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A Study of Life Risk factors of the disabled in the perspective of consumer

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2010, 6(4), pp.217-238
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

Kim,Sung Sook 1

1계명대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the life risk factors of the disabled in the perspective of consumers. This study focused on the physical and economic risks that were experienced by the disabled. The 2008 Disabled Persons Survey's statistics which was implemented by Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea were used to find the life risk factors of them. The research findings were as follows. First, the physical risk factors of the disabled consumers were in-home accident risk, residence environment risk, mobility accident risk in the road and transportation, and public facilities physical risk. Second, the economic risk factors of the disabled consumers were the high possibility of dropping to the poor class, the financial stress of medical cost and the taxes and public charges, and credit problems. Third, the another economic risk factor of the disabled consumers was the discrimination of consumption, I. e. discrimination of education services, insurances, public services, etc. On the other hand, the laws and rules to reduce the physical and economic risk factors of the disabled were already established, that is 'Act on Disabled Persons Welfare', 'Act on prohibition of Disabled Persons Discrimination and Rights Relief','The Mobility Enhancement for the Mobility Impaired Act',etc. But due to the insufficiency of government's budget for the disabled, the improvement to reduce the life risks of them were accomplishing step by step.

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