Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: January-March | Volume: 6 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 315-319
Identification of Occupational Health Problems among Workers Working in Various Departments of Baru Sahib
Sameeksha, Pretty Debbarma, Jyoti, Meenakshi, Jasandeep Kaur
Akal College of Nursing, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Distt, Sirmour H.P. Pin: 173101.
Corresponding Author: Sameeksha
ABSTRACT
Occupational health should aim at the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among work workers of departures from health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of the worker in an occupational environment adopted to his physiological and psychological equipment, and, to summarize the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job.
A descriptive design was used to assess the health problems related to occupation. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the sample 75 samples from the different occupation. Workers who were able to speak and understand Hindi language and willing to participate in the study were included in the inclusion criteria.
Sociodemographic sheet and checklist based on “WHO occupational health a manual for primary health workers” was used as a tool. Descriptive statistics was used. Only frequency and percentages were calculated. The study revealed that majority of the participants are in the age group of 16-20 years (22.7%), 88.0% are of male gender and majority has senior secondary education (32.0%). 40.0% of them are labourers and 60.0% stay alone. Highest identification of obesity among tailors (50%), smoking is laundry workers (33.3%), use of alcohol is shop and canteen workers (28.57%), fatigue is 100% present among tailors while highest anxiety is present among housekeeping workers (20%) and aggression is 100% present among tailors.
Keywords: Occupation, Workers, health problems.