Living and working conditions, and the effect on health problems of women employed in a factory in rural district.

VernacularTitle:農村進出工場就労婦人の生活・労働と健康　　愛媛県Ｎ製かん工場の場合
Author: Noriaki Harada
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1985;34(2):100-103
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Recently most Japanese farmers pursue another trade as a side business, because they canonot make a living only by agricultural work. The working conditions of the side business are not necessarily good. The health care system for them are also not sufficient. Furthermore, housewives have adding burden from household duties to farm work and side business.
In this study, sixteen women employed in a canning factory were interviewed by four medical students. The factory were situated in rural district of Ehime prefecture and engaged about 90 workers including 30 women. The 16 women had various complaints caused by exposure to noise and organic solvents, and static load on the limbs. They had ten episodes of sickness or injuries due, or suspected to be due, to occupational cases during the period employed, 7.8 years on the average.
The more survey for health problems of working women in rural district are necessary.