녹도주민들의 보건 및 가족계획에 대한 태도와 인식도 조사 = A Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Relative to Health and Family Planning among Women Residing on Nock-Do Island

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

For the remote island inhabitants health promotion and local medical services development system, NokDo island residents attitudes to and recognition of disease, family planning, pregnancy and child birth were recorded in this survey. Period of survey was August 1st 1975 to August 10th 1975.
The survey was conducted by well trained surveyer by home visiting and explanation of questionnaire.
Results of survey, are as follows;
A. General characteristics
1) Of the total 78 respondents, 29 respondents were over 45 yrs of age.
2) Of the respondents, educational background reveals that no one has graduated from middle school and 50% have had no education.
3) 70% of respondents husbands are fisherman, while 16% were unemployed.
4) 77% of respondents monthly income is below 20,000 won, revealing great low level poverty.
B. Results of pregnancy and childbirth survey
1) Average age of women at time of first marriage was revealed as 18.2 years.
2) Average number of pregnancies was 7, very high averages.
3) Induced abortion opportunities are not easily available as for women in the city, but one person has had 12 abortions.
4) Average number of living children was 4, 6 babies, average number of deadchildren was 1.7 babies, high rate.
5) The age at termination of childbearing was very young.
C. Family planning attitude and knowledge
1) Knowledge of family planning is evidenced and consideration of eligible couple is evidenced in comparison with rural area women. There is very little difference in acceptors.
2) Acceptor ratio is similar.
3) Average ideal number of children was 3.4.
4) The acceptance of family planning is revealed, and main reason is economic in spite of different expressions of various reasons.
D. Knowledge and attitude to disease
1) Basic causes, treatment and prevention of disease are known in the view point of public health reasonably except for a few people.
2) "Communicable disease" meaning is not understood by 24% of respondents. Most respondents had some knowledge of tuberculosis.
3) 68% of respondents has a thought that communicable disease can prevent, and its measures are vaccination, isolation and so.
4) The vaccinations in greatest number having received was smallpox and poliomyelitis.
In the aspect of above results, they have a reasonable knowledge of health and family planning. However, promoted economic states, emphasized health education and the establishment of medical delivery system need for solution of health problems in the isolated islands.