목적: 초등학교에서 보건교사가 실시하고 있는 보건교육 내용 가운데 ``눈과 시력 및 시력관리``에 관한 교육현황을 파악하여 성장 발육기에 있는 초등학생의 근시발생 및 진행을 예방할 수 있는 보건교육의 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 방법: 2010년 9월부터 2011년 1월까지 경기도 오산시, 화성시, 수원시 초등학교에 재직하고 있는 보건 교사 65명을 대상으로 우편에 의한 설문조사를 실시하였다. 그 중에서 불성실하게 응답한 12명의 설문지와 설문에 응하지 않은 5명을 제외한 48명을 검사대상으로 선정하였다. 수집된 설문은 SPSS 12.0K Window를 이용하여 전산처리하였으며, 자료분석은 빈도와 백분율로 하였다. 결과: 보건교사는 5, 6학년을 대상으로 1년에 17차시의 보건교육을 실시하고 있었고, 초등학교 교육과정에 명시되어 있는 보건교육 중 ``시력저하예방 교육``을 실시하고 있는 교사는 18.7%로 조사되었다. 보건교사가 원하는 시력저하 예방교육에 관한 정보 제공 형태로는 ``세미나/워크샵``이 58.3%로 가장 많았으며, 학생들을 대상으로 실시하는 시력저하 예방교육 중 가장 선호하는 교육 형태는 눈알사진 또는 눈알실제모형을 이용한 눈과 시력에 관한 체험수업이었고(54.2%), 보건수업 시간을 활용한 눈 건강 관리교육은 31.2%, 전문기관에서 시력검사 후 시력에 관한 교육은 14.6%, 시청각자료를 활용한 교육은 14.6%, 눈 운동 16.7%, 개인상담 2.1%로, 체험학습과 눈과 시력에 관한 교육을 선호하는 것으로 조사되었다. 결론: 초등학교 보건교사들이 눈과 시력에 관한 정보를 제공받을 수 있는 기회가 거의 없고, 눈과 시력에 관한 보건교육의 실태는 매우 미흡한 상태이므로, 보건교사를 대상으로 눈과 시력에 관한 전문적인 보건교육을 강화할 필요성이 있다.

The occupational safety and health expenses in construction since 1988 has contributed significantly to the reduction of injury occurrence rate. But the appropriation standards for the Occupational Safety and Health Expenses in Construction(OSHEC) have been pointed out so many issues. The purpose of this study is to present ways to improve the appropriation standards for OSHEC through the reviewing of several issues about the current system and analysis of existing statistical data. Based on the result of the research, it is proposed the new model for OSHEC.

The introduction of the OHSMS(occupational health and safety management system) into the enterprise has been increased. But, to prevent accidents and take the value creation effectively, it is recommended that this system and the other management system based on business process should integrate. This paper deals with the present conditions and business values of OHSMS, KOSHA 2000, OHSAS 18001 and/or K-OHSMS 18001, which have introduced to Korea since 1997. By reviewing literature, we analyzed study trends in the development of quantitative and qualitative certification standards and the assessment methods of OHSMS. Also, we can summarize the field issues related to installment and operation of OHSMS : motivation, advantage, problems, obstacles, lessons, and revitalization. And then we can suggest issues of the integrated management system such as background, purpose, adoption view, and the integration types.

Daily workers in construction sites rarely receive the benefit of systematic safety and health training as they are required to move from one construction site to another in response to the start, completion, and repetition of construction works. Also, small- to medium-sized construction sites often lack the capacity to train their workers. Therefore, as in the advanced countries, basic OSH training sheme for construction workers should be conducted in the industrial-level, rather than in individual workplace-level, to make the training more effective. By doing so, only workers with the basic safety training will be able to engage in construction works. Consequently, accidents in the construction industry will decrease, as workers themselves who are at the forefront of the construction worksites are empowered to play the central role in accident prevention activities.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between MMPI(Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) scale and safety and health related indices in the shipbuilding workmen. The MMPI scores of the 230 shipbuilding workmen applicants and their performance records regarding safety and health were analyzed through t-test and one-way ANOVA to obtain the following results; (1) applicants intended to show the positive characteristics of their personality, and this attitude reflected a decrease on T-scores of MMPI; (2) there were significant relationships between some MMPI subscales and safety & health related indices. These results can be used to provide baseline information for more effective accident prevention programs.

Korean veterinary medicine is a member of a major health profession with its own system of education, licensing, organization, and ethics, and a pioneering profession in his or her scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit society through the promotion of animal health, the relief of suffering, the conservation of livestock resources, the promotion of public health, biomedical work for medicine including comparative medicine, and the advancement of medical knowledge. This manuscript is to emphasize the role of the Korean public health veterinarians preparing the twenty-first century in public health service for humans.

본 연구는 국내 정신보건 서비스 실태와 제도를 조사하여 문제점을 파악하고 외국의 사례와 비교하여 개선방안을 모색하기 위해 시행되었다. 우리나라의 정신보건법은 정신질환의 예방과 정신질환자의 의료 및 사회복귀에 관하여 필요한 사항을 규정함으로써 국민의 정신건강증진에 이바지함을 목적으로 1995년 제정되었다. 이후 3차례의 개정을 거쳐 최근 정신질환자의 인권보호강화 및 작업요법에 대한 근거 신설(제46조의 2) 등을 주요내용으로 일부 개정되어‘작업요법’이 재활서비스의 중요한 부분으로 명기 되었다. 그러나 국가인권위원회가 2008년 10월부터 12월까지 국∙공립병원 3개소와 민간병원 4개소를 대상으로 정신보건시설 방문조사 결과 작업치료부재 또는 종류 부족, 작업 치료 계획과 평가, 작업치료일지 작성 미흡, 작업치료의 명목의 화장실∙병동 간호사실 청소 및 중증환자 간병 등의 인권 침해사례가 보고 된 바 있다. 이에 대한 근본적인 원인은 부적합한 용어(작업요법)의 사용으로 상위법(정신보건법)과 하위법(시행규칙) 간의 모순을 초래하여 작업치료서비스가 작업치료사가 아닌 비전문가에 의해 제공되고 있는데 기인한다. 따라서 정신보건법 개정 기본 취지인 정신질환자의 인권을 보호하고 양질의 정신보건서비스 제공을 보장하여 정신보건시설 내의 작업치료에 대한 신뢰를 회복하기 위해서는 제도 개선이 시급하다. 즉 정신보건법에 작업치료의 정의와 작업치료사의 업무범위를 명시하고 작업치료사가 정신과 필수인력으로서 종사할 수 있도록 관련 법률개정이 이루어져야 한다. 우선적으로 이러한 제도적 보완이 이루어 질 때 그에 따른 정신과 작업치료사의 전문성 확립도 기대할 수 있을 것이다.

The occupational safety and health expenses in construction since 1988 has contributed significantly to the reduction of injury occurrence rate. But accounted basis and criteria used of the occupational safety and health expenses have been pointed out so many issues. The purpose of this study, perform analysis of the effectiveness of the occupational safety and health expenses through the reviewing of several issues about the current system and analysis of existing statistical data. Based on the result of the research, it is concluded that the contribution survey of the occupational safety and health expenses on the safety accident prevention program qualitatively evaluated as an average of 4.39(standard deviatin 0.652) on the five point scale based was very positive.

Texts and icons are used to deliver the safety and health information on pesticide labels. This study surveyed the standards or guidelines regarding the presentation formats of texts and icons used in pesticides. Also, the text and icon formats being used in the 50 pesticide products in Korea were investigated in the aspects of size, font (texts only), color. From the guideline survey, it was found that while the guidelines for the text fonts and colors in pesticides were suggested, there was no detailed guidelines about the text size. For the icon presentation, it was regulated that the icon size for the pesticides should be larger than 7mm×7mm, and this size was equivalent to the size when the reading distance of 28 ㎝ was applied to other two guidelines. From the sample survey of the 50 pesticides, it was found that the small text size being used in the 50 pesticides was 1mm (3pt), and this size was considered to be very difficult to be read, particularly by old people. The minimum size of the texts for the toxicity of the pesticide, the very important safety information, was found to be 1.5 mm, which is considered to be very uncomfortable to be read. The size of icons were varied from 2 to 12 mm, and the total average size was 4.6 mm. The 149 icons from a total 187 icons (80%) were smaller than the icon presentation guideline (7mm×7mm), and the reason for the small icon size might be the small area of the label of the pesticides. Thus, more detailed guidelines for the text size and more practical guidelines for the size of icons are required.

In this study, we have developed the database of safety and health information for pesticide active ingredients used in Korea. There were 1,283 pesticide items among which 296 were found to be out of use in current. A total of 349 pesticide ingredients were being used in Korea. The database consists of 32 types of information including chemical characteristics, acute toxicity, chronic toxicity (carcinogenic and reproductive toxicity), specific symptoms by exposure route and first aid. When pesticide ingredients were assessed in terms of key properties such as color, odor, acute toxicity, carcinogenic and reproductive toxicity, they were white, colorless and odorless, in general. When ingredients were classified by category of acute toxicity, 'Non-hazardous' represented 29%, followed by 'Slightly hazardous' at 16%, 'Moderately hazardous' at 14%, 'Highly hazardous' at 5%, and 'Extremely hazardous' at 2%. 85 out of 349, or 24% of ingredients were found to be possibly carcinogenic to human. This database is expected to provide an easy access for farmers, agriculture supervisors, researchers and consumers, and it can ultimately be used as basic data on farmer's safety and health.