An educational tool to teach blind children sexual-health and hygiene through random forest regressors and additive manufacturing

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Abstract

According to UNICEF, children and adults with disabilities are three to four times more likely to be victims of different types of violence. Some studies claim that children with disabilities suffer from sexual abuse, with a prevalence of 13.7 percent. For these reasons, in this paper, we describe an open initiative to teach blind children and youth. Our system uses a random forest regressor model to determine which exercises are appropriate for children ranging from 5 to 12 years. The educational model contains 13 educational contents related to Sexual Health and Hygiene (SHH) and five 3D models: girl, boy, teen girl, and teen boy with and without an erection. The system, as well as the educational model, were reviewed by 30 experts of special education in Cuenca, Ecuador, obtaining encouraging results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages35-40
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728199047
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2020
Event2020 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2020 - Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Duration: 16 Nov 202021 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2020

Conference

Conference2020 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2020
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityCuernavaca, Morelos
Period16/11/2021/11/20

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors express their gratitude to the UNESCO Chair on Support technologies for Educational Inclusion, to the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Technologies (GI-IATa) and to the Universidad Polit?cnica Salesiana for the support and financing given to the project "Sistemas Inteligentes de Soporte a la Educac?on Especial (SINSAE v5).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

Keywords

  • additive manufacturing
  • blind children
  • decision trees
  • sexual abuse prevention
  • Sexual Health and Hygiene

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