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KMID : 0379920020270010098
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Journal of The Korea Socity of Health Informatics and Statistics
2002 Volume.27 No. 1 p.98 ~ p.104
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Public Health Perspectives of Women`s Health in Korea
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Abstract
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the health status of Korean women with health indices. Study data were obtained from statistical year books published officially by Korean Government and Health Research Institutions. Eighteen health indices were selected and classified into five different categories and the indices were compared with those of men and annual trend to explain women´s health in a public health viewpoint.
The indices indicated that women´s health had been improved for over several decades in appearance, but growing rate of drinking, physician visit and prevalence of disease, high rate of induced abortion among fecund age women, and high proportion of elderly people showed many underlying health problems of women in the future.
In conclusion it needed for women develop lifelong health education programs such as sex education at adolescence, health screening test at middle age, and self-care program at old age to improve health.
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