孟加拉国电子废物回收工人之间的意识,安全实践和相关因素
Meherun Nahar Munni1, Mohammad Rezaul Karim2, Mohibbul Haque3
1MAMM'S Institute of Fistula & Women's Health, Moghbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Environmental health insights
|August 16, 2024
概括
孟加拉国电子废物 (电子废物) 工作人员的意识和安全实践令人担忧地低. 紧急干预,包括培训和防护装备,对于减轻健康风险和提高工作场所安全至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业安全 在职业安全.
- 废物管理 废物管理
背景情况:
- 电子废物 (电子废物) 由于污染物而对健康构成重大风险.
- 对电子垃圾的危害和安全处理实践的认识对于工人的安全至关重要.
- 关于孟加拉国电子废物工作者意识和实践的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估孟加拉国工人的电子废物意识和安全实践.
- 确定与良好的意识和安全实践相关的因素.
- 为改善工人健康和安全提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 涉及达卡附近236名电子垃圾工人的横截面研究.
- 半结构化调查问卷评估了社会人口统计学,工作因素,电子废物意识和安全实践.
- 两变和回归分析确定了相关因素;得分分类为"好"或"差".
主要成果:
- 只有25%的工人表现出良好的电子废物意识,在最小化危害和环境影响方面存在知识差距.
- 58%的人遵循良好的安全做法,但使用防护装备 (靴子,头盔) 是不够的.
- 高等教育,收入,培训和经验与更好的意识和实践有显著的关联.
结论:
- 孟加拉国的电子废物工作者表现出不良的意识和不充分的安全做法.
- 高等教育和培训是提高意识和安全的关键因素.
- 迫切需要针对培训,防护设备和政策的干预措施.
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