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Korean Society of Community Based Occupational Therapy Association (대한지역사회작업치료학회)
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A Study on the Sensitivity of Human Rights and the Advocacy Activities of Korean Occupational Therapists

국내 작업치료사의 인권감수성이 옹호활동에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2020.07.06
  • Accepted : 2020.08.20
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

Objective : The Human Rights constitute one of the basic pillars of every work where persons are involved, such is the case of the occupational therapy field. Methods : In this study we investigate the human rights sensitivity and the advocacy activities of occupational therapists. The differences according to their characteristics, the relationship and the impact of the human rights sensitivity are examined and presented. Making use of online surveys 116 subjects participated in the study. Results : The measured average of human right sensitivity is 69.00 ± 17.67 point, being them distributed according to the following subcategories: to the perception of the situation corresponds 23.25±5.62 points, to the perception of the consequences 22.75±6.54 points and for the perception of the responsibility 23±6.54 points. In all the cases have been taken in account the equal rights, the right to education in disables, the right to pursue the happiness of the elderly, the right of the disables to have personal freedom, the privacy rights and the privacy rights for mental illness people. According to the working area the Human Right sensitiveness is higher in Seoul than in the Gyeongsang province meanwhile the advocacy activities is higher in Seoul and in Gyeonggi province than in Gyeongsang province. Depending of the type of service, general hospitals and rehabilitation/nursing hospitals showed higher human rights sensitivity than other service organizations According to the working field, occupational therapy group focused in elderly showed higher Human Right sensitivity than other fields. Professionals belonging groups of clinical experience from 3 to 5 years and from 6 to 10 years showed higher advocacy activities than professionals with more than 11 years of experience. A positive correlation was showed between the human rights sensitivity and the advocacy activities. For this situation, the human rights sensitiveness was divided in sub-categories in perception of the situation, perception of the consequences and perception of the responsibility. As showed by the result of multiple regression analyses the advocacy activities of human would grow up in accordance with the increase of the human rights sensitiveness of responsibility perception. Conclusion : Due to the actual lack of information, the collection and study of basic data is fundamental for the development of practical human rights educational programs and to emphasize the role of the defense of the human rights.

목적 : 국내 작업치료사의 인권감수성 및 옹호활동을 조사하고 상관관계 및 인권감수성이 옹호활동에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 연구이다. 연구방법 : 본 연구의 조사대상자는 국내 작업치료사 면허를 소지한 자를 대상으로 하였고, 조사기간은 2019년 5월 1일부터 6월 1일까지였다. 연구도구는 온라인 설문조사 방식으로 연구대상자의 일반적 특성을 알아 볼 수 있는 7가지 문항과 인권감수성을 측정할 수 있는 6가지 에피소드로 이루어진 36가지 문항 그리고 옹호활동을 측정할 수 있는 7가지 문항을 포함하여 총 50문항의 문항의 설문을 배포, 수집하여 총 116부를 분석하였다. 결과 : 작업치료사의 인권감수성 평균은 69.00 ± 17.67점이었고, 인권감수성 3가지 하위영역별 평균은 상황지각(23.25 ± 5.62), 책임지각(23.00 ± 6.54), 결과지각(22.75 ± 6.54) 순으로 높게 나타났다. 일반적 특성에 따른 작업치료사의 인권감수성은 여성이 남성보다, 미혼이 기혼보다 높았고 근무지역에 따라 서울이 경상도보다 높게 나타났다. 근무기관에 따라서는 대학/종합병원, 재활/요양병원이 기타 기관보다 높은 인권감수성을 보였으며, 근무분야에서는 노인을 대상으로 하는 집단이 기타 대상에 작업치료 서비스를 제공하는 집단보다 더 높은 인권감수성을 보였다. 작업치료사의 일반적 특성에 따른 옹호활동의 차이는 근무지역, 근무기관, 임상경력에서 차이가 있었다. 근무지역에 따라 옹호활동은 서울, 경기도가 경상도보다 더 높게 나타났고, 근무기관에 따라서는 재활/요양병원이 기타 기관과, 대학/종합병원보다 더 높았다. 임상경력에 따른 차이는 3~5년차와 6~10년차가 11년차 이상보다 옹호활동이 더 높게 나타났다. 인권감수성의 3가지 하위영역과 옹호활동의 상관관계는 모두 통계적으로 모두 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 인권감수성이 옹호활동에 미치는 영향은 통계적으로 양(+)의 방향으로 유의한 영향을 보였고, 이때 옹호활동 변수의 40.5%를 설명하였다(F=79.288). 인권감수성의 3가지 하위영역을 독립변인으로 동시에 투입하여 옹호활동과의 관계를 살펴보았다. 그 결과, 옹호활동에 대하여 상황지각과 결과지각은 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았고, 책임지각은 양(+)의 방향으로(p<.001) 유의한 영향을 보였다. 구체적으로 책임지각이 1점 증가할 때마다 옹호활동은 .076점만큼 증가하였고, 이때 옹호활동 변수의 43.4%를 설명하였다(F=79.288). 결론 : 인권감수성과 옹호활동은 상관관계를 보였으며, 인권감수성 3가지 하위영역 중 책임지각 변수가 옹호활동에 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 따라서 작업치료사의 옹호활동을 증진시킬 수 있는 인권감수성의 개념이 포함된 인권 프로그램 개발과 적용이 필요하다.

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