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최재선 ( ) - 서울대학교 보건대학원
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Abstract
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This study is an analysis of the teachers´ health problems that focuses on the frequencies and types of their visiting to school clinics and the management of health-related problems.
The participants for this study are consisted of 1,650 teachers employed at 30 public schools in the Seould area.
Data for the study came from diagnostic records for 1986, the results of a questionaire-type survey conducted between Jun 20th and of the same year an from other documents recorded by school nurses.
The main results of this study are as follows:
1. The teschers´ health problems.
a) According to health diagnosis recoreds, 6.1% of all teachers had a health problem. Liver-related ailments topped the list, followed by circulatory and diabetic problems.
b) the survey data had 71.9% of the respondents indicating that they suffered from some health proble. The most frequent resopnse concerned respiratory problems, followed by gastro-intestinal and nervous system problems.
c) A check of clinic utilization recoreds revealed that the main reasons for visiting are concerned with fatigqu (30.5%), gastrointestinal (18.7%) and respiratory (18.2%) ailments. These three categories accounted for 67.4% of total use.
2. Frequencies of their visiting to school clinics 40.5% of the teachers indicated that they have visited the school clinic. And 62.0% visited it with a self-diagnosed ailment and 15.3% utilized the facility after a problem had been detected in a health examination. Clinics were visted a total of 1,458 times which breaks down to 0.9 times per month per teacher. For a patient, the figures are 2.2 times on the average with a range from 1 to 19.
3. Health management problems
a) Of those respondents. 53.4% stated that they didn´t have enough time to consult about their health problems and diagnose their disease.
b) Also, 47.3% of the respondents indicated that school nurses should give health counsels and health education.
c) When questioned about improvements in the current system, the techers placed importance on the prevention and management of chronic diseases (35.2%) and pre- and posteducatin concerning periodic health examinations.
In conclustin, the following points must be considered:
Frist, school administratiors need to pay mor attention to the health problems of the teachers.
Second, school nurses should be more active in managing a health program for teachers.
Finally, education and training for nurses should be continually upgraded so that they can dispense proper and timely card for teachers.
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KeyWords
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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