Research in Community and Public Health Nursing

In Sook Rhie

3 Articles

Factors Influencing Hotel Workers' Health Practices: In Sook Rhie; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2009;20(4):503-512. Published online December 31, 2009

Abstract PDF: PURPOSE
This study was to investigate the factors influencing hotel workers' health practice.
METHODS
This study was based on the partial PRECEDE model. The subjects of this study were 261 servers sampled at random from a hotel located in Seoul. For the statistical analysis of collected data, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and logistic regression were performed with the SAS (Version. 8.01) program.
RESULTS
There were statistically significant primary factors influencing different parts of health practice. That is, regular exercise was influenced by gender, age and marital status, diet habit was by marital status, and type of working, prohibition of smoking was by gender, age and type of employment, and drinking by gender and job stress.
CONCLUSION
This study has a limitation in generalized application to hotels in this country because it is a cross-sectional examination about the factors affecting health practice in the employees of a hotel. Further study is needed with various and broad variables that promote health practice and contributed to the development of health promotion programs.

The Effects of a Stress Management Program on Job Stress in a Hotel Culinary Staff: In Sook Rhie, Soon Lae Kim; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2008;19(4):611-621. Published online December 31, 2008

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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a stress management program on Job Stress in culinary staff at a Hotel.
METHOD
This was a quasi-experimental study using non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 52 culinary staff members(head culinary, first culinary) working at a S hotel.(25 in the experimental group, 27 in the control group) The experimental group was provided with an individual counseling program for 12 weeks and 30 min/week. The control group was provided with booklets. Data were analyzed with SAS Program using repeated measures ANOVA.
RESULTS
The stress management program was effective to improve job stressors and especially to relax interpersonal conflict among the sub-factors of job stress based on the results mentioned above.
CONCLUSION
This program was effective in reducing job stress. However, further studies are required to measure persistent and long-term effects through the application of the program, which is specifically designed for reduce to job stress, for over 12 weeks.

The Relationship between of Calcium Intake and BMD in Middle-aged Women: Soon Lae Kim, Jong Eun Lee, In Sook Rhie; J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2005;16(1):77-85. Published online March 31, 2005

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