• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.505-511
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• 2024

This study is to identify the awareness and performance of hand washing according to the presence of Medical care onboard of Seafarers and provide basic data of education on hand washing that can be practically applied. 118 Seafarers were the study subjects and we distributed to those who agreed to participate in the study to carry out survey using questionnaire. The results showed that the average number of hand washing per day was 1~4 times (70 students, 59.3%). In the difference in hand washing perception according to the medical care board, statistically significant differences were found in all items except 'it needs to be completely dried after hand washing'(p<0.05). The difference in hand washing performance according to in-flight medical care was found to be statistically significant in all items except 'hand washing after coughing' and 'hand washing after touching money', 'before eating food such as drinks while working' and 'hand washing before patient contact' (p<0.05). The correlation between awareness and performance of hand washing showed that if awareness of hand washing is high, its performance is increased, too. We try to provide basic data of education on hand washing that can improve awareness and performance on hand washing based on the results of this study.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.193-198
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• 2015

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.