Chang-yup Kim

TL;DR: Univariate matched analyses showed that precarious employment was associated with worse health in both men and women and suggested that to improve health status of precarious workers in Korea, policy strategies need to tackle the channeling of the socially disadvantaged into precarious jobs.

TL;DR: Both individual-level and area-level socioeconomic position influenced the risk for childhood fatal injuries in Korea, and universal strategies should receive priority, and special efforts in implementation should be directed towards both disadvantaged households and areas.

TL;DR: The recent introduction of nontraditional religions to Korea has had a positive effect on intention to use LTC facilities, suggesting that cultural factors influence their use.

TL;DR: The method employed, generated in quantified terms, enabled the burden of premature death due to smoking to be obtained comparably with methods used by other international studies in this field, and thus can provide a rational basis for national health policy planning regarding premature death from smoking and the related risk factors in Korea.

TL;DR: Evidence of inequality in unmet dental needs is provided and influencing factors attributable to those among South Korean adults are found to be influenced by income level, normative treatment needs, and self-perceived oral health status.