered Relational Care Experienced by Critical Care Nurses: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study
  Myoung Sun Jang, Sungjae Kim
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2019; 49(4): 423.     CrossRef
• Nurses’ roles and challenges in providing end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units in South Korea
  Sujeong Kim, Teresa A. Savage, Mi-Kyung Song, Catherine Vincent, Chang G. Park, Carol Estwing Ferrans, Karen Kavanaugh
  Applied Nursing Research.2019; 50: 151204.     CrossRef
• Stress due to End-of-Life Care, Coping Strategies, and Psychological Well-being among Nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
  Eun Hee Kwon, Hyeon Ok Ju, Eun Ok Jeung, Chun Hee Han, Jin Ju Im, You Ri Lee, Min Seung Jung, So Yeon Park
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(4): 475.     CrossRef
• Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment from Children: Experiences of Nurses Caring for the Children
  So Yeon Park, Hyeon Ok Ju, Ga Eon Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 364.     CrossRef
• Delivery Room Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Stillborn Babies and Their Parents
  Hye Young Jang, Chae Weon Chung
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2017; 23(3): 166.     CrossRef
• Concept Analysis of Nurses’ Acceptance of Patient Deaths
  Mi Joung Yi, Jeong Seop Lee
  The Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.2016; 19(1): 34.     CrossRef
• Relationship Among Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude Towards Palliative Care and Perception of Death in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
  Da Hee Wi, Sook Jung Kang
  Child Health Nursing Research.2016; 22(4): 257.     CrossRef
• Hospice Palliative Nurses' Experience of Caring for Terminal Cancer Patients
  Suhye Kwon, Young Sook Tae, Minjoo Hong, Gum Hee Choi
  Asian Oncology Nursing.2015; 15(4): 264.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The aims of this study is to analysis the effects of obesity management programs for children and to measure the differences in the effects by type and dependent variables in order to analyze the structures of the programs.
METHODS
Sixty-one peer-reviewed journals including child obesity and intervention studies published between 2000 and 2010 were included for meta-analysis. Effect size and statistics of homogeneity were by STAT 10.0.
RESULTS
A total of 61 studies were used in the analysis, and the effect size of the independent studies was determined to be -0.23 (95% CI, -0.32 ~ -0.15). Serum Leptin and Insulin were the big effect size among the studies that used dependent variables. The theses used in the research did not display publishing bias.
CONCLUSION
Obesity management programs that have been confirmed to be effective need to be developed into regional protocols. A continuous control of obese children and research for effective intervention program are in need.

Citations

• Health behaviors and mental health among adolescents: A comparison based on BMI using the 2021 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  Hye-Ryeon Park, Na-Geong Kim
  Belitung Nursing Journal.2023; 9(6): 571.     CrossRef
• Effectiveness of obesity interventions among South Korean children and adolescents and importance of the type of intervention component: a meta-analysis
  Siyoung Choe, Jaesin Sa, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Deokjin Kim
  Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics.2022; 65(2): 98.     CrossRef
• Effects of Program to Promote Obesity Prevention Behaviors on Pre-Schoolers: Focused on Kindergartener in Korea
  Inju Hwang, Kyung-Sook Bang
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2021; 51(2): 188.     CrossRef
• Effectiveness of a combined obesity prevention program in South Korea for children from low-income families that included primary caregiver participation
  Namhee Park, Mihae Im
  Child Health Nursing Research.2021; 27(3): 211.     CrossRef
• An Integrative Literature Review of Interventions for School-aged Overweight and Obese Children
  Juhyun Jo, Sang-Youn Jang, Dajeong Kum, Jihee Lim, Jeongeun Kim
  Perspectives in Nursing Science.2019; 16(2): 75.     CrossRef
• Delphi Survey for Designing a Intervention Research Study on Childhood Obesity Prevention
  Min Jeong Kim, Eunju Sung, Eun Young Choi, Young-Su Ju, Eal-Whan Park, Yoo-Seock Cheong, Sunmi Yoo, Kyung Hee Park, Hyung Jin Choi, Seolhye Kim
  Korean Journal of Family Medicine.2017; 38(5): 284.     CrossRef
• Effects of an Abdominal Obesity Management Program on Physiological Bio-markers of Middle-aged Women in Korea: A Meta-analysis
  KyengJin Kim, HaeSook Hong, WanJu Park, SangJin Ko, YeonKyung Na
  The Korean Journal of Obesity.2016; 25(3): 138.     CrossRef
• Evidence of Interventions for Preventing Obesity of Children and Adolescents Using Existing Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  Seolhye Kim, Eunju Sung, Sunmi Yoo
  Korean Journal of Health Promotion.2016; 16(4): 231.     CrossRef
• Professional Identity of Elementary School Health Teachers: A Grounded Theory Approach.
  Jin Ok Kwon, Jina Oh, Eun Ha Kim, Dae Dong Hahn
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(1): 64.     CrossRef
• Review of Meta-analysis Research on Exercise in South Korea
  Youngshin Song, Moonhee Gang, Sun-Ae Kim, In-Soo Shin
  Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing.2014; 44(5): 459.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to develop a prevention program for media addiction in elementary school students, and to examine its effects on television addiction, internet addiction, cellular phone addiction, and impulsiveness.
METHODS
The study was designed using a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The participants were 58 elementary school students (29 in the experimental group and 29 in the control group). Students in the experimental group were given the prevention program for media addiction. The data were analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 19.0 program.
RESULTS
Students in the experimental group reported a significant decrease in television addiction compared to students in the control group.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study indicate that the prevention program for media addiction was effective in decreasing television addiction in elementary school students.

Citations

• Managing Problematic Usage of the Internet and Related Disorders in an Era of Diagnostic Transition: An Updated Review
  Bernardo Dell’Osso, Ilaria Di Bernardo, Matteo Vismara, Eleonora Piccoli, Federica Giorgetti, Laura Molteni, Naomi A. Fineberg, Calogero Virzì, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Roberto Truzoli, Caterina Viganò
  Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health.2021; 17(1): 61.     CrossRef
• LA PRÉVENTION DE L’UTILISATION PROBLÉMATIQUE D’INTERNET : EXPLORATION DU POINT DE VUE DES JEUNES
  Gabrielle St-Arnaud, Magali Dufour1, Andrée-Anne Légaré, Joël Tremblay, Karine Bertrand, Yasser Khazaal, Natacha Brunelle, Mathieu Goyette
  Revue québécoise de psychologie.2019; 40(2): 115.     CrossRef
• Policy and Prevention Approaches for Disordered and Hazardous Gaming and Internet Use: an International Perspective
  Daniel L. King, Paul H. Delfabbro, Young Yim Doh, Anise M. S. Wu, Daria J. Kuss, Ståle Pallesen, Rune Mentzoni, Natacha Carragher, Hiroshi Sakuma
  Prevention Science.2018; 19(2): 233.     CrossRef
• Prevention and Policy Related to Internet Gaming Disorder
  Daniel L. King, Paul H. Delfabbro
  Current Addiction Reports.2017; 4(3): 284.     CrossRef
• Professional Identity of Elementary School Health Teachers: A Grounded Theory Approach
  Jin Ok Kwon, Jina Oh, Eun Ha Kim, Dae Dong Hahn
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(1): 64.     CrossRef
• Influence of Parental Media Use, Educational Needs, and Media Guidance for Children on Children’s Media Use
  Hyun-Young Koo, Eun-Jung Kim
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(2): 183.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze life respect-related content in the 7th to 10th grade textbooks of middle and high schools.
METHODS
Sixty two textbooks adopted as middle and high school textbooks were analyzed for content on life respect.
RESULTS
There were 6 categories related to life respect content in the 7th to 9th grade textbooks ('prevention of accidents and the first-aid', 'mental health', 'sex and health', 'prevention of drug abuse, smoking and drinking', 'normal life and health', and 'society and health'). Content on life respect in the 10th grade textbooks was categorized as 'drug abuse, smoking, drinking, and health', 'sex and health', 'mental health', 'life science and treating human life too lightly', 'normal life and health', and 'society and health'.
CONCLUSION
Content on life respect attached importance to more practical issue such as prevention of violence and suicide rather than fundamental understanding about self and life. These results suggest that the content on life respect should help adolescents find their own values and meaning of life within the concept of coexistence.

Citations

• The Degree of Life-Respect and Peer Bullying in Elementary School Students.
  Shin Jeong Kim, Young Ae Park, Sung Hee Kim, Hye Young Kim, So Young Yoo, Seong Sook Baek, Jung Eun Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(1): 28.     CrossRef