Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Editorial

From Seoul to Lima: Korean Doctors in Peru

Hae-Wol Cho, Chaeshin Chu

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):71-72. Published online April 30, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.04.001

Original Articles

Knowledge and Attitude Toward Informed Consent Among Private Dental Practitioners in Bathinda City, Punjab, India

Vivek V. Gupta, Nagesh Bhat, Kailash Asawa, Mridula Tak, Salil Bapat, Pulkit Chaturvedi

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):73-78. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 3

Objectives A study was conducted with the purpose to assess the knowledge and attitude towards informed consent among private dental practitioners in Bathinda City, Punjab, India. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among all private dental practitioners in Bathinda City. A self-administered structured questionnaire consisting of 14 items was used to assess their knowledge and attitude regarding informed consent. The response format was...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.12.005

Antibiotic Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in Iran: A Systemic Review of the Published Literature

Jale Moradi, Farhad B. Hashemi, Abbas Bahador

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):79-86. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 39

Objectives Acinetobacter baumannii is a bacterium responsible for health care-associated infections, and it frequently develops multiple drug resistance (MDR). The prevalence of antibiotic-resistant A. baumannii in Iran has increased, and this may cause significant clinical problems. Therefore, in order to elucidate the development of antibiotic resistance, we performed a systematic review of the literature published on antibiotic-resistant A. baumannii reported in...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.12.006

Effects of Fenugreek Seed Extract and Swimming Endurance Training on Plasma Glucose and Cardiac Antioxidant Enzymes Activity in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats

Sajad Arshadi, Salar Bakhtiyari, Karimeh Haghani, Ahmad Valizadeh

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):87-93. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 7

Objective Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia condition resulting from defective insulin secretion or resistance insulin action, or both. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 6 weeks swimming training and Trigonella foenum-graecum seed (fenugreek) extract, alone and in combination, on plasma glucose and cardiac antioxidant enzyme activity of streptozotocin-induced diabetic...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.12.007

Association of TNF-α 308 G/A Polymorphism With Type 2 Diabetes: A Case–Control Study in the Iranian Kurdish Ethnic Group

Hasan Golshani, Karimeh Haghani, Majid Dousti, Salar Bakhtiyari

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):94-99. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 9

Objectives Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) plays roles in the development of obesity, insulin resistance, and possibility of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The objective of the current study was to evaluate the association of TNF-α promoter−308 G/A polymorphism with T2DM. Methods In all, 1038 patients with T2DM and 1023 normoglycemic controls were included in this study. All participants were genotyped using the polymerase chain...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.01.003

Gastric and Esophageal Cancers Incidence Mapping in Golestan Province, Iran: Using Bayesian–Gibbs Sampling

Atefeh-Sadat Hosseintabar Marzoni, Abbas Moghimbeigi, Javad Faradmal

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):100-105. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 2

Objectives Recent studies of esophageal cancer (EC) and gastric cancer (GC) have been reported to have high incidence rates of these cancers in Golestan Province of Iran. The present study describes the geographical patterns of EC and GC incidence based on cancer registry data and display statistically significant regions within this province. Methods In order to map the distribution of upper gastrointestinal cancer,...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.01.004

H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the Republic of Korea: Epidemiology During the First Wave, from January Through July 2014

Hachung Yoon, Oun-Kyong Moon, Wooseog Jeong, Jida Choi, Young-Myong Kang, Hyo-Young Ahn, Jee-Hye Kim, Dae-Sung Yoo, Young-Jin Kwon, Woo-Seok Chang, Myeong-Soo Kim, Do-Soon Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Yi-Seok Joo

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):106-111. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 10

Objectives This study describes the outbreaks of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Korea during the first wave, from January 16, 2014 through July 25, 2014. Its purpose is to provide a better understanding of the epidemiology of H5N8 HPAI. Methods Information on the outbreak farms and HPAI positive wild birds was provided by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency. The epidemiological...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.01.005

Application of Gap-Constraints Given Sequential Frequent Pattern Mining for Protein Function Prediction

Hyeon Ah Park, Taewook Kim, Meijing Li, Ho Sun Shon, Jeong Seok Park, Keun Ho Ryu

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):112-120. Published online April 30, 2015

Objectives Predicting protein function from the protein–protein interaction network is challenging due to its complexity and huge scale of protein interaction process along with inconsistent pattern. Previously proposed methods such as neighbor counting, network analysis, and graph pattern mining has predicted functions by calculating the rules and probability of patterns inside network. Although these methods have shown good prediction, difficulty still...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.01.006

Perception of Childhood Obesity in Mothers of Preschool Children

Hae Ok Kim, Gyo Nam Kim, Euna Park

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):121-125. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 5

Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify the perception of childhood obesity in mothers of preschool children using Q methodology. Methods A total of 38 Q statements about childhood obesity were obtained from 41 participants. The QUANL PC program was used to analyze the results. Results There were three types of perception toward obesity in mothers of preschool children: the “authoritative discipline type,”...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.01.007

Comparison of Consensus on Life-sustaining Treatment of the Elderly in Care Facilities and Family Member Dyad

Sunmi Lim, Seong Ae Hong, Hyun Sook Lee

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):126-132. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 4

Objectives The purpose of this study is to compare the agreement in opinion between the elderly in care facilities and their family members regarding the life-sustaining treatment at the deathbed and to find out if the intentions of the elderly are being properly reflected in their deathbed treatment. Methods Data were collected from 85 elderly individuals at five care facilities in Chunkcheongnam-do and...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.02.003

Brief Report

Review for the Korean Health Professionals and International Cooperation Doctors Dispatched to Peru by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Bongyoung Kim

Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2015;6(2):133-139. Published online April 30, 2015

Cited By 6

South Korea dispatches Korean nationals to partner developing countries as an Official Development Assistance (ODA) project through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). In the health sector, KOICA dispatches international cooperation doctors (ICDs), nurses, physical therapists, radiologic technologists, nutritionists, medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists, and dental hygienists. A total of 216 ICDs were dispatched over 19 times from 1995 until...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2015.02.004

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