Article 2011

Professionalism of the deaf persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

HealthMED
Journal · Vol. 5 · Issue 4 · pp. 971-975
Abstract

The paper analyzes the attitudes of deaf people on an apprenticeship. Applied to a sample of 122 deaf and hard of hearing tend to patients older than 20 years, with space in BiH. For the study questionnaire was used to examine attitudes regarding the choice of occupations. The aim was to determine the frequency of interest for people with hearing problems, work in the profession, years of service, and satisfaction with the choice of their own professions. The results showed that the prevailing unskilled workers, then, craft professions: tailor, cobbler, a locksmith, and autolimar Autolakirer, that most respondents have an average of up to 5 years of service. Values of chi-square test showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the obtained and expected results of test of attitudes on occupations of persons with hearing, that choice is limited to certain occupations and that most of these people are not satisfied with the choice of their own professions. Based on these results, it is necessary to thoroughly investigate the whole process of occupational rehabilitation of people with hearing problems in BiH, in order to determine possible causes of these attitudes and take action to resolve existing problems.

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professions Deaf people

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Council of Ministers, Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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References 6 References
1 Basic Assumptions of the Social Integration of People with Hearing Problems, (1999)
2 What to Say about their Deaf Education Vocational Training Employment Work and Social Status, (1995)
3 Rehabilitation of Mentally Retarded Persons, (1986)
4 Proceedings of the Expert Advice 115 Years of Systematic Work on Education and Rehabilitation of Children and Young People with Hearing and Deaf 80 Years of Association in Croatia in Zagreb, (2000)
5 Professional Education of the Deaf, (1964)
6 Basis Surdoaudiology Script, (2006)
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  • EID 2-s2.0-80052602944
  • Language English