The rapid aging trend in South Korea will cause a growing shortage of labor and decreasing quality of the labor force. The purpose of this commentary is to recommend a health care strategy to maintain and promote the work ability of employees in an aging Korea. Strategies to promote the work ability require the collaboration of governmental agencies at the central and local levels. First, the c...

BACKGROUND The utilization of oral health services in children remains at a relatively low level in China. However, little is known about the utilization patterns and related factors. The objective of this study was to explore the patterns of oral health service utilization and to determine the related factors among preschool children in Beijing, China, based on the Andersen behavioral model. ...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a common chronic disease, which results in significant morbidity and mortality. Although ethnic variations in disease prevalence are known, variations in the utilization of physician services for the disease (particularly in publicly funded health care systems) are uncertain. METHODS Self-reported ethnicity was determined from two population health surveys in Ontario, C...

The paper highlights some of the findings from a stud» carried out b» the author and eo-workers in the County of Avon, England, in 1981. The objective was to develop a methodology for evaluating the occupational health nursing resources and activities within a defined geographical region, which could then be applied to other areas including Malaysia. Data was collected by means of a postal ques...

In Japan, the Industrial Safety and Health Law obliges all workers to undergo annual health checkups in their workplaces. At the plant for this study, workers who have one or more abnormal findings pointed out in their annual health checkups are summoned by occupational health staff and subsequently attend health consultations conducted by occupational health nurses each year. We investigated w...

Received: April 30, 2009 • Accepted: May 15, 2009 Corresponding Author: Moon Shik Kim National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board, 224 Jayang-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-873, Korea TEL) 02-476-2333 FAX) 02-2088-1081 E-mail) [email protected] 1) President of National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board, Republic of Korea (2004. 5~2009. 6.) Korean J Med Educ 2009 Sep; 21(3): ...