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http://dx.doi.org/10.5394/KINPR.2015.39.3.193

A Research on the Perception Level of Seafarer Related Organizations in Seafarer's Actual Health Care Conditions  

Kim, Jae-Ho (Education and Research Team, Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology)
Jeon, Yeong-Woo (Division of Maritime Transportation Science, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
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Journal of Navigation and Port Research / v.39, no.3, 2015 , pp. 193-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research was conducted to provide an improvement plan concerning medical treatment on board and medical health care conditions for seafarers. 139 persons from government agencies and seafarer related organizations, who could influence the government's seafarers healthcare policy-making, were asked to fill in the questionnaire prepared for this research about their perceptive views on actual condition of health and disease management for seafarers. The results of the survey on seafarer's health care management conditions(p<0.01), health care manage ability(p<0.01), current radio emergency medical service policy(p<0.01), usefulness of on board medicine chest and medical equipment(p<0.05), and the system of the onboard medical care persons show the difference of perception level among the seafarer related organizations. But generally, the rate of negative responses was high. And this research suggests that there is an urgent need to provide portable health measurement equipment on board, reenforce regular medical examination and establish the seafarer's health promotion center for telemedicine and healthcare management(p<0.01) in order to improve the onboard medical treatment support system for healthcare of seafarers.
Keywords
seafarers; health management; medical treatment support system; radio emergency medical service; portable health measurement equipment; seafarer's health promotion center;
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