Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회)
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The Status of the Utilization Internet and Dietary Information by Elementary School Dietitians in the Gyeongnam and Jeonbuk Areas

평남과 전북지역 초등학교 영양사의 인터넷 및 식생활정보 이용실태

  • 허은실 (창원대학교 자연과학대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이경혜 (창원대학교 자연과학대학 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 2003.08.01
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Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the status of the utilization of internet and dietary information by elementary school dietitians (total = 201) The results were summarized as follows: All subjects used the internet regularly and the major purpose they mentioned for using it was ″data search″ (72.3％). Those having a frequency of using the internet 6 to 7 times per week were 46.7％ of the subjects and the majority indicated the duration of their use of the internet was ″〈 2 hours″ (68.5％). They mainly used the internet at ″school″ (81.8％) , and their favorite search engines were ″Daum″ (41.1％) and ″Yahoo″ (34.7％). They stated that the organization that offered reliable internet information were those ″related to society and organizations″ (36.9％) and ″educational institutions″ (33.8％). Ninety-five percent of the subjects searched for dietary information mainly ″for public affairs″ (80.0％) Their degree of satisfaction when searching for information was high (78.7％). Those dissatisfied with internet sites when searching for dietary information give the following reasons: ″poor information″ (39.1％) and ″slow updates″ (25.4％). They acquired information on nutrition and health management mainly through ″the internet″ (63.6％) The most frequently requested information about public affairs was on ″Materials for nutritional education″ (38.6％) and ″up-to-date nutritional information″ (16.0％) . The desirable update periods for websites was ″1 -3 months″ (51.8％) and ″ < 1 month″ (30.6％), and the favorite site colors were ″blue″ (37.8％) and ″green″ (37.8％). The results of this study showed that, although the internet usage was high, the dietitians were dissatisfied with the information obtained. Therefore, the information donors should find out what kind of dietary information is needed by elementary school dietitians. (Korean J Community Nutrition 8(4) : 595-602, 2003)

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