Establishing of access standards for people with disabilities for the health ministry in Mexico

Author

Mayagoitia, Ruth E. ; Rivera, Efrén ; Olivares, Alelí

Author_Institution

Univ. Iberoamericana, Mexico

fYear

1994

fDate

1994

Firstpage

1418

Abstract

A Mexican Official Standard for accessibility to health-care facilities was developed by an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional group. Because of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Standard should agree with standards of the United States and Canada. Not all elements for accessibility were included. Decisions on inclusion were based on functionality, durability, safety, cost, weather conditions, anthropometry and literacy; and on the fact that this Standard was for a developing country. The Standard only applies to buildings under construction or being remodeled

Keywords

standards; Mexico; access standards; anthropometry; buildings under construction; cost; developing country; disabled people; durability; functionality; health ministry; health-care facilities accessibility; literacy; remodeled buildings; safety; weather conditions; Anthropometry; Blindness; Buildings; Cost function; Elevators; Medical services; Safety; Standards development; Standards publication; Trade agreements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415501

Filename

415501