A cross sectional study to determine the health profile of brick kiln workers

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dc.contributor.authorKazi, Rufiat N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBote, Mangala M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:58:19Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:58:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: Occupational hazards involving the respiratory system, musculoskeletal system, skin and eyes are very commonly seen in the workers involved in the brick kiln industry. This study was designed to assess health profile of the brick kiln workers and to discuss sociodemographic profile affecting their health.Methods: This was a cross sectional study. 420 workers falling into the eligibility criteria, were selected from the 65 brick kiln factories in the study area. Multi-stage cluster sampling method was used to select the brick kiln factories and the participants of the study. The responses given by the participants were entered in Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Chi Square test was used to determine the association between the morbidities and sociodemographic variables.Results: Mean age of the workers was 35.34±10.96 years. 96.7% of the respondents were suffering from some or the other complaints, while 3.3% were not suffering from any complaints. Addiction was seen in 37.9% of the participants. Musculoskeletal complaints were the most common complaints followed by respiratory and skin complaints.Conclusions: Health of workers is affected due to conditions they work under. The older age group had more respiratory, dermatological and ophthalmic complaints. The group of workers employed as bigaaris as well as those who were working for more than 10 years had more respiratory and dermatological complaints.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIndian Council of Medical Research- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (ICMR-NIRRH), Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, T.N.M.C. and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKazi Rufiat N., Bote Mangala M.. A cross sectional study to determine the health profile of brick kiln workers. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Dec; 6(12): 5135-5141en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201905
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber12en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195458en_US
dc.subjectOccupational hazardsen_US
dc.subjectBrick kiln workersen_US
dc.subjectHealth profileen_US
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal problemsen_US
dc.subjectOccupational healthen_US
dc.titleA cross sectional study to determine the health profile of brick kiln workersen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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