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Objectives: This study aims to analyze drinking portrayals in TV dramas and entertainment shows. Methods: The subjects of this study are 57 dramas and entertainment shows enjoyed by adolescents from January to June 2020. During the same period, 1,107 units are aired from 57 dramas and entertainment shows. We analyzed the structural characteristics and contents of drinking portrayals. Results: Drinking portrayals were described 1,172 times in 56 out of 57 dramas and entertainment shows and 114.18 seconds. Based on the broadcast time of the drinking portrayals compared to the total broadcast time, drama airs the drinking portrayals longer than entertainment show. Drinking portrayals most frequently depicted harmful drinking behaviors such as one-shot, bomb shot(poktanju), binge drinking, and etc. These portrayals tended to show the drinking behaviors as it is in dramas. Conclusions: Dramas and entertainment shows depicts drinking portrayals 1.1 times per units. Drinking portrayals in TV can affect adolescent’s positive attitude toward alcohol, and alcohol consumption. So, Regulation on drinking portrayals need to be reinforced and a national consensus should be formed on this.

Objectives: This study examined the dual mediating effects of positive alcohol expectancy and the social value of drinking between alcohol advertising exposures and drinking problems. Methods: The survey was conducted on 1,057 adult men and women aged 20 to 65 years, recruited by an online survey Participants for this study were 961 men and women. Results: It is found that Women had higher exposure experience alcohol advertising than men and men had higher positive alcohol expectancy, social value of drinking and drinking problems. In addition, alcohol advertising exposures have positive effects on drinking problems. Also, Positive alcohol expectancy and social value of drinking partially mediate the effects of alcohol advertising exposure, and drinking problems. Conclusions: In order to prevent drinking problems, the social environment that causes drinking problems should be tightened by regulations about alcohol advertising exposures. Based on these results, this study discusses what needs intervention, not only personal perception but also the social environment and regulations about alcohol advertising.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between potential explanatory variables of alcohol harm paradox and the economic class. Methods: This research involved 4,029 adults aged between 19 and 65 years who had drinking experiences over the last year. The sample was drawn form the 15th Korean welfare panel data set published in 2021. Four explanatory variables of alcohol harm paradox including smoking, binge drinking, poor diet, and low accessibility to medical services were selected from the results of literature reviews. Generalized ordered logit analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between the four variables and the economic class. Results: Among those four variables specified in the research models, smoking and poor diet were found to be statistically significant. The results showed that those who smoked or had poor diet were more likely to belonged to the economically lower class group. Conclusion: This study focused on individual factors of alcohol harm paradox, and found smoking and poor diet were related to the economically disadvantaged. The future studies are needed to examine the explanatory variable beyond the individual level such as community environments or alcohol related polices.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate its binge drinking in Korean female middle school students using data from the 16th 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey. Methods: The subjects were 696 Korean female middle school students. The data were analyzed by frequency, t-test, Fisher’s exact test, χ2-test, and multiple logistic regression using SPSS/WIN 25.0 program. Results: In addition the factors influencing binge drinking of Korean female middle school students were age and depression, significant predictor and accounted for 9.0% of the variance in binge drinking of Korean female middle school students. Conclusions: The factors affecting highly effective intervention techniques need to be applied to the development of programs to prevent binge drinking of Korean female middle school students.

Objectives: Depression and suicide rates among the elderly in Korea are among the highest in the world. From a mental health perspective, cities are highly vulnerable due to disconnected social networks, lifestyles, and insufficient open spaces. This study was performed to empirically analyze the effect of walking practice on depression among the elderly living in Seoul. Methods: The data were obtained through a face-to-face interview survey of 500 senior citizens living in Seoul using the proportional allocation method for five districts. In order to overcome the limitation of reverse causality between walking and depressive variables, the study tried to analyze the effect of walking practice on depression using a two stage probit least squares methodology. Results: The instrument variable was selected as the variable ‘whether there is an open space available for walking’, and this variable met both instrument relevance and instrument exogeneity. After adjusting for demographic characteristics (sex, age, income level, education, spouse, the number of people living together, housing type) and health status (the number of chronic diseases), we found that the walking practice of urban elderly significantly affects the depression. Conclusions: In order to prevent depression in the elderly, a strategy to promote physical activity, one of the non-pharmaceutical approaches, is very important. Based on the fact that walking habit has a significant effect on mental health, it is necessary to increase the walking practice rate of the urban elderly. In particular, in order to create active spaces such as green spaces and open spaces, an urban planning approach is simultaneously required. In addition, it is essential to create active spaces such as green spaces and open spaces that are urban planning approaches.

Objectives: The goal of this research was to verify the mediating effect of mattering between academic stress of nursing students and their quality of life. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted on 147 nursing students in college located in B city from July 13 to July 31, 2020. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and a three-step regression analysis using Baron and Kenny’s method for mediation with the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. Results: The average score of academic stress, mattering and quality of life were 2.81, 3.75, and 3.69. There was negative correlation between academic stress, mattering and quality of life. Also there was positive correlation between mattering and quality of life. mattering had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between academic stress and quality of life. Conclusions: To improve quality of life adjustment among nursing students, it is necessary to increase their mattering.

Objectives: This study conducts evidence-based evaluation of alcohol policy in Korea and proposes policy change based on the evaluation. Methods: This study selected 40 articles utilizing PRISMA guideline and classified them into five areas of SAFER (WHO, 2018), the WHO’s classification criteria of alcohol related policy. A modified GRADE frameworks were utilized for the evidence evaluation. Results: Research on the effectiveness of alcohol policy exhibits a skewed distribution, lacking research on alcohol availability restrictions, advertising and promotion restrictions, and taxes and pricing policies. As for evidence evaluation, research on college’s alcohol availability policy exhibits a relatively higher level of evidence, while research on other policies generally shows a low level of evidence. Conclusion: Findings in this study shows the need to expand alcohol availability restriction, tighten drink-driving countermeasures, enforce comprehensive restrictions on alcohol advertising and especially reform alcohol tax and price policies.

Objectives: To systematically review and synthesize literature on the relationship between health literacy and health-related behaviors in Korean. Methods: Papers published after 2010 were targeted and searched in KISS, RISS, DBpia, KMbase, and Google Scholar. Any empirical studies that analyzed the relationship between health literacy and health behavior were included in the review. After reviewing the title and abstract for inclusion in the first round, full text was checked to determine whether or not to be included in the final analysis. Results: 24 studies met the inclusion criteria. The measurement of health literacy and health behavior varied across studies. The types of health behaviors were divided into health promotion behaviors, health information search behaviors and online health behaviors, disease prevention behaviors, exercise and other health behaviors. Although the results of empirical analysis were mixed between health literacy and health behavior, there was a higher proportion of studies with significant associations. Conclusions: Health literacy had a significant relationship with health-related behaviors. Further research is required on the mechanisms of health literacy on health behaviors, and it should be recommended to utilize comprehensive health literacy tools.