• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.179-181
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• 2000

Stool and cellotape anal swab examinations were carried out in August 1997 on handicapped people at an institution located in Chorwon-gun, Kangwon-do, Korea. A total of 112 stool samples (78 males and 34 females) revealed three cases of Trichuris trichiura infection and one case of Enterobius vermicularis infection. Other helminth eggs were not detected. The overall prevalence rate was 35.7% (38.5% for males and 29.4% for females). More than two different kinds of parasites were found in 42.0% of the positive stool samples (17 cases). The infection rates for protozoan cysts are as follow : Entamoeba coli (25.0%), E. histoIUtica (1.8%), Endolinax nana (21.4%), Iodoamoeba butschlii (1.8%) and Giardia lamblia (0.9%). In cellotape anal swab examinations (165 samples), the prevalence rate of E. vemicularis was 20.6% (25.7% of males and 9.6% of females). In conclusion, the handicapped people in the institution showed higher infection rates of protozoan parasites and E. vemicularis, possibly due to more accessibility to the infection.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.191-205
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• 2006

The purpose of the study was to develop family-based intervention program to be implemented and disseminated via "Healthy Family-Support Center." This preventive-empowerment program was designed to intervene with parenting mildly handicapped children enrolled at integrated kindergarten. The theoretical backgrounds employed were ecological theory, preventive family-based intervention approach, and theraplay theory. The pretest-posttest control-group design with random assignment was applied. The research model yielded a significant intervention effect(t=-1.294, p<0.05) on mothers' parenting stress. With proven effectiveness of family-based intervention program, the study further discussed why an ecological, family-based intervention model was a relevant alternative to investigate issues in family welfare, and why an individualized family service plan was a relevant tool to deliver services-in-context for the families who needed supports from exo-and macrosystems.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.448-452
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• 2005

본 저자들은 전형적인 신경섬유종증 환자에서 이소성 신장을 동반한 환자를 최초로 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2007년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.585-590
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• 2007

최근 IT기술의 비약적인 발전과 더불어 사용자의 편의성을 극대화 시키는 웨어러블 컴퓨팅 기술이 주목을 받고 있다. 이러한 기술은 일반인뿐만 아니라 장애인들의 일상생활의 보조 도구에 활용되어 큰 도움이 될 것으로 예상된다. 본 논문에서는 시각 및 청각장애인을 위해 개발된 착용형 단말기들을 소개하고자 한다. 시각 장애인용 단말기인 SmartWand는 시각장애인용 지팡이에 부착하거나 손에 휴대할 수 있는 장치로, 시작장애인을 위한 보행 보조 및 색상과 명암 정보 인식 보조 기능을 갖춘 장치이다. SmarWand는 시각장애인이 보행 시 이용하는 기존의 지팡이로는 감지할 수 없는 전방의 장애물을 초음파 센서를 통해 탐지하여 촉각이나 음성으로 경고해주고, 물체의 색깔이나 주변의 밝기 정도를 측정하여 시각장애인에게 알려준다. 청각 장애인용 단말기인 SmarWatch는 손목에 착용하는 장치로서 아기 울음소리, 노크나 초인종 소리, 물 끓는 소리, 화재 경보 등 가정에서 발생하는 일상적인 소리를 인식할 수 있도록 해준다. SmartWatch는 입력 모듈의 마이크로 입력된 소리를 문선통신을 통해 컴퓨터로 전송한 후에 소리의 종류를 인식하고 적절한 제어신호를 다시 무선통신을 통해 전송받아 감지된 소리의 종류를 해당하는 진동과 시각정보로 표시해준다. 이런 착용형 단말기들을 통해 시각 및 청각 장애인의 일상 생활의 안정성과 편의성이 증대 되기를 기대한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2001

This study was tried to suppose the necessity for the participations of the guardians or parents into dental health educations and for developing an educational program on the control of denial health in order to improve the dental health of handicapped children. For this research, it was investigated by a survey on the actual condition of dental health with an object of handicapped children, and simultaneously by analyzing the relationships between the realities of child's dental caries and guardian's acknowledgments and managements with regard to the dental health of the children. The 209 children and their guardians being in special school for the handicapped were surveyed about the actual conditions of dental health from 15 May to 30 June 2000. 1. The average of DT, MT, FT and DMFT index were 2.46, 0.13, 1.18 and 3.78, respectively. 2. As the parents' educational level (p<0.05) and economical incomes were high, the proportions the DMFT index were low (p<0.05). As the father of the handicapped children had a duty, the DMFT index were lower than the opposite case that the father had no duty. However. in the case of their mother, the presence of the duty has not showed any relationships with the DMFT index. And it was revealed that there was a tendency that the lower age of the parents showed the lower proportions (p<0.05) and index (p<0.001). 3. There was no meaningful differences for the DMFT index in the comparison between the children who can brush themselves or not, even though the children who can brush themselves showed relatively and slightly lower DMFT index than the children who can't do it themselves. 4. More frequent observations on the children's dental conditions by the parent resulted in the lower DMFT index(p<0.01). 5. As the parent had relatively more knowledges about the dental disease. the DMFT index were low. Therefore, as it was considered form these results, the parent should be required more positive participations for the improvement of their children's dental health. For promoting this participations, it must be required the development of educational programs and political services for the parent or guardians in order to improve the attendance into the educations.

• 한국인구학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.5-41
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• 1979

Vast volumes of studies of the medical and public health aspects of fertility and family planning have been published by the various institutes of health related research and university scholars in Korea. None of them, however, have dealed with the population problems associated with biologically and mentally handicapped people. It must be emphasized that the purpose of Korea's population policy should be to improve the quality of the population rather than to decrease its rate of increase. In this spirit, the first report of this study is to identify problems related with mentally and physically less fitted population, and to attempt to offer the possible solutions to the health planners and policy-makers. Several nation-wide surveys of the handicapped people in Korea have been compared. Each survey shows a wide range of difference in the prevalence of the handicaps(see Table 13). In this study, the data on the handicaps are collected by two independent system ; one by the nation-wide survey and the other by the reporting system existing at the Seoul National University Demonstration Health Project. The Chandrasekar-Deming technique was used to estimate the total number of handicaps. The estimates are summarized in the tables 8, 9 and 10. Estimate of total number of handicapped people in Korea is 601, 400 with the prevalence rate of 16.1 per thousand persons. Even if taking a number of conditions which may result in a biased estimate of the total number of the handicaps into consideration, the proportion of handicapped people in Korea has increased in the past two decade as the result of the rapid decline in fertility and childhood mortality, which consequently prolonged life expectancy of persons with congenital or acquired impediment. An increase in the proportion of handicapped people will eventually bring about serious problems of social welfare, medical care, and population qualities from various aspects including eugenics. To tackle the problem, there must be an increased emphasis on the prevention of handicaps from the government and private sector. Based on the amount and quality of data, and from the practical point of view, this study prepared a set of recommendations for the government to strengthen its programs of the preventive activities during the prenatal period and early childhood, early finding from routine examinations, and proper social and medical rehabilitation.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.31-40
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• 2008

선진사회의 지표는 모든 사회 구성원들의 보편적 삶의 질의 수준과 그 만족도라 할 수 있다. 이러한 보편적 삶의 질은 사회적 약자들의 측면에서는 도시공간으로의 접근성과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 시각장애인과 같은 교통약자들은 도시공간에서의 관심 시설물에의 접근과 이동권의 확보가 매우 중요한 관심사이다. 특히 여객시설과 같은 시설물간의 매개역할을 수행하는 환승시설과 그 내부의 장애인 편의시설은 매우 중요한 의미를 지니고 있다. 장애인 편의시설은 각 시설물에 접근할 수 있는 유일한 방법으로 시각장애인에게 제공되므로, 이에 대한 공간적 분포를 분석하여 제공하는 것은 매우 중요한 의미를 지닌다. 그러나 기존의 관련연구들은 이용자의 의식조사나 관련 통계 분석에 머물러 있는 상황이다. 그러므로 이 연구에서는 공간(Spatial) 데이터를 기반으로 공간분석이 가능한 GIS를 이용하여 시각장애인의 여객시설의 내부편의시설 이용증진과 이동권 확보를 위한 무장애 공간을 분석하고자 하였다. 연구결과 일부 장애공간이 존재하여 신속한 보완이 필요하였으며, 다양한 내부편의시설의 이용증진을 위해서는 점자블록과 같은 장애인 편의시설의 확충이 필요함을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.129-140
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• 2002

This study intended to find out how the handicapped use medical aid, their satisfaction at using it and so on. First a preliminary survey(Apr. 20$\sim$24, 2002) was made for the handicapped who had been cured for rehabilitation by wearing medical aid at hospitals and welfare center in Jeonbuk region. Then total 120 subjects were asked to fill out a standardized questionnaire from May 15$\sim$22, 2002. Out of total 95 questionnaires collected, 84 questionnaires were analyzed except for 11 cases unsuitable for the intention of this study. The results can be outlined as follows: 1. In general characteristic, it was found that the causes of disability included disease(35 respondents; 41.7%), traffic accident(23 respondents, 27.4%) and so on. In addition, 1st handicap comprised the majority(32 respondents; 58.2%) in handicap grade and ankle foot orthosis(or b-k orthosis) was most often used as medical aid(28 respondents: 33.3%) 2. In particular, it was also shown that the 1st handicap mainly resulted from traffic accident(15 respondents, 27.3%) and post-disease disability (11 respondents, 20.0%). They wore medical aid for 1 year or less on the average, because they were hospitalized for cure, which showed statistically significant level(P<0.05). 3. It was found that total 69 respondents(82.1%) were more or less satisfied with their medical aids depending on the causes of disability, and total 46 respondents(83.6%) were satisfied with their aids according to their handicap grade, but there were no statistical significance. 4. Total 56(66.7%) respondents answered that they would purchase medical aid on their own expenses, when they became handicapped. And the price of medical aid ranged from $\300,000{\sim}400,000$(25 respondents: 29.8%) to \ 500,000 or more(24 respondents: 28.6%). It means that they purchased more or less expensive medical aid on their own expenses, which showed statistical significance(P<0.05). 5. If there was any failure of medical aid, 9 respondents(37.5%) answered that they would be serviced from medical companies, and 7 respondents(29.2%) would be serviced from medical aid manufacturers. Most respondents were serviced for their medical aids from related companies. For the question about the causes of dissatisfaction upon repair service, 11 respondents(45.8%) answered that existing service company provided unskilled repair services and other respondents answered that there was no spare part or higher service expenses than they thought. These answers had the statistical significance(P<0.05). However, 20 respondents(79.2%) answered that they were satisfied with the repair service, which means that most respondents are satisfied with the service. In view of the results as described above, it can be concluded that their handicap or disability results from disease or sequelae after traffic accident and most of the affected wear their own medical aid. In the future, it is required that the medical insurance should cover those medical aids, and the service for failed medical aids should be commissioned by technical serviceman to realize customized manufacture and repair service according to different causes so that the handicapped can enjoy more or less comfort and convenience in their daily lives without any extreme difficulty.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 지능형교통시스템 연구에서 상대적으로 경시되어 왔던 교통약자의 안전한 보행 이동권을 증진하기 위해 "교통약자 보호시스템"을 개발 구축하고 시스템 시범 운영을 통해 분석된 만족도 및 개선방향을 제시하였다. 기존 시각장애인용 음향신호기의 단점 중 하나였던 장비 고장 시 관리자가 직접 현장방문 확인 후 유지, 보수, 대응으로 관리상의 불편과 횡단신호등 상태 음성 안내의 지속적인 서비스 결여 및 시각장애인이 직접 리모컨과 보행신호등 지주에 설치 된 버튼의 위치를 확인, 작동하는데 따른 운용의 불편함을 개선하기 위해, 실제 도로상황을 감안하고 인체공학 및 첨단 무선기술을 응용하여 시각장애인이 신호기에 접근 시 자동으로 신호기 및 신호등 상태를 음성 안내하도록 시각장애인 음향신호기를 첨단화하였다. 시범지역 적용결과, 기존 장비에 비해 안전하고 편리하게 시각장애인들이 도로 상황을 인지하여 보통 이상의 만족도 평가결과가 도출되었으며, 구축된 무선인프라를 활용하여 지킴이 서비스 (초등학생 대상 위치 정보 제공)를 동시에 제공하여 이용 학부모의 87%가 보통 이상의 만족도를 보이는 결과를 나타냈다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.205-216
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• 2008

향후 장애인과 고령인구의 지속적인 증가로 인해 교통약자의 통행수요는 확대될 것이며, 이에 따라 고령자, 장애자들이 안전하고 쾌적하게 생활할 수 있도록 지원하는 사회간접자본의 정비가 요구되고 있다. 무엇보다도 대중교통관련 시설의 Barrier-free화(무장애화)는 시급한 사안이라 보아진다. 본 연구의 목적은 공공재의 가치추정에 있어 효율적인 방법론인 이중양분선택형 질문법에 의한 CVM(조건부가치측정법)을 이용하여 지하철 역사의 Barrier-free 시설의 가치를 추정하고, 생존분석을 통해 지하철 이용자들의 지불의사금액에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과, 에스컬레이터와 엘리베이터에 대한 평균지불의사금액이 장애인개찰기나 단차해소시설의 평균지불의사금액에 비해 상대적으로 높게 나와 실제 Barrier-free 시설의 확충에 있어서 이용편의시설보다는 이동편의시설을 먼저 시급히 설치해 나가야 함을 시사하고 있다. 또한 각 Barrier-free 시설에 대한 교통약자의 평균지불의사금액이 일반인의 평균지불의사금액에 비해 훨씬 높아 일반인과 비교할 때 교통약자들이 Barrier-free 시설의 가치를 상대적으로 높게 평가하고 있었다.