Marahatta Sujan B, Gautam Sanju, Paudel Grish, Yadav Uday N
Department of Public Health, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Soalteemode, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Forum for Health Research and Development, Nepal.
Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2018 Jan-Apr;22(1):49-53. doi: 10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_106_17.
An occupational hazard contributes to severe health problems among workers due to unhygienic conditions and lack of safety at the workplace. Economic growth and productivity can be well achieved by promoting health, safety, and improved quality workplace.
To assess the knowledge of occupational hazards, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the factors associated with awareness on occupational hazards among automobile repair artisans in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study with 400 automobile repair artisans from Kathmandu metropolitan city was conducted between March and September, 2015.
Simple random sampling was adopted for recruiting study participants. Pre-tested, validated semi-structured questionnaire was used in line with study objectives to collect the data.
Logistic regression analysis was employed to identify factors associated with the awareness of occupational hazard and PPE use.
Of total, 56% had awareness on occupational hazard and 44.3% of artisans were using the personal protective equipments. Being educated, having job duration ≥6 years and having pre-service training for work were significantly associated with the awareness of occupational hazards. Notably, we found that those who were aware of occupational hazard (OR = 3.01, 95% CI: 1.98-4.57) were three times more likely to use the safety measures when compared to those who were unaware.
Awareness on occupational hazard and use of PPE is very low among automobile repair artisans in Kathmandu, Nepal. Therefore, interventions on awareness raising on areas, like provision of pre-service training, promotion of safety advocacy, and enforcement of appropriate regulations for work place.
由于工作场所卫生条件差和缺乏安全保障，职业危害会给工人带来严重的健康问题。通过促进健康、安全和提高工作场所质量，可以很好地实现经济增长和生产力提升。
评估尼泊尔加德满都汽车修理工匠对职业危害的认知、个人防护装备（PPE）的使用情况以及与职业危害认知相关的因素。
2015年3月至9月，对加德满都都会区的400名汽车修理工匠进行了一项定量描述性横断面研究。
采用简单随机抽样招募研究参与者。根据研究目标，使用经过预测试和验证的半结构化问卷收集数据。
采用逻辑回归分析来确定与职业危害认知和PPE使用相关的因素。
总体而言，56%的人了解职业危害，44.3%的工匠使用个人防护装备。受过教育、工作年限≥6年以及有岗前工作培训与职业危害认知显著相关。值得注意的是，我们发现，与不了解职业危害的人相比，了解职业危害的人（比值比=3.01，95%置信区间：1.98-4.57）采取安全措施的可能性高三倍。
在尼泊尔加德满都的汽车修理工匠中，对职业危害的认知和PPE的使用非常低。因此，应采取干预措施提高认知，如提供岗前培训、促进安全宣传以及执行适当的工作场所法规。
