Public health concerns and risk perceptions in Korea: Focusing on the residents of the metropolitan cities.
10.5124/jkma.2014.57.3.259
- Author:
Kyung Hee KIM
1
;
Hae Joon KIM
;
Eunil LEE
;
Sanghoo KIM
;
Jae Wook CHOI
Author Information
1. Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. shine@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Health;
Risk;
Risk perception;
Risk communication
- MeSH:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;
Adult;
Chronic Disease;
Drinking;
Female;
Foodborne Diseases;
Health Status;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Korea*;
Male;
Malpractice;
Public Health*;
Risk Factors;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Social Responsibility;
Vaccination
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2014;57(3):259-269
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
