[Pain relieving effect of yakson therapy for infants].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Yakson therapy as a pain management tool on the physiologic and behavioral responses of infants with a painful heelstick procedure.

Method: Infants were randomly assigned to a group that underwent a series of Yakson therapy and a control that received nothing before a heelstick. Heart rate, oxygen saturation, and NIPS were compared between the experimental (n=16) and control (n=16) infants during an undisturbed baseline and after a standard heelstick procedure.

[A nationwide survey on current conditions of school health education].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze and assess the current situation of Korea's school health education program and to establish measures to efficiently carry out school health education in Korea.

Method: The survey was conducted through the internet with the health educators of elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide to assess the current condition of school health education programs, and 2,459 samples were collected which accounted for 23.4% of the total respondents.

[Yakson vs. GHT therapy effects on growth and physical response of preterm infants and on maternal attachment].

Purpose: This study is aimed to confirm the effects of Yakson therapy on the growth and physical response of preterm infants, and maternal attachment to them compared with GHT therapy.

Method: The design of this study is nonequivalent control group with repeated measuring by quasi experimental study. The subjects are preterm infants in 26 - 34 gestational age hospitalized in the NICU of 4 university hospitals with an experimental group of 15 and a control group of 14.

[Anger and health status in late school-age children].

Purpose: This cross-sectional study was designed to identify anger-expression types in late school-age children and investigate the relation between the identified anger-expression types and their health status.

Method: One thousand twenty seven children in elementary school fifth and sixth grades were recruited from November to December, 2004. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, 2-test, ANOVA, Duncan's multiple comparison test, and Wilcoxon rank sum test.

[Perceptions of obesity and management behaviors of obese adolescents and their families in Korea].

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of obesity and management behaviors of obese adolescents and their families in Korea.

Method: Nine adolescents with moderate-degree obesity and of four their mothers of them were investigated using semi-structured interviews.

Result: The perceptions of obesity was classified into four domains and obesity management behaviors was classified into three domains.