聽覺障碍兒童의 母子保建學的 一考察 = A Study on Maternal and Child Health among Hearing Impaired Children and Their Mothers

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This study was carried out to contribute to the education for hearing impaired children through
maternal and child health enabling the human well-being. The subjects, 207 living in urban area
were selected from the Deaf Schools located in Daegu(Taegu) and Busan(Pusan) city, respectively.
The survey was performed by home visiting of their class-teachers with questionair containing 85
items. Simultaneouly, it was performed on the control(healthy) group selected by sytemic random
sampling from a general elementary school located in the sub area of Daegu. The research period
was from March, 1973 to September, 1974.
In familial characteristics of social problems, the average familial size was 6.54 persons in the
hearing impaired group(HI) and 5.80 in control group(C). The average income of HI and C was
monthly \ 6,031.24 and \ 9,080.45 per family, respectively. Most of their father's occupations in
C tended to distribute in intellectual works; professional and technical works etc. But the
majority of those in another group, to distribute in physical works. The educational back ground
of their parents was generally higher in Hi than C. Who were graduated the junior colleges and
more levels were in about 17% in Hi and about 45% in C.
In status of maternal and child health, the experience rate of induced abortion, one of troubles
was about one second among HI compaired with C, 48%. The prenatal care rate among HI was about
38% and that of C, about 62%. Mothers with past history of some disease during pregnancy in HI
were about 30%, but about 8% in C.
In hygienic status of delivery time, about 14% of HI were delived at hospitals and clinics of
midwives compaired with about 38% of C. Forcep's delivery was about 5% among HI, but 3% among C.
In status of child health care, the results of various vaccinations were remarkbly worse among HI
than C. Most of hearing impaired children were found out from their home at average 3.27 years
in age, Only one percent were found out within one year after birth.
In status of family planning, the using methods for contraception among the mothers of HI tended
to patronize that can be easily availed by theirselves, but those of C, that must be act in
consert with their husband.
Summerizing up, this thesis will come to the following conculusion s. The maternal and child
health was inevitably affected by the economical and intellectual problems. These ploblems should
induced the various diseases during pregnancy, indirectly. Consequently, we think that it might
affected to the incidence of hearing impair-ment.