Noomnual Saisattha, Shendell Derek G
Rutgers School of Public Health, Center for School and Community-Based Research and Education (NJ Safe Schools Program), New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Saf Health Work. 2017 Dec;8(4):407-409. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Feb 20.
Air pollutants of concern include traffic-related air pollution, including particulate matter in respirable coarse and fine size fractions. There are no critical studies to date into associations between knowledge, awareness, and attitudes in using proper respiratory masks and prevalence of respiratory symptoms among urban street vendors in Thailand. In this study, we estimated adverse respiratory health outcomes among street vendors, in particular young adults, in Bangkok, Thailand, using a self-report questionnaire. Street vendors, who were not currently smoking and not having known diagnosed respiratory diseases, were recruited. They were selected from selected roadsides at Chong Nonsi, Bangkok. Participants ( = 30) reported having lower respiratory (50%), upper respiratory (37%), and other symptoms (70%). Also, 53% of participants had never used respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE: masks). Among those using PPE, all used masks not proper for particulate matter. Results suggested knowledge, awareness, and attitudes concerning proper PPE use needs to be increased among street vendors in Bangkok, Thailand.
令人担忧的空气污染物包括与交通相关的空气污染，其中包括可吸入的粗颗粒和细颗粒物质。到目前为止，尚未有关于泰国城市街头小贩在使用适当的呼吸面罩方面的知识、意识和态度与呼吸道症状患病率之间关联的关键研究。在本研究中，我们使用一份自我报告问卷估计了泰国曼谷街头小贩，尤其是年轻成年人的不良呼吸道健康结果。招募了目前不吸烟且未被诊断出患有呼吸道疾病的街头小贩。他们是从曼谷宗农西选定的路边挑选出来的。30名参与者报告有下呼吸道症状（50%）、上呼吸道症状（37%）和其他症状（70%）。此外，53%的参与者从未使用过呼吸个人防护装备（PPE：口罩）。在使用PPE的人中，所有人使用的口罩都不适用于颗粒物防护。结果表明，泰国曼谷的街头小贩需要提高对正确使用PPE的知识、意识和态度。
