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In this qualitative study, the focus is on healthy eating in children from low-income families who visit a Community Child Care center (CCC) in South Korea. Barriers for healthy eating were identified using focus group interviews with low-income overweight and obese children and their caregivers and applying a social ecological model as well as the framework analysis for qualitative data. The need for theory-and evidence-based health promotion interventions is indicated, at the level of the family, but also at the level of collaboration among all stakeholders, as well as multi-level policy changes.

= Abstract =Objectives: As suicide among the elderly population has been a critical issue in Korea, this study aimed to evaluate correlations of suicidal ideation with protective and risk factors among elderly who reside in a rural community. Methods:A total of 157 elders from Gyeongju city, who had attended senior centers in, were enrolled to answer questionnaires including the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form-Korea and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0K for Windows, and included t-test, Pearson correlation, and a three-step hierarchical multiple regression analyses.Results: Using the hierarchical regression analyses for predicting the elderly's suicidal ideation, male gender and social group variables were entered as predictors in the first step(adjusted R 2 =0.107, P<0.05). Pain, ADLs, family support variables were not entered in the second step. Depression variable was the only predictor in the third step(adjusted R 2 =0.384, P<0.001).Conclusions: Although this study confirmed the impact of depression on the suicidal ideation, elderly with risk factors including male gender and social isolation should receive a special attention from community health care professionals.

AimsHigh demands for academic achievement seem to lead adolescents to study more but exercise less, which eventually increases the prevalence of youth obesity whose health status might be poorer than a few decades ago. As a way of cutting off obesity prevalence in high school students in Korea, this study aims to measure the association between health status, daily behaviors and educational outcome. Methods276 female high school students in Seoul were enrolled to attend the obesity education in their physical classroom. Mean age was 17.2±0.5 years old. We obtained weight, height, waist circumference. The obese, overweight was defined as body mass index(BMI) more than 95th, 85th~94th percentile respectively for age and sex. All respondents were asked to answer a structured checklist of family history, past history, review of symptoms, and health-related behavior before the education class, and the other questionnaire was given twice to measure the obesity-related behaviors at the same time and one month later. ResultsThe number of adolescents with obesity was 33(12.0%). 20 (7.24%) subjects belonged to overweight group. 222(80.4%) students showed improvement on obesity-related behaviors after education. The number of physical health problems for recent 1 year was significantly correlated with the number of family history(r=0.20, p =0.001) and the number of current physical symptoms for recent 1 month(r=0.27, p<.001). Daily unhealthy behavior for recent 1 month was not only correlated with the number of current physical symptoms for recent 1 month(r=0.28, p<0.001) but also mental health symptoms for recent 1 month(r=0.36, p<=0.001). In the multivariate linear regression model, daily healthy behavior for recent 1 month only showed significant impact on educational outcome with odds ratio 0.81 (95% C.I. : 0.661-0.992). ConclusionEducational program for obesity prevention improved daily healthy behaviors on survey after one month. Daily healthy behavior for recent 1 month was associated with educational outcome.