ABSTRACT
Introduction Waste is produced from households, municipal sources, commercial and industrial organizations as well as construction and demolition. Waste can also be produced uncontrollably through agriculture, mines and quarries activities. Waste management involves lot of activities including sweeping. Aim and Methods To assess some aspects of the health risks associated with waste handling, a crosssectional study was carried out at Prampram, a peri- urban community a district in the Greater Accra Region. 183 sanitation workers were enrolled for the study through the snow ball method. A focus group discussion and a structured questionnaire were used to interview sanitation workers after obtaining their informed consent. An observational checklist was used to observe their usage of personal protective equipment. Results Almost all the respondents (98.4%) believed that their physical contact with waste was a health risk and almost all of them (98.4) claim they cleaned themselves after work. The odds of getting higher health risk in those who use PPE before waste handling is reduced by 65% (95% CI 0.144, 0.85) as compared to those who do not use PPE before waste handling. Those who use PPE during waste handling are 9.59 (95% CI 2.214, 10.492) times less likely to have health risk as compared to those who do not use PPE during waste handling.
AMICHIA, P (2021). Assessment of Health Risks Associated With Handling Among Sanitation Workers at PRAMPRAM. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-health-risks-associated-with-handling-among-sanitation-workers-at-prampram
AMICHIA, PAULINE "Assessment of Health Risks Associated With Handling Among Sanitation Workers at PRAMPRAM" Afribary. Afribary, 13 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-health-risks-associated-with-handling-among-sanitation-workers-at-prampram. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
AMICHIA, PAULINE . "Assessment of Health Risks Associated With Handling Among Sanitation Workers at PRAMPRAM". Afribary, Afribary, 13 Apr. 2021. Web. 27 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-health-risks-associated-with-handling-among-sanitation-workers-at-prampram >.
AMICHIA, PAULINE . "Assessment of Health Risks Associated With Handling Among Sanitation Workers at PRAMPRAM" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 27, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/assessment-of-health-risks-associated-with-handling-among-sanitation-workers-at-prampram