Publications

[SCI] "Double Machine Learning Analysis Identifies Heterogeneous Patterns in Ethiopian Fertility Intention: Cross-Sectional Study"
Yejun Kim, EW Nam, H Gebru, Hocheol Lee*
BMC Public Health (2026, Q1)

[SCI] "Unsupervised topic exploration of the “Brain Disease Patient Community”: A text mining approach using latent Dirichlet allocation"
YS Hwang, Yejun Kim, JS Shin, HS Jo and Hocheol Lee*
Digital Health (2026, Q1)

[SCI] "Implementation Readiness and Adoption of AI-Enabled Voice Electronic Medical Records in Resource-Constrained African Health Systems: Multisite Qualitative Study"
M Desalegn, Hocheol Lee*, DW Tilahun, A Sugi
JMIR MEDICAL INFORMATICS  (2026, Q2)

[KCI] "한국 청소년 대상 사회적 처방의 실행 과제: 심층면담 연구"
정혜인, 남은우, 이호철, 김민혁, 차지영, 박명배*
대한보건연구 (2026)

[SCI] "Projecting National Outpatient Health Expenditures Under Health Literacy Improvement Scenarios: A Simulation Study"
S Moon, H Jang, J Yoo, D Go,  Hocheol Lee*
INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing (2026, Q2)

[SCI] "Staying active, staying satisfied: how subjective well-being shapes ageing after retirement"
G Lee, J Hong, YS Hwang, Hocheol Lee,  H Lee, J Kim*
BMC Public Health (2026, Q1)

[Domestic] "Risk stratification for malignant upgrade in breast atypical hyperplasia: a Korean multi-institutional analysis from academic hospitals"
H Kim, JH Park, MK Kim, C Cha, Hocheol Lee, SJ Oh, H Choi, JP Yi, SH Lim, EY Kim*, YJ Kang*
Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology (2026)

[SCI] "Machine-learning–based risk assessment of hypertension among older adults in Korea"
Hocheol Lee*, Yejun Kim
Digital Health (2026, Q1)

[SCOPUS] "Prevalence of self-reported hypertension and non-communicable disease risk behaviors among adult population in rural communities of Nepal"
B Sharma, EW Nam, BM Karmacharya, Y Kim, S Hamal, Hocheol Lee*
Journal of Global Health Science (2026)

[SCI] "Effectiveness and strategies of social prescribing in Korea using a machine learning topic modeling"
Hocheol Lee, Yejun Kim, MA Chung, EW Nam*
BMC Health Services Research (2025, Q2)

[SCI] "Large Language Model Versus Manual Review for Clinical Data Curation in Breast Cancer: Retropective Comparative Study"
YJ Kang*, Hocheol Lee, JP Yi, H Kim, CI Yoon, JM Baek, YS Kim, YW Jeon, J Rhu, SH Lim, H Choi, SJ Oh
JMIR Med Informatics (2025, Q2)

[KCI] "COVID-19 전후 한국 중고령자의 사회적 관계망이 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향: 고령화연구패널 (2016-2022) 분석"
조승현, 김세은, 원태균, 이호철, 원영주*
대한보건연구 (2025)

[SCI] "Comparison of large language model-processed unstructured clinical data versus manual physician review in breast cancer"
YJ Kang, Hocheol Lee, IY Chang, JM Baek, Y Kim YW Jeon, J Rhu, H Kim, SH Lim, JP Yi, H Choi, SJ Oh*
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (2025, Q1)

[SCI] "Experience of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Surgery Patients: Sentiment Analysis Using the Korean Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (KoBERT) Model"
Hocheol Lee, YS Hwang, Yejun Kim, Y Park, HS Jo*
JMIR Medical Informatics (2025, Q2)

[ESCI] "Assessment of Digital Capabilities by 9 Countries in the Alliance for Healthy Cities Using AI: Cross-Sectional Analysis"
Hocheol Lee*
JMIR Formative Research (2025, Q2)

[ESCI] "Mediating Effect of Social Capital on the Association Between Digital Literacy and Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in South Korea: Cross-Sectional Study"
H Jung, Hocheol Lee, EW Nam*
JMIR Formative Research (2025, Q2)

[ESCI] "AI Machine Learning–Based Diabetes Prediction in Older Adults in South Korea: Cross-Sectional Analysis"
Hocheol Lee, MB Park, YJ Won*
JMIR Formative Research (2025, Q2)

[SCI] "Analysis of the impact of digital literacy on life satisfaction (2019–2022) for older adults in South Korea: a national community-based panel study"
Hocheol Lee*
Scientific Reports (2024, Q1)

[SCI] "Sociodigital determinants of eHealth literacy and related impact on health outcomes and eHealth use in Korean older adults: community-based cross-sectional survey"
MY Kyaw, MN Aung*, Y Koyanagi, S Moolphate, TNN Aung, HKC Ma, Hocheol Lee, HK Nam, EW Nam, M Yuasa
JMIR aging (2024, Q1)

[ESCI] "Digital Inclusion among Community Older Adults in the Republic of Korea: Measuring Digital Skills and Health Consequences"
TH Pan, MN Aung*, EW Nam, Y Koyanagi, Hocheol Lee, L Li, MY Kyaw, N Mulati, S Moolphate,  CMH Ka, J Dijk, M Yuasa
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (2024, Q1)

[SCI] "The Association between Social Support, Metabolic Syndrome, and Incidence of Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases in Older Adults: The ARIRANG Study"
HK Nam, SJ Chang, CB Kim, KS Jeong, SK Kim, DR Kang, YW Jeong, Hocheol Lee, B Zhao, SB Koh*
Yonsei medical journal (2024, Q1)

[KCI] "다문화가정과 일반가정 청소년의 범불안장애 관련 요인 비교: 제16-18차 청소년건강행태조사를 이용하여 (2020-2022년)"
정혜인, 최휘진, 이호철, 남은우*
대한보건연구 (2024)

[KCI] "한국 노인의 디지털 정보화 수준이 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향 분석"
이호철, 원영주*
대한보건연구 (2024)

[SCI] "Analysis of digital capacity-related factors influencing health promotion participation and active aging of older adults residing in rural areas in South Korea: A structural equation model"
Hocheol Lee, HK Nam, B Zhao, HR Jeong, S Lim, A Chun, MK Kim, DH Kim, MN Aung, Y Koyanagi, EW Nam*
Digital Health (2024, Q1)

[ESCI] "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Rural Digital Social Prescribing in Korea: Protocol for a Cohort Study"
Hocheol Lee*, SB Koh, HS Jo, TH Lee, HK Nam, B Zhao, S Lim, JA Lim, HH Lee, YS Hwang, DH Kim
JMIR Research Protocols (2023, Q3)

[SCI] "Global trends in social prescribing: web-based crawling approach"
Hocheol Lee, SB Koh, HS Jo, TH Lee, HK Nam, B Zhao, S Lim, JA Lim, HH Lee, YS Hwang, DH Kim, EW Nam*
Journal of Medical Internet Research (2023, Q1)

[SCOPUS] "Factors affecting Nepalese rural dwellers’ choice of first-contact health facility: a cross-sectional survey"
Hocheol Lee, H Jo, BM Karmacharya, B Sharma, P Shrestha, P Satyal, EW Nam*
Journal of Global Health Reports (2023)

[ESCI] "Impact of COVID-19 fear on COVID-19 policy support among university students in South Korea"
Hocheol Lee, S Nam, EW Nam*
Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology (2023, Q3)

[SCOPUS] "The effects of stay-at-home orders and their associated factors in elderly Koreans and Korean-Americans during COVID-19"
HK Nam, Hocheol Lee, B Zhao, H Oh, EW Nam, S Koh*
Research Square (2023)

[KCI] "Comparison in the trends between monkeypox spread and coronavirus disease spread among countries: A longitudinal study"
Hocheol Lee, EW Nam*
지역발전연구 (2023)

[SCI] "COVID-19 Phobia among Korean, Chinese, and Japanese students: An international comparative study"
Hocheol Lee, F Kong, M Yuasa, MN Aung, Y Shirayama, B Zhao, M Kim, EW Nam*
Heliyon (2023, Q1)

[SCI] "Assessing the Fear Factor of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea Using the COVID-19 Phobia Scale: A Cross-Sectional Study"
Hocheol Lee, HJ Kim, DH Kwon, MB Park, SM Kim, KN Kim, EW Nam*
Journal of Korean Medical Science (2023, Q1)

[SCI] "Priority analysis of factors affecting family planning practices among Ethiopians using a decision tree analysis"
S Lim, Hocheol Lee, J Lee, NR Geda, EW Nam*
African Journal of Reproductive Health (2023, Q4)

[Domestic] "농촌 지역 노인 우울증 및 치매 예방을 위한 사회적처방의 효과평가"
조혜연, 이호철, 남은우*
한국농촌간호학회지 (2023)

[SCI] "Digital-based policy and health promotion policy in Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand: a scoping review of policy paths to healthy aging"
N Mulati, MN Aung*, M Field, EW Nam, CMH Ka , S Moolphate, Hocheol Lee, Y Goto, NH Kweun, T Suda, Y Koyanagi, Y Nagamine, M Yuasa
International journal of environmental research and public health (2022, Q1)

[SCOPUS] "Determinants of modern family planning methods in Ethiopia: A community-based, cross-section mixed methods study"
Hocheol Lee, EG Kindane, YA Doh, EW Nam*
Dialogues in Health (2022)

[SCI] "Influencing factor of COVID-19 vaccination trust and hesitancy in Wonju city, South Korea"
Hocheol Lee, EB Noh, JE Kim, J Oh, EW Nam*
PLOS ONE (2022, Q2)

[SCI] "Effect of a digital literacy program on older adults’ digital social behavior: A quasi-experimental study"
Hocheol Lee, JA Lim, HK Nam*
International journal of environmental research and public health (2022, Q1)

[ESCI] "The effect of cognitive function health care using artificial intelligence robots for older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis"
Hocheol Lee, MA Chung, H Kim, EW Nam*
JMIR Aging (2022, n/a)

[KCI] "농촌 노인 우울증 경감을 위한 사회적 처방 시범사업 효과평가"
임주애, 이유림, 남해권, 이호철, 남은우*
한국보건행정학회 학술대회논문집 (2022, Q1)

[SCI] "Analysis of personal and national factors that influence depression in individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a web-based cross-sectional survey"
JH Lee, Hocheol Lee, JE Kim, SJ Moon, EW Nam*
Globalization and health (2021, Q1)

[SCI] "International comparison of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic among university students in 13 countries: a web-based cross-sectional survey"
Hocheol Lee, SJ Park, JE Kim, F Kong, B Zhao, H Nam, SB Koh, S Nam, M Yuasa, MN Aung, JRC Medina, S Palutturi, H Berhe, E Terefe, S Nam, Y Kang, N Rönnebeck, JH Lee, GR Lee, Y Jung, CR Cosme, DE Shin, M Herrera, GO Ndombi, P Mansiangi, SJ Moon, H Yoon, MA Chung, SB Lim, YL Lee, D Kim, EW Nam*
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health (2021, Q3)

[SCI] "COVID-19 vaccine perception in South Korea: Web crawling approach"
Hocheol Lee, EB Noh, SJ Park, HK Nam, TH Lee, GR Lee, EW Nam*
JMIR public health and surveillance (2021, Q1)

[KCI] "일부 고등학생들의 학교와 학원 코로나 19 대응방역 신뢰도에 따른 코로나 19 예방행동 실천의 차이"
이호철, 윤혜진, 김지언, 남은우*
농촌의학·지역보건 (2021) 

[KCI] "COVID-19 가 국가별 삶의 질에 미치는 영향"
전희원, 이호철, 윤석준, 이해종*
대한보건연구 (2021)

[ESCI] "Social determinants of overweight and obesity in Paraguayan adults using quantile regression"
Hocheol Lee, JE Kim, A Amarilla, Y Kang, Boram, EW Nam*
Journal of Public Health Research (2021, n/a)

[SCI] "Association between traffic inflow and COVID-19 prevalence at the provincial level in South Korea"
Hocheol Lee, E Noh, H Jeon, EW Nam*
International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2021, Q1)

[KCI] "코로나바이러스감염증-19 팬데믹 1 차시기의 한국 및 네팔 대학생 간 개인위생예방 및 사회적 거리두기 실천 수준 비교"
정민아, 이호철, 남은우*
보건교육건강증진학회지 (2021)

[ESCI] "Which group should be vaccinated first?: A systematic review"
EB Noh, HK Nam, Hocheol Lee*
Infection & chemotherapy (2021, n/a)

[KCI] "Unmet healthcare needs among adults in Rural area, Paraguay: A cross-sectional study"
JE Kim, Hocheol Lee, EW Nam*
지역발전연구 (2021)

[KCI] "Difference in the practice of COVID-19 prevention according to the reliability of COVID-19 response among high school students in Korea"
Hocheol Lee, H Yoon, JE Kim, EW Nam*
Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (2021)

[SCI] "COVID-19 screening center models in South Korea"
JE Kim, JH Lee, Hocheol Lee, SJ Moon, EW Nam*
Journal of Public Health Policy (2021, Q3)

[SCI] "Associations of the rlated factors of depression, social support and social participation in kyungro‐dang among older adults in South Korea: A structural equation modelling analysis"
Hocheol Lee, S Moon, G Song, EW Nam*
Nursing Open (2021, Q3)

[KCI] "Depressive Symptoms among University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Gandaki Province, Nepal: A Web based Online Survey"
HK Nam, B Zhao, Hocheol Lee*
지역발전연구 (2020)

[ESCI] "Determining public opinion of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea and Japan: social network mining on twitter"
Hocheol Lee, EB Noh, SH Choi, B Zhao, EW Nam*
Healthcare informatics research (2020, n/a)

[ESCI] "COVID-19 perception, knowledge, and preventive practice: Comparison between South Korea, Ethiopia, and Democratic Republic of Congo"
Hocheol Lee, SJ Moon, GO Ndombi, KN Kim, H Berhe, EW Nam
African Journal of Reproductive Health (2020, Q4)

[KCI] "이중차이분석을 활용한 콩고민주공화국 5 세 미만 아동 영양개선 프로그램의 가구 소득수준별 효과 평가"
이호철, 소애영, 이태호, 남은우*
지역발전연구 (2020)

[SCI] "The relationship between trends in COVID-19 prevalence and traffic levels in South Korea"
Hocheol Lee, SJ Park, GR Lee, JE Kim, JH Lee, Y Jung, EW Nam*
International journal of infectious diseases (2020, Q2)

[International] "Government response to covid-19 using stringency index among 151 countries and six regions"
Hocheol Lee, JE Kim, SJ Moon, JH Lee, EW Nam*
Available at SSRN 3631304 (2020)