Kyunghee Choi Professor
College of Medicine
Kyunghee Jung-Choi is Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Ewha Womans University in Korea. She received her PhD in Preventive Medicine from the University of Ulsan. She is a specialist of occupational and environmental medicine. Her major research interests are socioeconomic inequalities in health and gender and health. A more recent area of interest concerns monitoring of health inequalities and socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer and suicide. Her books include Who Take Care of Care Workers? (2012, Hanul Press; in Korean), and The Political Economy of Workers’ Health (2012 & 2008, Hanul Press; in Korean, translation). She also published many articles both in English and Korean.
- Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Esther Building #618
- 02-6986-6235
Research Record
- Area-Level Socioeconomic Inequalities in Intracranial Injury-Related Hospitalization in Korea: A Retrospective Analysis of Data From Korea National Hospital Discharge Survey 2008-2015 Journal of Korean medical science, 2023, v.38 no.4, e38
- Maternal socioeconomic position and inequity in child deaths: An analysis of 2012 South Korean birth cohort of 466,636 children SSM - Population Health, 2023, v.21, 101304
- Area-based inequalities and distribution of healthcare resources for managing diabetes in South Korea: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis BMJ OPEN, 2022, v.12 no.2, e055360
- Household decision-making and the mental well-being of marriage-based immigrant women in South Korea PLoS ONE, 2022, v.17 no.2, e0263642
- Smoking, drinking, and physical activity among Korean adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a special report of the 2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiology and Health, 2022, v.44, e2022043
- Workplace Violence in Workers with Multi-Party Employment Arrangements: Results from the Korean National Representative Survey SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, 2022, v.13 no.1, 93-98
- A national pilot program for chronic diseases and health inequalities in South Korea BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 2021, v.21 no.1, 1142
- Employment status and mortality among Korean men over a 13-year period EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH, 2021, v.43, e2021055
- The Contribution of Avoidable Mortality to the Life Expectancy Gains in Korea between 1998 and 2017 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 2020, v.17 no.18, 6499
- A publicly well-accepted measure versus an academically desirable measure of health inequality: cross-sectional comparison of the difference between income quintiles with the slope index of inequality BMJ OPEN, 2019, v.9 no.6, e028687
- Employment status and self-reported unmet healthcare needs among South Korean employees International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, v.16 no.1, 9
- Neo-Marxian social class inequalities in oral health among the South Korean population COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2019, v.47 no.2, 162-170
- The Change of Self-Rated Health According to Working Hours for Two Years by Gender INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 2018, v.15 no.9, 1984
- The Combined Effect of Long Working Hours and Low Job Control on Self-Rated Health An Interaction Analysis JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, 2018, v.60 no.5, 475-480
- Toxic Effects of Methanol among Illegally Dispatched Workers at Aluminum CNC Cutting Process in Small-Scale, Third-Tier Subcontractor Factories of Smartphone Manufacturers in the Republic of Korea INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 2018, v.15 no.7, 1332
- Working hours and depressive symptoms: The role of job stress factors Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018, v.30 no.1, 46
- Associations of Shift Work and Its Duration with Work-Related Injury among Electronics Factory Workers in South Korea INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 2017, v.14 no.11
- Educational Inequality in Obesity-Related Mortality in Korea JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2017, v.32 no.3, 386-
- Increased breast cancer mortality only in the lower education group: age-period-cohort effect in breast cancer mortality by educational level in South Korea, 1983-2012 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH, 2017, v.16
- Life course indices for social determinants of self-rated health trajectory in Korean elderly Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2017, v.70, 186-194
- Neo-Marxian social class inequalities in self-rated health among the employed in South Korea: the role of material, behavioral, psychosocial, and workplace environmental factors BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 2017, v.17
- Neurological Complications Resulting from Non-Oral Occupational Methanol Poisoning JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2017, v.32 no.2, 371-
- 소방공무원과 외상 후 스트레스 장애 생물정신의학, 2017, v.24 no.1, 10-18
- Comparison of Prevalence- and Smoking Impact Ratio-Based Methods of Estimating Smoking-Attributable Fractions of Deaths JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2016, v.26 no.3, 145-154
- Decomposition of Educational Differences in Life Expectancy by Age and Causes of Death among South Korean Adults. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2015, v.44, 152-152
- Deprivation and suicide mortality across 424 neighborhoods in Seoul, South Korea: a Bayesian spatial analysis International Journal of Public Health, 2015, v.60 no.8
- Does the experience of discrimination affect health? A cross-sectional study of Korean elders Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2015, v.27 no.2, NP2285-NP2295
- Educational Inequality in Female Cancer Mortality in Korea JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2015, v.30 no.1, 1-6
- Risks of Lung Cancer due to Radon Exposure among the Regions of Korea JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, 2015, v.30 no.5, 542-548
- The population attributable fraction of low education for mortality in South Korea with improvement in educational attainment and no improvement in mortality inequalities BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 2015, v.15
- Correlation of Breast Cancer Incidence with the Number of Motor Vehicles and Consumption of Gasoline in Korea ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION, 2014, v.15 no.7, 2959-2964
- Decomposition of educational differences in life expectancy by age and causes of death among South Korean adults BMC Public Health, 2014, v.14 no.1
- How do life-course trajectories of socioeconomic position affect quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus? QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, 2014, v.23 no.4, 1337-1344
- Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2014, v.26 no.1
- Regular dental checkup and snack-soda drink consumption of preschool children are associated with early childhood caries in Korean caregiver/preschool children dyads COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2014, v.42 no.1, 70-78
- [저역서] 사회 역학 한울엠플러스(주), 2021, 815
- [연구보고서] 서울지역 도심형제조업 안전건강 정책과제 서울노동권익센터, 2020
Courses
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2024-1st
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Respiratory System
- Subject No 37614Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 63Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Skin, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
- Subject No 37618Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 46Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical Medicine I
- Subject No 37640Class No 01
- 3Year ( 2Credit , 45Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Subject No 37663Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1.5Credit , 27Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical MedicineⅢ
- Subject No 37665Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1Credit , 30Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Basic Social Epidemiology Ⅰ
- Subject No G18244Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7
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Basic Social Epidemiology Ⅰ
- Subject No G18245Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7
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2023-2nd
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Global Public Health Cooperation in the Era of SDGs: Public Health Challenges in Developing Countrie 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 11259Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 6~6 (ECC) , Wed 5~5 (146)
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Subject No 37602Class No 01
- 1Year ( 3Credit , 59Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Basic Medical Sciences 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 37622Class No 01
- 1Year ( 0.5Credit , 8Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Social Determinants of Health 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 37844Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Thu 3~4 (D)
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social epidemiology Ⅱ
- Subject No G17172Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Wed 6~7
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social epidemiology Ⅱ
- Subject No G17932Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Wed 6~7
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Seminar in Preventive Medicine
- Subject No G18417Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 8~9
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Seminar in Preventive Medicine
- Subject No G18418Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 8~9
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2023-1st
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Respiratory System
- Subject No 37614Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 63Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Skin, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
- Subject No 37618Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 46Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical Medicine I
- Subject No 37640Class No 01
- 3Year ( 2Credit , 45Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Subject No 37663Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1.5Credit , 27Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical MedicineⅢ
- Subject No 37665Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1Credit , 30Hour)
- Major Requisite
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2022-2nd
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Subject No 37602Class No 01
- 1Year ( 3Credit , 59Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Social Determinants of Health
- Subject No 37844Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Thu 4~5 (D)
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Basic Social Epidemiology Ⅱ
- Subject No G18247Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Wed 7~8 (-)
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2022-1st
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Research Design and Data Analysis 강의 계획서 상세보기
- Subject No 37493Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Wed 2~3 (SCI-)
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Respiratory System
- Subject No 37614Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 63Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Skin, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
- Subject No 37618Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 46Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical Medicine I
- Subject No 37640Class No 01
- 3Year ( 2Credit , 45Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Subject No 37663Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1.5Credit , 27Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical MedicineⅢ
- Subject No 37665Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1Credit , 30Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Seminars in Biomedical Science I
- Subject No G14773Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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Seminars in Biomedical Science III
- Subject No G14774Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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Seminars in Biomedical Science I
- Subject No G15691Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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Seminars in Biomedical Science III
- Subject No G15692Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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2021-2nd
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Subject No 37602Class No 01
- 1Year ( 3Credit , 59Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Social Determinants of Health
- Subject No 37844Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Thu 4~5 (D)
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Advanced Medical Research Practice
- Subject No 38914Class No 01
- 1Year ( 1Credit , 32Hour)
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Seminars in Biomedical Science II
- Subject No G14787Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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Seminars in Biomedical Science IV
- Subject No G14788Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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Seminars in Biomedical Science II
- Subject No G15701Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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Seminars in Biomedical Science IV
- Subject No G15702Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~8
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social epidemiology Ⅱ
- Subject No G17172Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7
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2021-1st
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Research Design and Data Analysis
- Subject No 37493Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 2~3
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Respiratory System
- Subject No 37614Class No 01
- 2Year ( 3Credit , 63Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Skin, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
- Subject No 37618Class No 01
- 2Year ( 2Credit , 46Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical Medicine I
- Subject No 37640Class No 01
- 3Year ( 2Credit , 45Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Subject No 37663Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1.5Credit , 27Hour)
- Major Requisite
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Comprehensive Review of Clinical MedicineⅢ
- Subject No 37665Class No 01
- 4Year ( 1Credit , 30Hour)
- Major Requisite
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social epidemiology Ⅰ
- Subject No G17170Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7
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social epidemiology Ⅰ
- Subject No G17931Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7
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Occupational Health
- Subject No K10100Class No 01
- Year ( 1Credit , 15Hour)
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Academic Background
Ulsan Univ. 의학박사(의학)