Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities Living Alone in a Single Room Occupancy Community

Ji-hye, Jeon; Xian, Hua; Chung, Hee Jung; 김진성,; 서욱영,; 조승화,

doi:10.16999/kasws.2015.46.2.5

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“…And additional costs due to disability intensify economic difficulties. It is difficult for disabled people to escape poverty, and they eventually fall into a state of chronic poverty 30 . In Korea, the poverty rate among people with disabilities is three to four times higher than that of non-disabled individuals 31 .…”

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Assessing heatwave effects on disabled persons in South Korea

Kang,

Baek,

Park

2024

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This study investigated the risk of heatwaves for people with disabilities and other socioeconomic attributes using Health Care Bigdata in South Korea. The Health Care Bigdata provides detailed information on heat-related illness (HRI) patients in 2011–2020 from seven major cities. We employed the Distributed Lag Nonlinear Model (DLNM) to measure heat waves' relative risk. Our findings are four-fold. First, the relative risk (RR) of disabled people was 5.075 (95% confidence interval 4.476–5.674), significantly surpassing that of non-disabled people, 3.296 (2.517–4.075). Second, among various personal characteristics studied, disability influenced RR the most, exceeding impacts from elderly (4.457: 3.748–5.166), low-income (3.909: 3.004–4.813), and outdoor (4.052: 2.940–5.164). Third, the disabled young group (5.305: 4.414–6.195) was more vulnerable than the non-disabled elderly group (4.287: 3.576–4.999). Lastly, no significant difference in relative risk was observed between the mild (4.413: 3.855–4.971) and severe disabled groups (4.013: 3.121–4.905).

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