목적 : 본 연구는 제주 해녀들을 대상으로 굴절검사와 안과검사를 수행하여 해녀들의 눈 건강 실태를 파악하고 잠수작업이 눈에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 현재 지식잠수를 하고 있는 제주 해녀 33명(66안)에 대상으로 진행한 나안·교정시력검사, 타각적굴절 검사, 안압검사, 세극등현미경검사, 빛간섭단층촬영, 시야검사, 망막사진촬영, 빛간섭단층촬영 검사결과는 굴절상 태와 안과질환 병력을 조사하는데 사용되었다. 검사결과에 대한 빈도분석과 로지스틱 회귀 분석을 실시하였다. 결과 : 전체 연구 대상자의 굴절상태는 근시(43.9%)와 도난시(56.1%)가 가장 많은 것으로 나타났다. 안과질환의 이환율은 군날개 6.1%, 백내장 90.9%, 녹내장 19.7%, 망막질환 33.3%로 나타났다. 이 중 백내장이 있는 사람의 61.7%가 백내장 수술력이 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 또한 망막질환은 망막앞막(45.5%), 황반변성(27.3%), 당뇨병성 황반병증(18.2%), 중심장액맥락망막병증(9.1%) 순으로 나타났다. 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과는 해녀경력이 많을수록 백내장(Exp(B)=1.115)과 녹내장(Exp(B)=1.062)이 유발될 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 연령이 많을수록 백내 장(Exp(B)=1.220)이 유발될 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 해녀경력이 많을수록 중심장액맥락망막병증이 아 닐 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났다(Exp(B)=0.943). 결론 : 해녀들의 굴절상태, 난시 종류, 안압, 발병한 안과질환에 대해 기초 자료를 얻었으며, 이를 활용한 제주 해녀들의 눈 건강을 위한 가이드라인 설정과 교육에 도움이 될 것이라고 사료된다.

Jeju Haenyeo have been playing a crucial role in Jeju economy for a long time. However, the number of Jeju Haenye has decreased since the 1970s, despite the efforts from the government and Jeju Provincial Office including a variety of welfare and benefits. In order to understand the unique culture of Jeju Haenyeo, and to provide a good program to help transfer their muljil skills, a qualitative research including in-depth interviews and participant observation in combination of an ethnographic method was performed. For the qualitative research, the interview preparation was reviewed, the language and culture of local communities were understood, and the location of the researcher was determined. Then, the following procedures were carried out; selecting informants, gaining their confidence, forming a rapport with them, and collecting data. For a preliminary survey, The first author visited Jeju alone for 10 days from late June to early July in 2015. The first author walked around the area and observed the dialects and life of local people from the viewpoint of an outsider. For interviews, four still active and three former Jeju Haenyeo were selected from skilled workers with diving experience of at least 20 to 60 years. The transfer of Jeju Haenyeo’s muljil skills, and their education and training vary, depending on the community culture of each village. As a result, the transfer of Jeju Haenyeo’s muljil skills is carried out not just at the level of maternal succession, but it is also performed by the village community that participate in co-childcare and joint training of diving skills.

The Haenyeo are people who do underwater collection activity called mulgil. Stress levels associated with diving can lead them even to death. In order to assess Haenyeo’s occupational stress, stress factors regarding fear, panic and danger at sea were extracted. Based on the stress factors, Haenyeo’s labor songs, which are representative examples, were analyzed, and categorized into 4 steps according to stress intensity. Stress Step 1 is death, Step 2 is a warning against death (due to desire), Step 3 is a stage of recognizing danger, and Step 4 is a joy from financial reward. The labor songs empathized a warning to not forget death and an alert that anyone could lose their mind, exceeding the diving limit if treasures were in front of them. Monetary compensation can also be a way of overcoming stress although they recognized that their bodies are broken due to very hard and dangerous work. Therefore, ways of overcoming the Haenyeo’s occupational stress were education and training using the labor songs. The Haenyeo’s labor songs that the junior Haenyeo learned by the elder Haenyeo provide the best way to overcome occupational stress. This type of indoctrinating education based on the labor songs suggests the importance of precious life, economic reward and success that suit individual situations. Also, it is an opportunity to improve the quality of life, of marine life through the training that helps overcome the occupational stress.

Islanders have tried to find out real alternatives on how to keep sustainable Haenyeo communities through both developing traditional school system at community level (Hansupul Haenyeos School) and advanced school system at university level ( an educational certificate program for Interpreter of Haenyeos Culture and an advanced certificate program for Hanyeos Culture). In oder to share their wisdom of ordinary democratic life style around Bultuk, We created Global Peace Bultuk Assembly for younger generation to succeed in their tradition in July of 2010. It' s a time for us to find out Integrating Policy of the Sustainability of Jeju Haenyeo (Jamnyeo, Jamsu) Community facing their extinction into Jeju Village Conservation Model of Marine Resources Needed.