College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2012;5:97-104. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S30707. Epub 2012 Aug 28.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of comprehensive health risk protection behaviors, knowledge, attitudes, and practices among scavengers in open dump sites. A control group of 44 scavengers and an intervention group of 44 scavengers participated in this study. Interventions included the use of personal protective equipment, health protection training, and other measures. The analysis showed significant differences before and after the intervention program and also between the control and intervention groups. These observations suggest that further action should be taken to reduce adverse exposure during waste collection. To reduce health hazards to workers, dump site scavenging should be incorporated into the formal sector program. Solid waste and the management of municipal solid waste has become a human and environmental health issue and future research should look at constructing a sustainable model to help protect the health of scavengers and drive authorities to adopt safer management techniques.
本研究旨在评估在开放式垃圾场中，拾荒者的综合健康风险保护行为、知识、态度和实践的效果。研究纳入了一组 44 名对照组拾荒者和一组 44 名干预组拾荒者。干预措施包括使用个人防护设备、健康保护培训和其他措施。分析显示，干预方案前后以及对照组和干预组之间存在显著差异。这些观察结果表明，应采取进一步行动，减少在废物收集过程中发生的不良接触。为了降低工人的健康危害，应将垃圾场拾荒纳入正规部门的计划。固体废物和城市固体废物的管理已成为一个人类和环境健康问题，未来的研究应着眼于构建一个可持续的模式，以帮助保护拾荒者的健康，并促使当局采用更安全的管理技术。
