EunKyo Kang

Biographic Data

ID7745646
NAMEEunKyo Kang
GIVEN NAMESEunKyo
FAMILY NAMEKang
SIGNATUREKANG E
AFFILIATIONSSeoul National University Hospital
ORCID0000-0001-5844-5625
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Differential predictors of smoking quit attempts between single- and poly-tobacco-using adolescents

    Open AccessEunKyo Kang, Hyewon Lee et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: Despite the rapid rise in adolescent poly-tobacco use, evidence on what drives quit attempts in this high-risk group remains limited compared to single-product users. This study identifies these differential predictors using a socio-ecological framework to inform tailored tobacco control strategies. Methods: This study performed a cross-sectional analysis using complex sample logistic regression on pooled data from the 2023-2024 Korea…

  • Contents analysis of thyroid cancer-related information uploaded to YouTube by physicians in Korea

    Open AccessEunKyo Kang, HyoRim Ju et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    This study found that a significant proportion of videos uploaded by medical professionals on thyroid cancer endorse the practice, potentially leading to excessive treatments. The study highlights the need for medical professionals to provide high-quality and unbiased information on social media platforms to prevent the spread of medical misinformation and the need for criteria to judge the content and quality of online health information

  • Association between Social Trust and Metabolic Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Population—A Longitudinal Cohort Study in South Korea

    Open AccessHyeah Park, Seulggie Choi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Background: Social trust, assessed by the trustworthiness of one another in a community, is known to have beneficial effects on health outcomes. However, the impact of social trust on metabolic syndrome (MetS) is unclear. Methods: The study subjects were extracted from the Korean National Health Insurance Service, and social trust was obtained from the Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS). Previously healthy participants were followed up from 1 …

  • The Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Subjective Well-Being Inventory in the General Korean Population

    Open AccessYoung Ho Yun, Ye Eun Rhee et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and the Subjective Well-Being Inventory (SWBI) in a nationally representative sample in Korea. A total of 1200 people completed the semi-structured, self-reported questionnaire, which included five items from the SWLS and 14 items from the SWBI. All items and the total score of both the SWLS and the SWBI showed high internal consistency (with Cronba…

  • Public support for health taxes and media regulation of harmful products in South Korea

    Open AccessKyae Hyung Kim, EunKyo Kang et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Our results indicated strong public support among the respondents for health taxes and the media regulation regarding the advertising of unhealthy products. Based on our data, we are optimistic that countries whose population show a high rate of tobacco, alcohol or unhealthy food consumption may launch public policy in addressing these factors

  • Characteristics of hardcore smokers in South Korea from 2007 to 2013

    Open AccessEunKyo Kang, Jung A Lee et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Hardcore smoking was more prevalent among men, unmarried men and those aging 40-49 years