Strickland Jaime R, Wagan Samiullah, Dale Ann Marie, Evanoff Bradley A
Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine (Ms Strickland, Dr Dale, Dr Evanoff); and Saint Louis University School of Medicine (Mr Wagan), St. Louis, Missouri.
J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Jul;59(7):673-678. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001051.
This study aimed to evaluate construction workers' health behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions of health risks from work related and non-work related hazards.
Construction workers completed a survey that assessed hazardous health behaviors (such as alcohol and tobacco use), attitudes toward health, and health risk perceptions. We compared construction workers' health behaviors to general population data from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS).
Construction workers reported greater smoking and drinking compared with their age-adjusted white man counterparts in Missouri. While there was a high awareness of work-related health and safety risks, concerns about general health risks did not correspond with risks from relevant health behaviors.
Educational efforts have created awareness of work-related safety and health issues in this population; similar efforts are needed to address disparities of general health behaviors.
本研究旨在评估建筑工人的健康行为、态度以及对与工作相关和非工作相关危害的健康风险认知。
建筑工人完成了一项调查,该调查评估了有害健康行为(如饮酒和吸烟)、对健康的态度以及健康风险认知。我们将建筑工人的健康行为与行为风险因素监测系统(BRFSS)中的一般人群数据进行了比较。
与密苏里州年龄调整后的白人男性相比,建筑工人报告的吸烟和饮酒情况更为严重。虽然对与工作相关的健康和安全风险有较高的认识,但对一般健康风险的担忧与相关健康行为的风险并不相符。
教育工作提高了该人群对与工作相关的安全和健康问题的认识;需要做出类似努力来解决一般健康行为的差异问题。