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

선원유관단체의 선원 보건의료실태 인식도 조사

  • 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)
  • Received : 2015.01.28
  • Accepted : 2015.03.20
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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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.

이 연구는 선내의료 및 선원 건강관리 여건 개선 방안을 마련하기 위하여 선원 건강관리 정책에 영향을 미치는 정부를 비롯한 선원 유관단체 종사자 139명을 대상으로 선원들의 건강과 질병관리에 대한 보건의료실태에 대한 인식도 조사를 실시하였다. 조사결과 선원들의 건강관리여건(p<0.01)과 건강관리 능력(p<0.01), 현행의 무선응급의료 정책(p<0.01), 선내 의료함 및 의료장비의 도움(p<0.05) 및 선박 의료관리자 제도에 대해 유관기관 간에 인식도 차이는 있었으나 대체적으로 부정적인 응답률이 높았으며, 선원 건강관리를 위한 선내의료 지원제도 개선을 위해서는 간이 건강측정장비 비치, 정기적 건강검진 강화, 원격의료 및 건강관리를 위한 선원건강증진센터의 설치(p<0.01)가 시급히 필요하다고 조사되었다.

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