Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

Hyun Ju Lee

5 Articles

The COVID-19 Correspondence Work Experience of Community Health Practitioners: Jae Hyun Ha, Hyun Ju Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2022;33(2):139-152. Published online June 30, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2022.33.2.139

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This study aims to describe and understand the meaning and nature of community health practitioners’ coping with COVID-19. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 community health practitioners from August to October 2021, to describe and understand the nature of their coping with COVID-19. The collected data were examined and described based on Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Results 16 theme clusters and five categories were derived from the community health practitioners’ experience of coping with COVID-19. The categories derived were: a war that began without notice, a variety of correspondence tasks assigned, struggling to fulfill given roles, correspondence tasks becoming more systematic, and a fight that has not yet ended. Conclusion Community health practitioners handled various response tasks related to COVID-19, and faithfully fulfilled their professional roles while performing the primary task of medical care. Hence, attention is required on issues related to the establishment of the national emergency healthcare system and improvement of professional competence of community health practitioners even after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Furthermore, it is necessary to make ceaseless efforts to address those issues and, in order to do so, social interest and institutional support are needed.

Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Older Adults by Region: Based on the 2017 Community Health Survey: Hyun Ju Lee, Yeong Suk Lee, Jung Mi Yun; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2020;31(Suppl):563-576. Published online December 31, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2020.31.S.563

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The purpose of this study is to identify personal factors, social factors, and environmental factors related to physical activity in older adults in urban and non-urban areas. Methods: We used source data from the 2017 Community Health Survey. The subjects of this study included some older adults aged 65 and over, and analyzed the data of 23,043 older adults living in the urban and 34,063 older adults living in the non-urban area. Results: The common factors influencing physical activity in older adults by region include current smoking and drinking, BMI, sleep duration, and subjective health status, help with neighbors, frequency of meeting with neighbors and friends, participation in social and leisure activities, and falls experience (p<.001). However, the living environment, public transport satisfaction, and medical service use significantly associated with physical activity for only older adults living in the urban area (p<.001). Conclusion: In order to improve physical activity in older adults in the community, it is necessary to consider not only the improvement of individual factors that practice health behaviors but also health promotion strategies that take into account social and environmental factors because there are environmental differences among regions.

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Bridging the Built and Social Environments: A Systematic Review of Studies Investigating Influences on Physical Activity
Tyler Prochnow, Laurel S. Curran, Christina Amo, Meg S. Patterson
Journal of Physical Activity and Health.2023; : 1. CrossRef
Symptom profiles and their influencing factors among people with subjective cognitive decline: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2019 Korea Community Health Survey using latent class analysis
Hohyun Seong, Jongmin Park
BMJ Open.2023; 13(8): e072236. CrossRef
Determinants of Physical Activity in Older Adults in South-Eastern Poland
Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Agnieszka Ćwirlej-Sozańska, Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska, Bernard Sozański
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.2022; 19(24): 16922. CrossRef
Body mass index, subjective body shape, and suicidal ideation among community-dwelling Korean adults
Chae Eun Yong, Young Bum Kim, Jiyoung Lyu
Archives of Public Health.2021;[Epub] CrossRef

The Effect of the Education Applying Havruta's Method on Communication Competency, Critical Thinking Competency, and Self-leadership of Nursing Students: Jae Hyun Ha, Hyun Ju Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2020;31(3):337-347. Published online September 30, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2020.31.3.337

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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to construct the education applying Havruta's method for nursing students and to examine its effect on the communication competency, critical thinking competency, and self-leadership.
Methods
A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The participants were 138 nursing students at two universities. The experimental group (n=70) received the education applying Havruta's method for six weeks. The study was carried out from September 23 to November 8, 2019. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS/WIN 22.0 for the x 2 test, Fisher's exact test, and independent t-test.
Results
The experimental group had a significant increase in communication competency (t=2.44, p=.016). However, there was no significant difference in critical thinking competency (t=1.85, p=.067), and self-leadership (t=1.78, p=.077) between the two groups.
Conclusion
The education applying Havruta's method is an effective nursing education for communication competency. The result of this study could be a guide for nursing professors at the nursing education field when developing education programs that apply Habruta’s method. Based on these results, future studies should be conducted to apply Habruta’s teaching method to various nursing majors.

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The effects of self-directed learning ability, critical thinking, and learning commitment from utilizing the Havruta method in women’s health nursing classes
Jeong Ha Yang, Mi Young Chung
The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education.2023; 29(4): 352. CrossRef

Health-promoting Lifestyle of Nursing Students: Using Mixed Methods Research: Hyun Ju Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2019;30(4):414-425. Published online December 31, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.4.414

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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of psychosocial wellbeing status and self efficacy on health-promoting behavior of nursing students, and to explore the experiences related to health-promoting behavior.
METHODS
For this study, an explanatory sequential mixed method design approach was used with survey data collected from 148 nursing students. In addition, qualitative data for exploration of health-promoting behavior experience were collected from three focus-group interviews of 17 participants. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 25.0 and qualitative data were analyzed by making contents analysis with Nvivo 12.0.
RESULTS
The results showed that psychosocial wellbeing status, self efficacy, grade, and regularity meal explained 43.0% of the variance in health-promoting behavior. And seven themes from the collected significant statements about experience of health-promoting behavior included the daily life going on without delay; changes in body which is felt; recognizing the necessity of health care; making efforts to increase physical activities; revising eating habit; looking for the way to relieve stress; and attempting to divert my thoughts.
CONCLUSION
Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to develop and verify health program in order to improve nursing students' health-promoting behavior. And university authorities and government should make an effort to improve nursing students' health-promoting behavior.

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Health promoting lifestyle behaviors and associated predictors among clinical nurses in China: a cross-sectional study
Wen Zeng, Shaomei Shang, Qian Fang, Shan He, Juan Li, Yuanrong Yao
BMC Nursing.2021;[Epub] CrossRef

Nursing Students' Environmental Consciousness and Medical Waste Related Knowledge and Attitudes: Jae Hyun Ha, Hyun Ju Lee; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2019;30(2):174-182. Published online June 30, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2019.30.2.174

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The purpose of this study is to find out how much influence nursing students' environmental consciousness and knowledge of medical waste have on their attitudes toward medical waste.
METHODS
The subjects were 211 nursing students recruited from 2 universities. Data were collected with a structured self-report questionnaire comprising measures of environmental consciousness, and knowledge of and attitude toward medical waste. Data analysis was conducted with the SPSS/WIN 25.0 program.
RESULTS
A total of 211 copies of the questionnaire were used for the final analysis, except for 9 untrusted responses out of 220 that included missing values. Those subjects' environmental consciousness who received environmental education in middle and high schools was higher (t=3.15, p=.002). The higher their grades, the better their knowledge of medical waste (F=3.40, p=.035). Those subjectsâ€™ knowledge of medical waste who received medical waste education was relatively high (t=3.14, p=.002). Those subjects with clinical practice experience had more sensitive attitudes toward medical waste (t=2.06, p=.041). Those subjects' attitudes toward Medical waste who received medical waste education at the universities were relatively high (t=2.04, p=.043). The subjects' environmental consciousness was positively correlated with their attitudes toward medical waste (r=.44, p<.001). The most influential factor in their attitudes toward medical waste is their environmental attitudes and medical waste education.
CONCLUSION
The higher the nursing students' environmental consciousness, the higher their attitudes toward medical waste. It is necessary to provide environment and medical waste education for nursing students in order to strengthen their environmental consciousness and attitude toward medical waste.

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