Korean journal of food and cookery science (한국식품조리과학회지)

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Recognition, Knowledge, and Behavior to Decrease Exposure toward Endocrine Disruptors in Dietary Life among Elementary School Students

식생활 관련 내분비계 장애물질에 대한 초등학생의 인식도, 지식 및 노출저감화 행동에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Hyo-Chung (School of Human Counseling & Welfare, Inje University) ;
  • Kim, Mee-Ra (Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Center for Beautiful Aging, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김효정 (인제대학교 생활상담복지학부) ;
  • 김미라 (경북대학교 식품영양학과.장수생활과학연구소)
  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of concern about endocrine disruptors, the degree of recognition about the risk of endocrine disruptors towards humans, the degree of worry about the risk of endocrine disruptors towards ones self or family, information-obtaining behavior regarding endocrine disruptors, the degree of knowledge and the degree of behavior to decrease exposure to endocrine disruptors, and the degree of an educational need for endocrine disruptors in the dietary life of elementary school students. The data were collected from 162 students in Seoul, Incheon, Daejeon, Daegu, Busan and Gwangju. Frequencies, Cronbach's alpha, t tests, analysis of variance, Duncan's multiple range tests and chi-square tests were conducted using SPSS V.14.0 for WINDOWS. The results of this study were as follows. The degree of concern about endocrine disruptors was not high. The respondents obtained most of their information regarding endocrine disruptors from TV/radio. Respondents had difficulty in acquiring and understanding the information. Both the degree of knowledge and the degree of behavior to decrease exposure were not high. The respondents showed a high degree of educational need for endocrine disruptors, the most important was methods to prevent damage from endocrine disruptors followed by risk of endocrine disruptors.

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