Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

College Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward AIDS in Pusan and Ulsan Areas: Yeong Hee Shin, Yong Hae Hong; Journal of Nurses Academic Society 1996;26(1):33-42. Published online March 30, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jnas.1996.26.1.33

Abstract PDF: Given the global impact of the AIDS pandemic, it is necessary to take every measure to prevent an epidemic of this disease in Korea. The only available strategy is prevention. Considering college students as a potential risk group, this study examined their knowledge of, and attitudes toward AIDS. In this study, 399 students from three colleges in Pusan and Uoolsan were examined for their attitudes to, and knowledge of AIDS. Findings indicate that the majority of the students(90%) had basic knowledge on the transmission and the prevention of the disease. However, most of them, including nursing students, lacked knowledge as to the etiological agent, major symptoms and available diagnostic techniques. To the questions designed to examine social attitude towards AIDS patients, the students showed a tendency to view AIDS patients as responsible for their own illness. Interestingly, they showed sympathy to their imaginary friends and relatives suffering from AIDS. The study findings suggest a need for the development of AIDS educational programs for college students.

An Ethnographic Study on Eating Styles of Adult Diabetics in Korea: Yong Hae Hong, Myung Ok Cho, Young Sook Tae; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2005;35(2):313-322. Published online March 28, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2005.35.2.313

Abstract PDF: Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore adult diabetics' eating styles and factors which influence them.
Method
The study adopted an ethnographic method based on a perspective which views the eating style as a cultural phenomenon. Data was collected through a personal interview, participant observation, and documented materials from Oct.2001 to Sept. 2002. In this study, fifteen adult diabetics, with an average age of 57, participated. Data analysis was done by the Spradley's taxonomic analysis technique.
Result
The patients' eating styles were rooted in their viewpoint on illness as well as the meaning of food. Eating styles were classified into 4 types: Pathology-centered, symptom-centered, need-centered, and role-centered.
Conclusion
A conventional approach to the treatment and management of diabetes did not consider the patient's inner world which may play an important role in the successful management of the disease. We found that it was critical for health care personnel to understand patients' values, beliefs and their way of life in order to facilitate the most successful self-care diet.

The Illness Experience of Women in Advanced Uterine Cancer: Young Sook Tae, Moung Ock Cho, Yong Hae Hong; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2003;33(7):917-927. Published online March 28, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2003.33.7.917

Abstract PDF: Purpose
This hermeneutical inquiry was aimed at understanding the experience of women with advanced uterine cancer and providing sociocultural data on hospice nursing for these Korean women. We adopted hermeneutic phenomenological approach of van Manen. The research question was “What do women with advanced uterine cancer experience in their life?”.
Method
The data for this paper came from interviews with 11 participants between February, 2000 and May, 2001 and reviews of secondary text of essay and drama, poet, memorandum. Each informant was interviewed three or more times for 30 min.-2 hours. In the process of analysis we did reflective thinking and used line-by-line and highlighting analysis techniques.
Result
The substantial themes of illness experience of women in advanced uterine cancer were ‘Endless suffering’, ‘In the midst of chaos and darkness,’ ‘on the wish of new possibility’, ‘finding new transformed self.
Conclusion
Women with Advanced uterine cancer suffer with complex problems and wonder in the midst of chaos and darkness, but they find a new transformed self by the wish of new possibility and experience human becoming.

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