Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]

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
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Published: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019
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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
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Ramli, Noor Ainor
Ku Hamid, Ku Halim
Noor Ismail, Kamariah
Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli
Zaki, Muhammad Afiq
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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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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.] healthscope 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 Assessment of health risk perception and hygiene practice among waste collectors at selected local council / Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim ... [et al.]. (2019) Health Scope <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Health_Scope/>, 1. pp. 208-212. ISSN 2735-0649 https://healthscopefsk.com/
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.]
title 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_short 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.]
topic Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply
Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54672/1/54672.pdf
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