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A study on health risk perceptions among household waste collectors of municipal council was conducted to assess their perceptions on environmental, health and safety, to identify the symptoms that workers experienced and to identify the association of health symptoms with working environment. A sur...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana, Ramli, Noor Ainor, Ku Hamid, Ku Halim, Noor Ismail, Kamariah, Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli, Zaki, Muhammad Afiq
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019
Subjects:	Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54672/1/54672.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54672/ https://healthscopefsk.com/
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spelling	my.uitm.ir.546722021-12-14T08:41:42Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54672/ Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.] Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana Ramli, Noor Ainor Ku Hamid, Ku Halim Noor Ismail, Kamariah Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli Zaki, Muhammad Afiq Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Municipal refuse. Solid wastes A study on health risk perceptions among household waste collectors of municipal council was conducted to assess their perceptions on environmental, health and safety, to identify the symptoms that workers experienced and to identify the association of health symptoms with working environment. A survey questionnaire which specific to the environmental, health and safety components perception and health symptoms experienced was used in this study. The target population of this study were household waste collectors working in municipal council (n=100). The results revealed that the workers was satisfied with their working environment while the highest unsatisfactory perception was on exposure to unpleasant odour. As for hygiene practices, washing hand with antiseptic indicated significant association for cough, sore throat, nausea and boils. Then, there was association between health symptoms and eating at workplace for phlegm, sore throat, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, stye and cellulitis. Overall findings of the study suggest that generally the household waste collectors had a positive and satisfactory response towards their working environment. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54672/1/54672.pdf ID54672 Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana and Ramli, Noor Ainor and Ku Hamid, Ku Halim and Noor Ismail, Kamariah and Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli and Zaki, Muhammad Afiq (2019) Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]. Health Scope, 1. pp. 208-212. ISSN 2735-0649 https://healthscopefsk.com/
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topic	Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
spellingShingle	Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Municipal refuse. Solid wastes Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana Ramli, Noor Ainor Ku Hamid, Ku Halim Noor Ismail, Kamariah Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli Zaki, Muhammad Afiq Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]
description	A study on health risk perceptions among household waste collectors of municipal council was conducted to assess their perceptions on environmental, health and safety, to identify the symptoms that workers experienced and to identify the association of health symptoms with working environment. A survey questionnaire which specific to the environmental, health and safety components perception and health symptoms experienced was used in this study. The target population of this study were household waste collectors working in municipal council (n=100). The results revealed that the workers was satisfied with their working environment while the highest unsatisfactory perception was on exposure to unpleasant odour. As for hygiene practices, washing hand with antiseptic indicated significant association for cough, sore throat, nausea and boils. Then, there was association between health symptoms and eating at workplace for phlegm, sore throat, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, stye and cellulitis. Overall findings of the study suggest that generally the household waste collectors had a positive and satisfactory response towards their working environment.
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author	Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana Ramli, Noor Ainor Ku Hamid, Ku Halim Noor Ismail, Kamariah Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli Zaki, Muhammad Afiq
author_facet	Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana Ramli, Noor Ainor Ku Hamid, Ku Halim Noor Ismail, Kamariah Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli Zaki, Muhammad Afiq
author_sort	Mohd Yatim, Siti Rohana
title	Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]
title_short	Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]
title_full	Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]
title_fullStr	Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]
title_sort	assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / siti rohana mohd yatim ... [et al.]
publisher	Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA
publishDate	2019
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