Human resource factors associated with workplace safety and health education of small manufacturing businesses in Korea.

Objectives: Human resources (HR) are essential indicators of safety and health (SH) status, and HR can be key sources of workplace safety management such as safety and health education at work (SHEW). This study analyzed significant HR factors associated with SHEW of small manufacturing businesses in Korea.

Methods: The secondary data of the 2012 Korea Occupational Safety and Health Trend Survey were used to achieve this research purpose.

Development of Evaluation Indicators for Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals Training Programs in Korea.

Introduction: The importance of training for Hospice and Palliative Care (HPC) professionals has been increasing with the systemization of HPC in Korea. Hence, the need and importance of training quality for HPC professionals are growing. This study evaluated the construct validity and reliability of the Evaluation Indicators for standard Hospice and Palliative Care Training (EIHPCT) program.

Health Beliefs Associated with Cancer Screening Intentions in Korean Workers.

Background: Cancer is a leading cause of death in Korea. To prevent cancer, it is essential to facilitate and promote appropriate cancer screening behavior in the adult population. The aim of this study was to examine health beliefs related to cancer screening intentions using the Health Belief Model (HBM).

A polymorphism at -1607 2G in the matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) increased risk of sudden deafness in Korean population but not at -519A/G in MMP-1.

Objectives/hypothesis: Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) is associated with a risk of inflammatory disease and cancer invasion. Two common etiologies for sudden deafness (SD) are circulatory disturbance and inflammation. The present study aimed to investigate whether MMP-1 polymorphisms are associated with SD.

Social support for stress prevention in hospital settings.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of social support, interacting with work stressors, on psychological stress prevention in a public hospital, based on Karasek's demand-control-support (DCS) model.

Methods: A self-administered survey was conducted with 240 employees of a public hospital in the south-east of the United States. The survey asked for demographic information, details on job demands and job control as work stressors, social support, and depressive symptoms as the representative psychological stress symptoms.

A longitudinal study of the relationship between health behavior risk factors and dependence in activities of daily living.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to shed further light on the effect of modifiable health behavior risk factors on dependence in activities of daily living, defined in a multidimensional fashion.

Methods: The study participants were 10,278 middle aged Americans in a longitudinal health study, the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS). A multi-stage probability sampling design incorporating the effect of population sizes (Metropolitan and non-metropolitan), ethnicity (the non-Hispanic White, the Hispanic, and the Black), and age (age 51-61) was utilized.

Effects of social support at work on depression and organizational productivity.

Objective: To examine how social support at work affects depression and organizational productivity in a work-stress framework.

Methods: A self-administered survey for 240 workers in a public hospital in the southeastern United States.

Results: Social support at work was directly related to high job control, low depression, and high job performance.

Effectiveness of a healthy work organization intervention: ethnic group differences.

This study examined ethnic group differences in the effectiveness of a healthy work organization intervention on organizational climate and worker health and well-being. Our sample consisted of employees from 21 stores of a large national retail chain. The intervention involved establishing and facilitating employee problem-solving teams in 11 of the stores.