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Purpose : Agricultural workers are aging and feminizing, not to mention their bodily functions are declining. Occupational accidents and diseases of agricultural workers are becoming a social issue by lowering their quality of life as well as economic difficulties for them. The purpose of this study is to investigate the industrial accidents status and prevention strategies of various occupational risk factors for agricultural workers. Methods : We summarized past empirical or theoretical literature. Results : Agricultural workers are exposed to a wide range of occupational hazards, such as pesticides, toxic gases (ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, methane etc.), diesel exhaust, heat waves, noise, vibration and organic dust. Also, agricultural workers are vulnerable to infectious diseases (tsutsugamushi disease, leptospirosis etc.) due to the biohazardous factors and to musculoskeletal diseases due to physical work loads and inappropriate posture. Conclustion : In order to prevent occupational accidents and diseases, agricultural workers should be educated in the health protection strategies such as wearing protective equipment. To this end, it is necessary to have collaboration of employers, healthcare professionals, researchers and administrators.

Purpose : This study identified the degree of health beliefs that significantly affect health behavior among workers in small businesses, and identified the effect of those factors on the health screening rate. Methods : The survey was conducted on 1,190 workers who agreed to this study in small workplaces with less than 50 employees nationwide, and 1,147 were selected excluding the poor data. Results : The factors that influenced the health screening of workers in small workplaces were the case of supporting paid leave during health screening and the case of informed results of the health screening. It was further found to be statistically significant when perceived susceptibility was high as well as when perceived barriers were low. Conclusion : Through the above results, to increase the health screening rate of workers in small businesses, it is necessary to provide paid health screening leave, explain the health screening results, and support follow-up management according to the results. Also measures to increase the perceived susceptibility and lower perceived barriers in workers' health beliefs should be prepared.

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of veral abuse and emotional labor on psychological well-being of call center workers in the COVID-19 environment. Methods : The data collection was conducted from March 10 to April 15, 2022, and the data analysis was performed using t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis using SPSS/WIN 23.0. Results : The factors affecting the psychological well-being of subjects were found to be family living together(t=5.23, p<.001) and monthly average income(t=4.74, p<.001) in general and work-related characteristics. It was found that verbal abuse experience(t=-5.00, p<.001) and emotional labor(t=-1.69, p=.003) had a negative effect on psychological well-being(F=18.69, p<.001). Conclusion : In conclusion, in order to promote the psychological well-being of call center workers, it is necessary to prepare workplace countermeasures against verbal abuse experiences and to introduce a health promotion program that can alleviate emotional labor.

Purpose : The purpose of the study is to find the effects of self rated health on depression of office workers and service workers. Methods : The data were collected from 557 office workers and 751 service workers by using eighth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from January to December 2020. For data analysis, frequency, descriptive analysis, chi-square test, and logistic regression were performed. Results : The factors related to depression of office workers were age, generation, income and type of work while those of the service workers were sex, diabetes and dyslipidemia. Both office and service workers’ self rated health effect on depression. Conclusion : Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to provide a mental health care program to office and service workers who are at a high risk of depression.

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for the improvement of the physical office environment by identifying the latent classes of public officials’ physical office environment and analyzing the predictive factors for these types. Method: This study was conducted for a total of 12 days from August 10 to 21, 2020. The subjects of the study were Korean public officials, and the survey was sent through the administrative computer network of public officials. A total of 7,409 subjects responded, and 7,409 subjects were analyzed, without omission in the data. As for the data, latent class analysis was performed on lighting, noise, air quality, temperature, humidity, lounge, and narrow space using Mplus 8.5. Results: The results are as follows. First, it was classified into three types: lack of retiring rooms and insufficient space type, inappropriate noise and air quality type, and inappropriate temperature and humidity type. Second, the variables predicting the three types were work institutions, occupations, infection risk, accident experience, disease experience, subjective health, and fatigue. Conclusion: Through the results of this study, it is necessary to prepare and improve policies at the government agency level to prepare and comply with regulations on the office environment of public officials.