농어업인 건강·안전 증진 지원방안

Abstract

우리나라 농어업에 있어서 기계, 농약, 시설, 차량, 선박 등의 의존율이 더욱 높아지고, 농어업인은 더욱 노령화 되고 있어서 농어업과 관련된 직업성 질환 및 안전사고도 크게 증가하고 있다. 즉, 농어업인은 여러 가지 질병과 재해에 심각하게 노출되어 있어서 그 대책을 시급하게 마련해야 한다. 농어업인의 건강과 안전을 증진시키기 위한 방안을 제대로 마련하기 위해서는 먼저 관련 실태를 정확하게 파악해야 한다. 그러나 현재 농어업인의 건강·안전 관련 실태를 일목요연하게 파악할 수 있는 기초자료가 크게 부족한 실정이다.

그리하여 이 연구에서는 ① 농어업인의 건강·안전 실태와 문제점을 파악하고, ② 국내·외의 관련 정책을 검토하여 정책적 시사점을 도출하여, ③ 농어업인의 건강과 안전을 증진시키기 위한 종합적인 지원방안을 제시하였다.

The purpose of this study is 1) to investigate the current situation and problems of the health and safety of farmers and fishermen, 2) to identify the current conditions and problems of related policies, and 3) to suggest the support system for improving the health and safety of farmers and fishermen. Research methods include collection of existing related data, re-analysis of previous field survey data, analysis of foreign cases, interview, and so on. Existing related data were collected from the related research institutes and governmental organizations. The re-analysis of previous field survey data on 27,586 farmers and fishermen were conducted. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentage were used to organize and summarize the data. Major policy tasks which Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries must lead are: 1) introduction of special health checkup system for farmers and fishermen, 2) improvement of disaster guarantee system for farmers and fishermen, and 3) reinforcement of research on the health and safety of farmers and fishermen. Major policy tasks which Ministry of Health and Welfare must lead are: 1) re-adjustment of roles and functions of public hygienic medical institutions, 2) improvement of rural medical emergency system, 3) construction of regular resident health control system, 4) reduction of medical cost of the rural vulnerable class, and 5) supply and treatment improvement of the medical manpower. Major policy tasks which various governmental departments must drive together are: 1) improvement of the related laws and basic plans, and 2) improvement of regional hygienic medical treatment plans and connection reinforcement with the related basic plans.

Researchers: Dae-Shik Park, Kyeong-Hwan Choi, Kyung-Eun Choi, Sang-Woo Park, Hey-Jin Won Research Period: 2010. 5 ~ 2010. 12 E-mail Address: pds8382@krei.re.kr