• 보건행정학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.19-36
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to assess adequately equipped with convenience facilities for the disabled in 160 healthcare institutions in Jongno district, Seoul. Healthcare institutions were equipped an average of 3.7 facilities out of 10. General hospitals had an average of 5.0 facilities, which was higher than an average of 3.6 facilities for private clinics (p<0.05). Of 160 healthcare institutions, only 13 (8.1%) offered easy access to the outpatient setting from the entrance for wheelchair users, highlighting difficult wheelchair access within hospitals. To provide easy access to medical service for the disabled, more accessible designs need to be adopted as part of the effort to improve public facilities for the disabled. Also, universal designs could be applied for newly constructed roads, structures and transportation vehicles to maximize accessibility for the disabled. Increased accessibility for the disabled in the community will eventually increase the use of healthcare institutions.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.732-742
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• 2014

우리나라의 경우 장애인 복지서비스의 공급이 여전히 부족하고, 전달체계도 주로 공급자를 중심으로 이루어지고 있다. 이런 현실에서 장애인 복지서비스 이용과 관련하여 장애인 당사자의 실질적인 선택권을 보장하기 위해서는 이용자 중심, 즉 이용자의 자율성과 주도성 및 통제권을 중시하는 방향으로 정책 패러다임의 변화가 이루어져야 한다. 이 연구에서는 최근 장애인복지와 관련하여 활발히 논의되고 있는 이용자 참여에 관한 이론적 논의를 살펴보고, '이용자 참여' 강화의 사례로서 독일의 개인예산제도를 고찰하여 우리나라에 주는 시사점을 제시하였다. 독일의 사례를 분석한 결과, 독일은 개인예산제도의 도입과 운영을 통해 기존에 시행되던 장애인복지와 관련한 지원제도의 지급방식을 전환함으로써, 장애인의 자기결정권 실현이 더 잘 이루어질 수 있도록 이용자 참여를 강화하는 추세로 장애인 복지정책의 방향을 변화시키고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제60권4호
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• pp.79-103
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• 2008

본 연구는 자기결정경험을 중심으로 지적장애인 거주시설 유형별 차이를 비교하기 위해 생활시설, 그룹홈, 자립홈 3개 유형의 거주시설에서 생활하고 있는 9인의 지적장애인이 경험한 17개의 시설거주 경험을 분석하였다. 연구 결과 시설유형별로 자기결정 경험이 다른 것으로 나타났는데, 자립홈, 그룹홈, 생활시설 순으로 자기결정이 보장되는 정도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과를 토대로 탈 시설 요구를 적극 수용하고 자기결정 정도를 높이는 방향으로 거주시설 정책 개혁이 필요하며, 서비스 평가 시 이용자의 주관적 경험을 반영할 필요가 있음을 제기하였다. 지적장애인에 대한 연구와 관련해서는 대화분석이 유용하게 활용될 수 있으며, 이를 통해 지적장애인의 주관적 경험과 인식을 풍부하게 드러내는 연구들이 필요하다는 점을 확인하였다.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2017

Purpose: Recently accomodations are required to apply universal designs to all the types of rooms in order to increase accessibility to everyone. Especially universal designs are considered as one of the important methods to help disabled users utilizing accomodations with minimizing difficulties. The current research attempted to apply universal designs to ordinary rooms for promoting usage of rooms in accomodations. Methods: The field study were executed about all the types of rooms and shared spaces in 42 accomodations in 14 cities, Also, the managers working in the studied accomodations were asked to answer the online survey about awareness in universal design. Results: In many cases, ordinary rooms are partially renovated for the disabled with adding some convenient facilities. This raises negative recognition for the rooms specially designed for the disabled as well as absence of needs for universal designed rooms. Meanwhile, universal designed rooms have been required not only for the ordinary but also for the disabled. Implications: Regarding adopting universal design to rooms in accomodations, it should be reviewed throughout all the processes from designing to planning.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2018

Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the accessibility and usability of the disabled person while using the everyday facility. Background: The national laws regulated accommodation of persons with disabilities, but our knowledge on the practical usefulness of the laws and acceptance by the users is still far from complete. Method: Compliance with laws was checked throughout the actual measurement of 87 engineering designs in the facilities of a national university, and the practical usability of the facilities was investigated by in-depth interviews with eight disabled persons. New design solutions were developed by the anthropometric methodology for better accommodation. The target-specific anthropometry database such as sitting knee height with wheelchair was employed. Results: First, the statistic showed that 28.7% of facility designs comply with the law, 29.9% of facility designs doesn't comply with the law, and 41.4% of facility designs doesn't have related law or regulation. Second, the law of table height(71cm in current) can accommodate only 49.3% of wheelchaired population. The following test for 95% accommodation revealed that the table with 80cm high is required. Third, the current law in the door width(90cm) can only accommodate 82.6% of disabled persons, so the new design solution was calculated and suggested that 100cm in the door width is necessary for 99% accommodation of disabled persons. Conclusion: Even with the laws and regulations for the disabilities it was clear that the accessibility and usability of the disabled persons in everyday facilities was still limited. An investigation for the new solutions about a wide range of facilities is necessary for better practical accessibility and usability of the handicapped persons. Application: The results of current study can be a basement of developing a new guideline or regulation of the facility design for the disabled persons.

• 재활복지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.339-370
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• 2013

본 연구는 장애인 자가 운전 차량과 보호자 운전 차량의 불편사항에 대한 설문조사와 장애인 차량 실차 이용 시 행동조사를 관찰하여 복지차 개발 시 인간공학 설계 기준을 제시하고 불편요소에 대한 개선점을 제안하였다. 본 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 자가운전 장애인과 보호자 모두 현재 사용하고 있는 자동차에 대한 불편 정도가 높은 반면, 만족도는 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 자가운전 장애인들도 장애인 보호자들이 가장 불편하다고 응답한 부분인 승 하차 시 보조기구 이동에 관해 공통적으로 불편하다고 하였다. 자가운전 장애인 및 보호자 모두 좌석 시트와 안전벨트 착용 시 발생하는 어려움을 호소하여 복지차량개발 시 장애인 보조기구 이동문제와 더불어 장애인 좌석의 보조공학적 설계, 안전벨트의 안전성 문제 등은 반드시 해결되어야 것으로 분석된다. 셋째, 자가운전 장애인보다 보호자들이 장애인 차량에 대한 불편 정도가 높고 만족도도 낮게 나타났는데 이는 장애인 자가운전 차량에 대한 접근성만을 고려한 복지차량 개발의 관점을 바꾸어야 할 것으로 분석된다. 넷째, 자가운전 차량이나 보호자 모두 차량 승 하차 시 탑승을 위한 보조기구 활용보다는 차량운전이나 차량의 다른 여러 가지 안전장치나 편의시설에 대한 관심이 더욱 높은 것으로 나타나 탑승이나 하차 시의 접근성보다는 안전과 편의성을 위한 설계가 우선 고려되어야 할 것으로 분석된다. 다섯째, 복지차를 개발 시 우선적으로 고려해야 할 사항은 사용자의 편의성으로 이를 위해 장애인을 참여시키는 방안이나 관련 전문가들을 참여시키는 방안들이 검토되어야 할 것으로 분석된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2010

This paper reports a noble instrument that helps physically disabled people to access computers. There have been numerous attempts to develop such a methodology, but most of them require an additional space for workstation often including access program installation. The additional space also needs to be carefully designed to consider each specific disabled area. This study aims to develop a system that removes the spacial limitation by putting the integrated computer interface using the wheelchair controller. The implementation of the computer workstation is performed by utilizing an USB interface. The developed equipment will take an important role to support various social lives for the users and eventually to improve their quality of life.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2021

A personal mobility withstanding function for the disabled and vulnerable groups with difficulties in mobility was developed and structural and dynamics analysis was conducted. Personal mobility devices are a very helpful means of transportation for the disabled and vulnerable groups. In addition, the standing function allows individuals to perform a difficult task in while seated and offers a medical advantage to the user. In this study, a personal mobility device was designed and developed to help vulnerable groups and disabled people overcome limited mobility, and communicate with the general people at eye level through standing functions. Through structural and dynamic analysis, the structural safety, optimal speed during rotation, and lateral acceleration of the personal mobility device was analyzed. The analysis results are expected to contribute to the improvement of the users' convenience and stability of personal mobility.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.107-115
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• 2018

PURPOSES : As the population of the mobility handicapped, who are classified as the disabled, the elderly, pregnant women, children, etc., has increased, the voices for guaranteeing their rights have been increasing as well. Thus, the design manuals for roads and sidewalks for the mobility handicapped were developed by the local government, such as the Ministry of Land, Transport, and Tourism, in Seoul City. However, according to the 2013 survey results of the Seoul Metropolitan City, the mobility handicapped still feel uncomfortable with the sidewalks, and particularly request for the improvement of the step and slope of the sidewalk curb. Therefore, in this study, we conducted an empirical experimental study to determine the slope of the sidewalk curb and height of the steps considering the mobility handicapped and analyzed whether there is a statistically significant difference. METHODS : The methodology of this study is an empirical experimental one. In the study, five non-disabled people, 10 wheelchair users, and 10 eye patch and stick users walked about 2-3 min on the sidewalk plates of the sloped type (0%, 5%, 6.3%, 8.3%) and stepped type (0 cm, 1 cm, 3 cm, 6 cm), and their human physiological responses, such as the skin temperature, volume of perspiration on forehead and chest, and heart rate, were measured and recorded. After combining the data, we conducted a nonparametric test, ANOVA, or t-test to determine whether there was a statistically significant difference according to each slope and step type. RESULTS : It was found that for the non-disabled, there was no significant difference in human physiological responses according to the slope and steps of the sidewalk. It can be said that the non-disabled do not feel much physiological discomfort while walking. In the case of the sloped sidewalk plate, the heart rate of the wheel chair users increased when the slope was 6.3%. In the case of the eye patch and stick users, the volume of perspiration on the chest increased at a slope of 5.0%. In general, it is judged that a sidewalk with a slope that is less than 5% does not cause a change in the physiological response. In the case of a stepped sidewalk plate, when 0 cm, 1 cm, and 3 cm were compared for wheelchair users, the amount of forehead perspiration increased from 1 cm. Meanwhile, in the case of the eye patch and stick users, when 0 cm and 6 cm were compared, the amount of perspiration on the forehead and chest as well as the heart rate all increased at 6 cm. Taken together, in the case of wheelchair users, a difference was shown when the height of the step of the sidewalk plate was 1 cm, suggesting that installing it at 0 cm does not cause any physiological discomfort. Moreover, in the case of the eye patch and stick users, when comparing only 0 cm and 6 cm, 0 cm was considered to be suitable, as there was a difference in physiological response at 6 cm. CONCLUSIONS : In this study, we set the human physiological responses such as chest skin temperature, amount of perspiration, and heart rate as evaluation items, and our study was considered to be a meaningful experiment that targeted wheelchair users as well as eye patch and stick users. The validity of the evaluation items was confirmed, as the results of human physiological responses were significant. As for the sidewalk design, according to the experiment result, it is considered that differential application should be implemented according to the type of mobility handicap, rather than uniformly applying a sidewalk step of 2 cm and sidewalk slope of 1/25, which are the current legal standards.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1243-1250
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to compare government guidelines and foreign guidelines related to furniture design for elderly. Future elderly will increasingly accustomed to the provisions of improved housing, education and welfare in comparison with our forebears. Also, there will be upgrading and different need for elderly furniture in our market. The results were as follows. The height of bed was based on the height of wheelchair seat, commonly. A adjustable bed was recommended for abled and disabled elderly. A pull-down shelf, drawer, empty space under chest, folding or sliding door in wardrobe and so on were recommended as a elderly furniture. It were good adjustable sink on human scale. There were need the empty space under sink for wheelchair users, one-touch or lever faucet, etc. There have given a little furniture design guidelines for elderly in Korea until now. But those guidelines haven't been considered enough human scale of elderly including wheelchair user. Because the close investigations have not made about abled and disabled elderly for their furniture design. So first of all, the government should be examined elderly physical size more accurately for elderly furniture design. The guideline for elderly furniture design should be for abled elderly and the disabled, too.