Tae Hyun Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811297 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tae Hyun Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tae Hyun |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yonsei University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0154-518X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases among government employees in Nepal
Introduction Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy work environments and occupational stress increase the risk of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among government employees, impacting healthcare costs and productivity. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of hypertension, prediabetes, and diabetes, and identify risk factors among government employees in Nepal. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 994 government employees. Data…
Unmet healthcare needs of people with disabilities
People with disabilities' unmet healthcare needs are primarily due to financial constraints and accessibility issues, such as travel time and mobility difficulties. Governments and policymakers must make efforts to reduce and prevent unmet healthcare needs among people with intellectual and visual disabilities
Uncovering the underlying causes for the narrowing, stalling, and widening Black–White mortality gap from 2000 to 2022 in the United States
BACKGROUND The Black–White mortality gap transitioned from narrowing to stalling and eventually widening between 2000 and 2022. OBJECTIVE This study investigates the contributors to the stalling gap in the 2010s, to what extent the widening gap during the COVID-19 pandemic was a result of causes that contributed to the pre-pandemic stalling, and the variations by sex and education. METHODS We use data from the American Community Survey and CDC Mu…
Association of behavior pattern with overweight and obesity in South Korean adults–A multi correspondence analysis (KNHANES-2018–2020)
The objective was to determine the association between health-related behaviour with overweight and obesity in South Korean adults by using the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2018–2020. The study participants were 16,784 aged ≥ 20years. The variables were socio-demographic, lifestyle, food habits and metabolic conditions. The logistic regression analysis performed to find the association by the odds ratio (OR,…
Poor sleep is associated with energy drinks consumption among Korean adolescents
Objective: A growing number of Korean adolescents consume energy drinks, which may increase the risk of obesity, anxiety and insomnia. We examined whether poor sleep was associated with energy drink consumption among study participants. Design: We used a cross-sectional design. Setting: The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey data from 2019. Participants: To determine the association between sleep and energy drink consumption, we compared …
Income Disparities in Cancer Screening
Background Cancer is one of the leading chronic diseases, which causes premature mortality in Korea. Early detection has been reported to be associated with reduced mortality and morbidity. Consistent evidence reports that lower screening rates are associated with socioeconomic-based disparities. This study aimed to examine income-related disparities in cancer screening services and to analyze the association between utilization of cancer screeni…
Family economic hardship and adolescent mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: This study examined whether pandemic related family economic hardships influenced adolescents' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea. Methods: Data were collected from 54,948 adolescents who participated in the 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey. We performed a multiple logistic regression analysis to examine the association between family economic hardship and mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms, and…
Factors Affecting Cultural Competence in a Sample of Nursing Students during the Prolonged Covid-19 Pandemic in Republic of Korea
Globally, foreign citizens, particularly ethnic and racial minorities, experienced discrimination and received imbalanced medical services and insufficient economic resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to examine the factors that affect the cultural competence of nursing students. This is descriptive cross-sectional study adheres to Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. A con…
Risk of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Changes in Alcohol Consumption
Little is known about the risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in relation to changes in frequency and amount of alcohol consumption. This study investigated associations between changes in alcohol consumption and the risk of both conditions. This study included 96,129 individuals without hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus aged ≥ 20 years between 2006 and 2008, with follow-up until 31 December 2015. This study identified 29,043 and 18,784 …
Effect of Number of Household Members on Falls among Disabled Older People
Intervention programs to prevent falls in disabled, aging adults, especially those living alone and those with declined cognitive function, need to provide home care services and promote the use of safety equipment
Delay in Vaccine Access in Asean Countries
Background: The introduction of new vaccines has been delayed in some countries in the Asia-Pacific region, which has led to delays in accessing vaccines for target patients. However, the approval lag of vaccines in the Asia-Pacific region has not been assessed. The objective of this study is to assess the availability and approval lag of vaccines in Asia-Pacific countries and compare them among Asia-Pacific countries, the United States (US), and…
The Effect of Neighborhood Deprivation on Mortality in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients
Individual SES has a greater impact on all-cause mortality among diabetic patients when they live in a low-income neighborhood
Delaware Contraceptive Access Now and Contraceptive Initiation Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2015‒2020
Delaware Contraceptive Access Now was a statewide contraceptive access program implemented in Delaware between 2015 and 2020. We evaluated the association of the program with contraceptive initiation in Delaware’s Medicaid program using a difference-in-differences design that compared changes in Delaware to changes in Maryland. Results suggest that program implementation was associated with increased initiation of long-acting reversible methods, …
Evaluation of Patient No-Shows in a Tertiary Hospital
No-show appointments waste resources and decrease the sustainability of care. This study is an attempt to evaluate patient no-shows based on modes of appointment-making and types of appointments. We collected hospital information system data and appointment data including characteristics of patients, service providers, and clinical visits over a three-month period (1 September 2018 to 30 November 2018), at a large tertiary hospital in Seoul, Kore…
Physical Functioning, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation among Older Korean Adults
Previous studies have shown that the physical functioning of older adults directly affects their depressive symptoms, and suicide is also closely associated with depression. This study determined the effects of physical functioning on depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among older Korean adults. This study used data from the 2017 National Survey of Older Persons. Among the 10,299 participants in the entire data set, 10,083 participants wer…
Factors Associated with Health Check-up and Cancer Screening Participation among Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia
More targeted disease prevention and management strategies must be developed for family caregivers of patients with dementia, particularly those with depressive symptoms and lower education levels
Impact of Obesity on Employment and Wages among Young Adults
This paper assesses the relationship between obesity and the job market by focusing on young adults early on in their careers, while considering the factor of gender and the individuals' job qualifications. This study extracted data on high school students for four years from the Korean Education and Employment Panel (from 2010 to 2013), a nationally representative dataset comprising of 2000 middle school students and 4000 high school seniors. Th…
The Moderation of Obesity Penalty on Job Market Outcomes by Employment Efforts
The current study explores the moderation of the relationship between obesity and labor market outcomes by direct employment efforts such as job hunting and job training of young adults. The study used data provided by the Korean Education and Employment Panel, a longitudinal data survey comprising middle and high school students from 2004 to 2015. Two dependent variables were assessed in this study: employment status and wage. The individual-lev…
Assessment of the validity of multiple obesity indices compared with obesity-related co-morbidities
Objective The aim of the present study was to compare selected obesity indicators with comprehensive health status. Design The study employed a pooled cross-sectional design. Setting BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and body fat percentage were considered as indirect obesity indicators. The Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) was used as a composite indicator to comprehensively reflect obesity-related co-morbidities. Cohe…
Reasons for Surgery Cancellation in a General Hospital
Background : This study researched related causes that make scheduled surgeries canceled not to be conducted and based on the research it is to derive issues in order to reduce surgery cancellation. Methods : We analyzed the association of surgery cancellation with patient characteristics, surgical characteristics and surgery schedule related characteristics, using electronic medical record (EMR) data on surgeries conducted at a university hospit…
Body Mass Index and Self-Employment in South Korea
This study assesses differential labour performance by body mass index (BMI), focusing on heterogeneity across three distinct employment statuses: unemployed, self-employed and salaried. Data were drawn from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study. The final sample included 15,180 person-year observations (9645 men and 5535 women) between 20 and 65 years of age. The findings show that (i) overweight/obese women are less likely to have salaried jo…
Height premium for job performance
The influence of family stress and conflict on depressive symptoms among working married women
In the present study, researchers examined the association between depressive symptoms and family stress and conflict from multiple roles, along with the combined effect of family stress and family-work conflict. We used data from the 2008-2012 Korean Welfare Panel Study, consisting of 4,663 baseline participants. We measured depressive symptoms using the 11-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. There was a significant relations…
Perceptional differences in the factors of local acceptance of spent nuclear fuel repositories
Breakfast consumption and depressive mood
Trends in exposure to television food advertisements in South Korea
Delaware Contraceptive Access Now and Contraceptive Initiation Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2015‒2020
Delaware Contraceptive Access Now was a statewide contraceptive access program implemented in Delaware between 2015 and 2020. We evaluated the association of the program with contraceptive initiation in Delaware’s Medicaid program using a difference-in-differences design that compared changes in Delaware to changes in Maryland. Results suggest that program implementation was associated with increased initiation of long-acting reversible methods, …
Analysis of the effects of intra-urban spatial structures on carbon footprint of residents in Seoul, Korea
Breakfast consumption and depressive mood
Perceptional differences in the factors of local acceptance of spent nuclear fuel repositories
Perception and Policy in Inter‐Korean Relations
Engaging the Estranged
North Korea has become the focus of international attention once again. In October 2002 it admitted to a visiting U.S. envoy of having a clandestine nuclear program through uranium enrichment, which is a violation of, among other things, the bilateral agreement it signed with the United States eight years ago. In retaliation, the United States canceled shipment of heavy fuel oil to North Korea, that shipment being part of the agreement to compens…
A purified extract from Clematis mandshurica prevents staurosporin-induced downregulation of 14-3-3 and subsequent apoptosis on rat chondrocytes
Association of Market, Operational, and Financial Factors with Nonprofit Hospitals' Capital Investment
Capital investments in the latest medical equipment and the replacement of aging facilities are critical decisions for sustaining hospitals' financial viability. A recent survey over the period 1997 to 2001 found that hospitals increased their capital expenditures by only 1%. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the changes in market, operational, and financial factors that may have influenced hospital capital investment during this peri…
Reading Zhuangzi Eco-Philosophically
This paper examines the philosophy of the Zhuangzi from the perspective of Western ecophilosophy. They are similar in that they are both anthropocentric in outlook and founded on a dualism defined through human criteria. The philosophy of the Zhuangzi begins with the tension between humans and nature; it criticizes people for thinking of themselves as the center of the universe. The critical anthropology of the text can be interpreted as anti-ant…
Beverage consumption and individual-level associations in South Korea
South Korea is following the global nutrition transition toward greater consumption of SSBs. However, unlike other developed countries, SSB consumption prevalence was higher among high-SES individuals, particularly for fruit drinks and miscellaneous SSBs. Further research is needed to build the international evidence base
Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women
Although population-wide progress has been made in participation in cervical cancer screening over the 12-year period, socioeconomic status remained an important factor in reducing compliance with cancer screening
Heterogeneity in TV Fast Food Advertisement Exposure in South Korea
Future studies should assess the link between TV fast ood ad exposure, an important contextual factor for individual food choices, and actual consumption
Analysis of the effects of intra-urban spatial structures on carbon footprint of residents in Seoul, Korea
Trends in exposure to television food advertisements in South Korea
Impact of body mass on job quality
Health care utilization and costs among medical-aid enrollees, the poor not enrolled in medical-aid, and the near poor in South Korea
Given the particularly low rate of the population enrolled in Medical-Aid, similarly economically vulnerable groups are more likely to face barriers to needed health services. Meeting the health needs of these groups is an important consideration
Depressive symptoms of house-poor persons
BACKGROUND: There are no studies researching the relationship between house-poor persons and mental health. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between house-poor status and depressive symptoms. AIM: To examine the relationship between the house-poor and depressive symptoms according to household income. METHODS: Data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study were used. House-poor were defined as people having possession with ov…
Is one’s usual dinner companion associated with greater odds of depression? Using data from the 2014 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
BACKGROUND: Support from one's family has been reported to have a positive effect on depression severity. Hence, family dinnertimes, when whole family can gather together, can be effective to depression by providing support from family. AIMS: We investigate the association between the dinner companion and depression, and the differences in this association by gender, living arrangement and household composition. METHODS: We used the Korea Nationa…
The effect of childhood and current economic status on depressive symptoms in South Korean individuals
Low current economic status was associated with a higher likelihood of depressive symptoms. In particular, the low current-low childhood economic status group showed the highest likelihood of depressive symptoms, suggesting the adverse mental health effects of prolonged poverty. Therefore, the findings reveal that mental health inequalities are present along the economic strata and require proper addressing of the mental health of lower income in…
Socio-demographic and clinical factors contributing to smoking cessation among men
The finding that higher education helped smokers without chronic disease succeed in smoking cessation suggests that a smoking cessation campaign should focus on those with lower education. In addition, quit smoking programs may be particularly helpful for male smokers with chronic disease(s) who have never married
Body Mass Index and Self-Employment in South Korea
This study assesses differential labour performance by body mass index (BMI), focusing on heterogeneity across three distinct employment statuses: unemployed, self-employed and salaried. Data were drawn from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study. The final sample included 15,180 person-year observations (9645 men and 5535 women) between 20 and 65 years of age. The findings show that (i) overweight/obese women are less likely to have salaried jo…
Height premium for job performance
The influence of family stress and conflict on depressive symptoms among working married women
In the present study, researchers examined the association between depressive symptoms and family stress and conflict from multiple roles, along with the combined effect of family stress and family-work conflict. We used data from the 2008-2012 Korean Welfare Panel Study, consisting of 4,663 baseline participants. We measured depressive symptoms using the 11-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. There was a significant relations…
Perceptional differences in the factors of local acceptance of spent nuclear fuel repositories
Breakfast consumption and depressive mood
Entry Body Mass and Earnings
It has previously been reported that an individual's body mass index (BMI) contemporaneously penalizes wages for women, but has no effect and sometimes rewards wages for men. In young adults, we estimate the association of BMI status with initial wages to assess whether initial BMI at the beginning of an individual's career affects initial and later earnings. We pooled data from 388 men and 305 women, aged 20-40 years, with BMI information for th…
Reasons for Surgery Cancellation in a General Hospital
Background : This study researched related causes that make scheduled surgeries canceled not to be conducted and based on the research it is to derive issues in order to reduce surgery cancellation. Methods : We analyzed the association of surgery cancellation with patient characteristics, surgical characteristics and surgery schedule related characteristics, using electronic medical record (EMR) data on surgeries conducted at a university hospit…
Impact of Obesity on Employment and Wages among Young Adults
This paper assesses the relationship between obesity and the job market by focusing on young adults early on in their careers, while considering the factor of gender and the individuals' job qualifications. This study extracted data on high school students for four years from the Korean Education and Employment Panel (from 2010 to 2013), a nationally representative dataset comprising of 2000 middle school students and 4000 high school seniors. Th…
The Moderation of Obesity Penalty on Job Market Outcomes by Employment Efforts
The current study explores the moderation of the relationship between obesity and labor market outcomes by direct employment efforts such as job hunting and job training of young adults. The study used data provided by the Korean Education and Employment Panel, a longitudinal data survey comprising middle and high school students from 2004 to 2015. Two dependent variables were assessed in this study: employment status and wage. The individual-lev…
Medicine (34 works) · Environmental health (23 works) · Demography (19 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Internal Medicine (15 works) · Logistic regression (15 works) · Population (14 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Demography (9 works) · Economics (9 works)