The key contents of disease prevention through 3 aspects of understanding, regulating and taking care of meridians were expounded in this article. It discussed how to understand meridian through its main functions of relating with life and death, concerning various diseases, regulating deficient and excessive conditions, and also the importance of being kept smooth. It also expounded how to check the affected meridians through the diagnostic methods of inspection, pulse feeling, pressing along meridians, fixed pressing and palpation, how to regulate meridians through scribing, sucking, cutting, pulling and twisting etc., and how to take care of meridians through removing stagnation from meridians and collaterals, regulating emotions, diet and living style, so as to reach the aim of diseases prevention and inherite and develop the theory of meridians and collaterals of the past generations.
Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Meridians ; Preventive Medicine ; methods

Biomarkers ; analysis ; Genomics ; methods ; trends ; Humans ; Preventive Medicine ; methods ; trends

"Treatment for before sick" is a theory of TCM, reflecting preventing thought of "prevention being better than cure" and "nipping in the bud", while "moxibustion treatment for before sick" is highly praised by doctors of past ages. Moxibustion can activate human vital-qi and increase immunologic function of the organism, playing a preventive role for before sick, which is similar to the essence of "ischemic preconditioning" raised in recent years. Because of convenient manipulation, no adverse effect, it has very important position in the field of preventive medicine.
Acupuncture Points ; Humans ; Ischemic Preconditioning ; Moxibustion ; methods ; Preventive Medicine

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to develop search filters able to retrieve the South Korean scientific output and relating the fields of public health, preventive medicine, and physical education, activity, fitness, exercise and sport in MEDLINE between 2000 and 2007. METHODS: The search filters were constructed and applied in MEDLINE accessed through PubMed according to the affiliation and subject. The language and place of publication were identified and the evaluation of the geographical filter performance was done. RESULTS: The search format was successfully elaborated and applied, and the articles originated, published in Korea and/or abroad focusing on the fields of public health, preventive medicine, physical education, activity, fitness, exercise and sport, added to MEDLINE between 2000 and 2007 were retrieved. Publications in six languages originated in South Korea were detected. CONCLUSIONS: A geographic search filter determined the South Korean research output, and combined with additional filters focused on specific areas. The dynamics of the scientific output followed an increased evolution in all categories. Articles were written mainly in English/Korean. Further research is recommended on developing search strategies in order to retrieve precise and reliable information.
Humans ; Korea ; Physical Education and Training ; Preventive Medicine/*methods ; Public Health/*methods ; *Sports

In this article, the authors summarized the RT-ABCDE strategy for the management and prevention of human diseases, which includes ReTro-ABCDE (Examination regularity, Disease and risk factor control, Changing lifestyle and reducing pathways of infection and spread, Biochemical and Antagonistic index control and therapeutic treatment as well as RT--Routine and Right Treatment). The RT-ABCDE strategy, a novel concept and an essential method, should be a routine strategy for disease control and prevention. It should be proposed and applied in both clinical and preventive medicine.
Disease ; Humans ; Life Style ; Periodicity ; Physical Examination ; Preventive Medicine ; methods ; Risk Factors

PURPOSE: The flipped classroom has been suggested as a method for efficient teaching in medical education. However, its feasibility and effectiveness in the educational environment are often overlooked. The authors redesigned an epidemiology course applying the flipped classroom method under a traditional curriculum consisting of heavily scheduled classroom hours and explored its feasibility and effectiveness. METHODS: In the fall semester of 2017, we flipped the ‘practice of epidemiology’ course for third-year medical students at Korea University College of Medicine. We provided online lectures and assigned readings as pre-class materials, and substituted group discussions and communicative activities for traditional lectures. We conducted pre- and post-course surveys to review students' perceptions. We also analyzed the pre-test results and final exam scores for quantitative comparison. RESULTS: Ninety-seven students out of 120 completed the course. Most students made use of the online lectures, but not the reading materials. Lack of time was the most frequently cited reason for under-preparedness. We observed improvements in preparedness, participation, and effectiveness at the end of the course, while changes in satisfaction were unclear. Students' perceptions of course relevance and difficulty were predictive of pre-test outcomes, but the effects of preparedness and length of materials were insignificant. The authors found no evidence of differing test scores before and after the course. CONCLUSION: This study supports the feasibility of the flipped classroom model even under a traditional, heavily scheduled medical curriculum. To encourage self-directed learning and achieve better learning outcomes, restructuring pre-existing curricular components should also be considered in parallel with new instructional methods.
Curriculum ; Education, Medical ; Epidemiology ; Humans ; Korea ; Learning ; Lectures ; Methods ; Preventive Medicine ; Reading ; Students, Medical

Smoking cessation services are an important component of preventive medicine. Physicians can help smokers quit smoking by assessing their dependence and motivating them during their clinic visits. Brief advice provided by doctors is a simple and very cost-effective method of smoking cessation. The most effective method of helping smokers stop smoking is combining pharmacotherapy with counseling and behavioral interventions. In early 2015, the National Health Insurance Service started a smokingcessation support program that covered consultation and drug fees across the country. More than 400,000 smokers registered in this program and received assistance from doctors in 2016. The success rate at 6 months after registration was approximately 40%, which is comparable with that of smoking cessation clinics run by public health centers in local areas. Additional efforts are needed to increase the coverage levels of smoking cessation services in Korea.
Ambulatory Care ; Counseling ; Drug Therapy ; Fees and Charges ; Korea ; Methods ; National Health Programs ; Preventive Medicine ; Public Health ; Smoke ; Smoking Cessation ; Smoking

This paper focuses on the criticism of tuberculosis statistics published by the Japanese Government-general in colonial Korea and a research on the reality of tuberculosis prevalence by medical doctors from the Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at Keijo Imperial University (DHPMK). Recent studies have shown that colonial statistics shape the image of colonial subjects and justify the control to them. Following this perspective, this paper explores the process of producing the statistical knowledge of tuberculosis by medical scientists from DHPMK. Their goal was to find out the resistance to tuberculosis as biological characteristics of Korean race/ethnicity. In order to do so, they demonstrated the existence of errors in tuberculosis statistics by the Korean colonial government and devised a statistical method to correct them based on the conviction that the Western modern medicine was superior than Korean traditional medicine as well as the racist bias against Korean. By analyzing how the statistical concepts reflected these prejudices, this paper argues that the statistical knowledge of tuberculosis created images that Japanese people was healthier and stronger than the Korean people and justified the colonial government's control over Korean.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Bias (Epidemiology) ; Disease Resistance ; History, Modern 1601- ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Korea ; Medicine, Korean Traditional ; Methods ; Population Characteristics ; Prejudice ; Prevalence ; Preventive Medicine ; Tuberculosis

Recently, tuberculosis of bone and joint is decreased with good nutrition and environment, development of preventive medicine and improvement of treatment regimen. But it is still one of the common inflammatory diseases in Korea, and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of common orthopedic complaints. There are few reports on extraspinal tuberculosis of bone and joint. Forty one cases of extraspinal tuberculosis of bone and joint were studied in our department from January 1988 to August 1993. The results were as follows; l. Extraspinal tuberculosis of bone and joint were 41 cases (39 patients, 27.8% of 147 tuberculosis of bone and joint including spine). 2. The proportion of children and young adults was 56%, hips were involved in 11 cases, knee joints in 8 cases, ankle joints in 6 cases, feet in 6 cases and elbow joints in 5 cases. 3. Coexisting pulmonary tuberculosis was found in 19 patients and active lesion in 15 patients. 4. Confirmative diagnosis could be made by smear and culture of the lesion or pathologic findings or recently available polymerase chain reaction(PCR) method. 5. Various treatment, such as antituberculous medication, external immobilization, synovectomy, curettage and bone graft, arthrodesis, had been carried out. 6. Reactivation of other site was found in 7.3%(3 cases) and resistant tendency was found in 9.7%(4 cases).
Ankle Joint ; Arthrodesis ; Child ; Curettage ; Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Elbow Joint ; Foot ; Hip ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Korea ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Preventive Medicine ; Transplants ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Young Adult

Using three Austrian case studies, the variegated applications of molecular typing in today's public health laboratories are discussed to help illustrate preventive management strategies relying on DNA subtyping. DNA macrorestriction analysis by pulsed field gel electrophoresis has become the gold standard for subtyping of food borne pathogens like listeria, salmonella, campylobacter and Bacillus cereus. Using a Salmonella Mbandaka outbreak from the year 2010 as example, it is shown how the comparison of patterns from human isolates, food isolates, animal isolates and feed isolates can allow to identify and confirm a source of disease. An epidemiological connection between the simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis in cattle and deer with cases of human tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae in 2010 was excluded using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units variable-number tandem repeats subtyping. Also in 2010, multilocus sequence typing with nonselective housekeeping genes, the so-called sequence based typing protocol, was used to elucidate connections between an environmental source (a hospital drinking water system) and a case of legionellosis. During the last decades, molecular typing has evolved to become a routine tool in the daily work of public health laboratories. The challenge is now no longer to simply type microorganisms, but to type them in a way that allows for data exchange between public health laboratories all over the world.
Bacterial Typing Techniques/*methods ; Clinical Laboratory Techniques/*methods ; DNA Fingerprinting ; DNA, Bacterial/*analysis ; Disease Outbreaks ; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field/methods ; Food Microbiology ; Humans ; Laboratories ; Molecular Typing/*methods ; Preventive Medicine ; *Public Health