Seoul-Hee Nam ¹, Jung-Mi Ko ¹, Hyun-Jin Ko ¹, You-Na Kim ¹, Hye-Min Oh ¹, Ji-Yeon Park ¹, Young-Min Lee ¹, Ah-Nyeong Choi ¹, Hye-Young Kim ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Dental Hygiene, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, 25949, KR

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to provide basic data for the improvement and management of the oral health awareness and oral-health-related quality of life of immigrant women in multicultural families. Methods/Statistical Analysis: This study targeted a total of 130 immigrant women in multicultural families who participated in the South Korean society adaptation programs at the multicultural family centers. The direct interview methods were used, and a questionnaire translation for each of the subjects’ countries of origin was prepared so that the subjects can answer the questionnaires by themselves. The collected data was used the SPSS 19.0 (ver) statistical program. Findings: The subject immigrant women in multicultural families in this study were aware of the importance of oral health depending on whether or not they visited a dental clinic after their migration, but even though their migration period was long, as their opportunity to receive education through oral-health-related programs was limited, there were very few persons who received such education. In addition, for the path through which they obtained oral-health-related knowledge, the mass media was the most common. This means that it is difficult for people with economic difficulties to access the oral care institutions in South Korea; thus, the probability that they will obtain unverified related knowledge through the mass media and not through professional education is high. Improvements/Applications: Establishment of oral healthcare programs for immigrant women in multicultural families and regional linkage between the multicultural centers and the health centers and dental clinics are urgently needed.

Keywords

Multicultural Families, Migrant Women, Oral Health Behavior, Oral Health Recognition, Quality of Life.

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Huifang Guo ¹, Seoul-Hee Nam ², Hye-Young Kim ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Medical Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon - 200-701, Korea
2 Department of Dental Hygiene, Kangwon National University, Samcheok - 245-905, Korea
3 Department of Dental Hygiene, Kangwon National University, Samcheok - 245-905, Korea, KR

Abstract

Several in vitro methods have been conducted in order to investigate the antioxidant activities of ethanol extract from Rehmannia glutinosa. Both the total phenolic and flavonoid component were expressed as the equivalent of positive control with the values of 1432.3±16.2 mg TAE/100 g and 97.6±14.1 mg QE/100 g, respectively. In addition, the antioxidant activity with an IC50 of 469.87±12.42 μg/g was measured via the DPPH scavenging activity. The study also showed that Rehmannia glutinosa ethanol extract exhibited antioxidant activities on metal-chelating, reducing power, total antioxidant activity assay.

Keywords

Rehmannia glutinosa, Free Radical, Antioxidant, Phenolic, Flavonoid Content

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Hye-Young Kim ¹, Young -Kwan Yang ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Tourism Management, Gwang-Ju Women’s University, Korea
2 Department of Tourism Management, Jeon-Ju University, Korea

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this research is to provide a way of improving the quality of life for workers in tourism field by finding out the effect relation among job demand, job control, leisure activities and work-leisure conflict and between work-leisure conflict and quality of life. Methods/Statistical Analysis: This research investigates workers in hotel, tourism, aviation and food-service fields. Plus, for corroborative evidence analysis, SPSS for win 20.0 is utilized and frequency, reliance, a cause and recurrence analysis are conducted so as to support this research. Findings: At first, the fact that there are few researches penetrating into work-leisure conflict and even it is never dealt in Korea gives a great significance. Further, it can be more worthy in that this research is performed apposite to domestic circumstance in Korea. At second fundamental with the previous research, as the verification result of work-leisure validity, 3 factors such as time conflict, strain conflict and fatigue conflict can be extracted. In the case of fatigue conflict, though the other factors are dealt in the previous researches, but it is unique one extracted in this research. It can demonstrate that it is necessary to distinguish fatigue conflict in the work-leisure conflict. At third, as researched, it is true that job environment affects workleisure conflict. At, fourth, it is shown that strain conflict and fatigue conflict of work-leisure conflict affect the quality of life. Application/Improvements: The author expects that the concept of work-leisure conflict focused on this study can be cited in many fields of the social sciences such as women’s studies, human rights, management, sociology and psychology.

Keywords

Job Demand-Control-Support, Quality of Life, Tourism Employee’s, Work-Leisure Conflict

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