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Analysis of Life Respect-related Content Portrayed in the 7th to 10th Grade Textbooks in Middle and High Schools.

Kyung Ah KANG ; Young Hee KIM ; Jung Jae LEE ; Myung Nam LEE

Child Health Nursing Research.2013;19(4):282-290.

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.
Adolescent ; Drinking ; Humans ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Substance-Related Disorders ; Suicide ; Value of Life ; Violence

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Effects of a Prevention Program for Media Addiction on Television Addiction, Internet Addiction, Cellular Addiction, and Impulsiveness in Elementary School Students.

Hyun Young KOO

Child Health Nursing Research.2013;19(4):270-281.

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.
Behavior, Addictive ; Cellular Phone ; Humans ; Internet* ; Program Development ; Television*

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Meta-analysis of the Effects of Obesity Management Program for Children.

Kyung Suk SUNG ; Young Mi YOON ; Eun Joo KIM

Child Health Nursing Research.2013;19(4):262-269.

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.
Child* ; Humans ; Insulin ; Clinical Trial ; Leptin ; Obesity*

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Experience in Caring for Infants Who Are Dying.

Hyun Ju KANG ; Kyung Sook BANG

Child Health Nursing Research.2013;19(4):252-261.

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.
Humans ; Infant* ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care, Neonatal* ; Neonatal Nursing

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Health Disparity and Health Welfare among Children from Low-Income Families.

Hee Soon KIM

Child Health Nursing Research.2013;19(4):247-251.

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.
Anxiety ; Asthma ; Child Care ; Child* ; Depression ; Growth and Development ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Korea ; Obesity ; Poverty

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Predictors of Meaning in Life in Adolescents with Leukemia.

Sung Sil HONG ; Ho Ran PARK

Child Health Nursing Research.2015;21(1):74-81. doi:10.4094/chnr.2015.21.1.74

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of spiritual well-being and meaning in life for adolescents with leukemia. METHODS: Participants were 102 adolescents (11-21 years) recruited at C university hospital from June to August in 2014. The eligible participants were diagnosed with leukemia and are on follow-up care at the outpatient clinic. Participants were assessed for spiritual well-being, meaning in life, self-esteem, and social support. RESULTS: Levels of spiritual well-being and meaning in life for these adolescents with leukemia were 3.69 out of 6 and 3.10 out of 4, respectively. Self-esteem and social support from family were factors affecting spiritual well-being. Self-esteem, existential well-being and social support from family and friends were predictive for meaning in life and accounted for 68% of total variance. CONCLUSION: The results show that there are several factors affecting spiritual well-being and meaning in life in adolescents with leukemia. Therefore, nursing intervention programs for adolescents with leukemia should include strengthening self-esteem and social support as well as considering the spiritual aspect of life in order to find meaning in life beyond leukemia.
Adolescent* ; Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Follow-Up Studies ; Friends ; Humans ; Leukemia* ; Nursing

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Trend Analysis of Research Articles Published in Child Health Nursing Research 2014.

Kap Chul CHO ; Young Eun LEE ; Sang Eun OH ; Young Ran TAK ; Sun Mi CHAE ; Eun Joo KIM ; Jina OH ; Sunghee KIM ; Namhee KIM ; Youngmee AHN

Child Health Nursing Research.2015;21(4):347-354. doi:10.4094/chnr.2015.21.4.347

PURPOSE: This descriptive study was performed to explore trends in child health nursing research by analyzing the themes, contents and structure of articles published in 2014 in Child Health Nursing Research, the official journal of the Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing. METHODS: Thirty-eight articles were reviewed using keywords, author (s), subjects, ethical considerations, designs, statistics involved, funding resources, and others. RESULTS: Ten domains from 160 keywords were identified as follows, child related, psycho-social variable related, parents and family related, nursing and health related, and others. A mean of 2.9 authors per article was identified and 71% of the authors were academic- affiliated. Twenty-eight articles were human-participant related while 21 articles addressed both Institutional Review Board and written consent. Non-experimental design was the most commonly used method followed by experimental design, and qualitative design. The duration for acceptance was a mean of 89.1 days from submission with most articles requiring a second round of article review. Half of the articles were supported by grant organizations such as Korean National Research Foundation. CONCLUSION: The findings of the analysis show an improvement in the scientific quality with a diversity of articles in Child Health Nursing Research.
Child ; Child Welfare* ; Child* ; Ethics Committees, Research ; Financial Management ; Financing, Organized ; Humans ; Nursing Research* ; Nursing* ; Parents ; Publications ; Research Design

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Weight Variation in Term Newborns Hospitalized during Early Postnatal Period.

Youngmee AHN ; Namhee KIM ; Eunyoung LEE ; Miyoung KWAK

Child Health Nursing Research.2015;21(4):339-346. doi:10.4094/chnr.2015.21.4.339

PURPOSE: This study was performed to explore the weight variations in high-risk term newborns hospitalized during the early postnatal period. METHODS: A retrospective explorative study was performed with 64 term newborns who were hospitalized in the NICU after birth. Data on daily weight, birth information, and clinical features such as phototherapy, placements, nutritional status were reviewed through medical records for 14 days of life. General Linear Model, GLM was applied to analyze the weight variation by clinical features of these high-risk term newborns for 14 days of life. RESULTS: Newborns at 40 weeks of gestation showed little weight loss during the few days after birth then steadily gained weight to 7.6% at the 14th day. Infants born at 37-39 gestation showed little weight gain for 14 days though the weight loss itself was not apparent. As well, return to birthweight was not observed in newborns with phototherapy, infants placed on a warmer or infants having gastrointestinal dysfunction for 14 days of life. CONCLUSION: Even for term newborns, physiologic weight loss may not be warranted even if newborn is born at less than 40 week of gestation, or with high-risk conditions that warrant admission to NICU.
Birth Weight ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn* ; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal ; Linear Models ; Medical Records ; Nutritional Status ; Parturition ; Phototherapy ; Pregnancy ; Retrospective Studies ; Term Birth ; Weight Gain ; Weight Loss

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Differences in Life Transition Process of Parents Caring for Children with Autism: Based on the Socio-Demographic Characteristics.

Ae Ran LEE ; Sun Woo HONG

Child Health Nursing Research.2015;21(4):331-338. doi:10.4094/chnr.2015.21.4.331

PURPOSE: This study was done to identify differences in the life transition process of parents caring for children with autism according to parents' socio-demographic characteristics. METHODS: Participants were 194 parents caring for children with autism. Data were collected from December 2013 to February 2014 through self-report questionnaires, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA with SPSS/WIN 20.0. RESULTS: Mean scores for despairing or accepting phases were higher than those for denying or wandering phases in the life transition process. According to parents' gender, educational level, and job, there were some significant differences in the denying and wandering phases. Differences in denying phase by education (p=.033), job (p=.004) were significant. Respondents with higher educational level, and having a job showed a lower level of denying than other respondents. Wandering phase differed significantly by gender (p=.009) and job (p=.001). Mothers and those who did not have a job showed a higher level of wandering than fathers and those who had a job. However, there was no difference in the despairing or accepting phases. CONCLUSION: The life transition phase of parents with autistic children needs to be assessed to provide differentiated and intensive support program and help them move to the accepting phase.
Autistic Disorder* ; Child* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Education ; Fathers ; Humans ; Mothers ; Parents*

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Factors Associated with Relative Schoolbag Weight and Musculoskeletal Symptoms Among Elementary School Children.

Kyoung Eun YU ; Jin Sun KIM

Child Health Nursing Research.2015;21(4):320-330. doi:10.4094/chnr.2015.21.4.320

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of schoolbags and the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among elementary school children and to identify factors associated with relative schoolbag weight and musculoskeletal symptoms. METHODS: A descriptive correlation study was conducted with 228 elementary school children in grades 4-6. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, chi2-test or Fisher's exact test, logistic regression analysis were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Mean relative schoolbag weight (RSW) was 6.40%. Among participants, 13.2% carried more than 10% of their RSW. Only 49.6% of participants organized the contents in their school backpack correctly. Musculoskeletal symptoms were reported by 42.5% of participants. Results from logistic regression analysis identified grade was a significant factor predicting RSW, and gender, RSW, and using a locker were significant factors predicting musculoskeletal symptoms among schoolchildren. CONCLUSION: Although RSW of school children in this study was within the currently recommended load limit, a considerable proportion of school children were not following guidelines for safe schoolbag use. An effective schoolbag safety campaign for parents, students, and teachers needs to be developed and evaluated to prevent possible musculoskeletal symptoms related to schoolbag use.
Child* ; Data Collection ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Musculoskeletal Pain ; Parents ; Prevalence ; Statistics as Topic

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