在尼泊尔的炉工人中,有关可呼吸暴露和个人防护设备使用的知识,态度和做法
Chelsea Gaviola1,2, Laura Nicolaou3,4,5, Arun K Sharma6
1Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Occupational and environmental medicine
|July 2, 2024
概括
在尼泊尔的炉工人中,呼吸器个人防护设备 (PPE) 的使用率很低. 对健康风险和适当的个人防护设备的知识不足阻碍了采用,增加了病风险.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 炉工人面临着高度暴露于可呼吸的二氧化.
- 在这个人群中,减少暴露的干预使用是最小的.
研究的目的:
- 描述呼吸道个人防护设备 (PPE) 使用的普遍性.
- 了解有关炉尘和呼吸器个人防护设备的知识和态度.
- 确定与呼吸器个人防护设备使用相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 在尼泊尔的Bhaktapur进行的横截面研究.
- 简单和分层的随机抽样用于选择10个和30个家庭.
- 对83名14岁及以上的工人进行了结构化问卷调查.
主要成果:
- 只有28.9%的受访工人报告目前使用呼吸器个人防护设备.
- 对病的认识较低 (3.6%) 和正确识别最佳个人防护设备 (24.1%).
- 更高的收入和教育水平与呼吸器个人防护设备的使用增加相关.
结论:
- 在炉工人中使用低呼吸型个人防护设备.
- 关于尘对健康的影响和适当的个人防护设备,存在重大知识差距.
- 解决知识缺陷对于未来的干预措施来减少病负担至关重要.
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