Investigation on working conditions and health of employees in some handicraft villages
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Lien Huong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health, work
- MeSH:
Environment;
Health
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;10():39-43
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Cross-sectional study was conducted in 6 handicraft villages, 600 producing households, 1.672 handicraft employees and 135 agricultural employees. The study results showed that: 98.4% of producing households had generated hazardous factors such as noise, heat, dust, micro-organism etc. In food processing village: 83.3% of micro-climate samples and 100% of light samples exceeded the permissible limits. In mechanical villages: 100% of noise sample accessed the permissible limit. In fine arts furniture villages: 91.3% of micro-climate sample, 75% of light sample and 69.5% of dust sample exceeded the permissible limits. In general, almost of handicraft employee had poor knowledge on risk factors at workplaces and their harms. The disease prevalence of handicraft employees was 85.3% that was higher than that of agricultural employee (58,5%). The difference was statistic significant (p=0.0001; RR= 1.46). Handicraft employee liked to have healthcare services at commune’s health station or have health workers at worker place and health insurance.
