インドのカルナタカ州のコーヒープランテーション労働者の職業健康状態と自己報告された健康問題
Beerappa Ravichandran1, Ambikabathy Mala1, Venugopal Dhananjayan2
1Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology Division, ICMR-Regional Occupational Health Centre (Southern) NIOH, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
|February 19, 2026
まとめ
インドのコーヒー労働者は,劣悪な環境と防護具の欠如により,健康に重大なリスクに直面しています. 安全対策の改善と個人用保護具 (PPE) の提供は,職業上の怪我や健康問題を減らすために不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 農業の健康と安全について
- 職業医学は職業医学である.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- インドのコーヒー栽培は,多くの労働者を雇用しており,女性や子どもたちは,健康と安全に関する重大なリスクに直面しています.
- 物理的ストレス,農薬,有害な環境条件への曝露が一般的です.
- この研究は,この脆弱な集団における労働条件と健康結果を評価する必要性を重視しています.
研究 の 目的:
- コーヒープランテーションの労働者が経験する労働条件,ライフスタイル要因,職業上の健康上の危険を評価する.
- 傷害と関連する急性および慢性的な健康上の影響を特定するために.
- コーヒー産業における労働安全衛生の改善のためのデータを提供する.
主な方法:
- カルナタカ州のコーヒー加工労働者80人と行政職員50人を対象とした横断的な研究.
- 職業上の健康リスク,怪我,健康に関する苦情に関する事前に設計されたアンケートで収集されたデータです.
- Chi-squareテストは,職種と健康状態との関連を分析するために使用されました.
主要な成果:
- パーソナル・プロテクト・エキピエメント (PPE) を欠いている人は36.3%,文盲は24%でした.
- 一般的なリスクには,重い物を持ち上げること,悪天候,転倒,身体的疲労などがあります.
- 職業上の怪我 (40%),運動器系障害 (59%の腰痛,52.5%の関節痛),および頭痛や疲労などの他の健康問題の高頻度が報告されました.
結論:
- コーヒープランテーションにおける労働衛生の改善は,労働者の死亡率を減らすために不可欠です.
- 個人用保護具 (PPE) と適切な訓練は,特定されたリスクを大幅に軽減することができます.
- 定期的な健康介入の実施は,コーヒー労働者に対する健康負担を軽減するために不可欠です.
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