爱尔兰建筑和农业工人的太阳相关知识和实践
1Discipline of Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, Áras Moyola, University of Galway, H91TK33, Galway, Ireland.
Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
|July 11, 2024
概括
爱尔兰的农业和建筑工人接触太阳的次数很高,但对紫外线辐射 (UVR) 的了解和使用防晒的程度很低. 需要采取干预措施来克服阳光安全实践的障碍,降低皮肤癌风险.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
背景情况:
- 由于大量的户外工作,农业和建筑工人面临较高的皮肤癌风险. 关于这些爱尔兰职业群体的紫外线 (UVR) 暴露意识和安全实践的研究有限.
- 了解紫外线暴露知识,阳光安全行为和相关约束对于减轻户外工作者的健康风险至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估爱尔兰农业和建筑工人的户外时间.
- 为了比较这两个职业群体之间的紫外线暴露知识,阳光安全实践和感知限制.
- 调查人口,个人和职业因素对与太阳有关的知识,实践和约束的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项基于问卷的研究,涉及爱尔兰的154名农业和467名建筑工人.
- 收集关于太阳紫外线暴露知识,安全实践,个人防护设备 (PPE) 和防晒使用的感知障碍以及工人特征的数据.
- 使用统计分析 (曼 - 惠特尼,克鲁斯卡尔 - 瓦利斯测试) 来确定差异和关联.
主要成果:
- 两组人都报告说,他们平均每周在户外度过25个小时.
- 尽管参与太阳安全培训的比例很高,但紫外线知识和防晒的使用率很低,太阳烧伤率很高.
- 根据人口统计学,个人,职业和工作场所因素,观察到知识,实践和感知限制的显著差异.
结论:
- 现有的太阳安全培训和雇主倡议需要扩大.
- 解决特定障碍的有针对性的干预措施是必要的,以改善保护措施的采用和一致使用.
- 降低职业UVR暴露风险需要采取多方面的方法,重点关注安全控制的知识和实际实施.
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