Scavenging demeanor in Bahawalpur, Pakistan: social and health perspective
| العنوان: | Scavenging demeanor in Bahawalpur, Pakistan: social and health perspective |
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| المؤلفون: | Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry, Asma Majeed, Rana Aatif Siddique, Syeda Adila Batool |
| المصدر: | Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 19:815-826 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Engineering, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Cross-sectional study, Incidence (epidemiology), Population, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 021107 urban & regional planning, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, Occupational safety and health, Waste management system, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental health, medicine, Operations management, Detection rate, business, education, Waste Management and Disposal, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| الوصف: | Social and health issues are now considered as an integral part of waste management system. Scavengers or waste pickers are the main victims in waste management sector. Objective of the cross sectional study carried out for a group of scavengers living in huts was to highlight the socio-demographic characteristic, working conditions and occupational health risks with main emphasis on relation of infectious disease prevalence and waste picking activity in Bahawalpur area. Of the 100 waste pickers and 100 non-waste pickers HIV was not detected in any participant, HBV was detected in 4 and 2 % and HCV in 28 and 6 % respectively. Considerable differences were observed in the detection rates of HCV (OR: 6.09, 95 % CI 2.4, 15.5; p = 0.000) and either markers (OR: 5.4, 95 % CI 2.35, 12.5; p = 0.000) in waste pickers compared to general population. The higher incidence of Hepatitis among waste pickers compared to non waste pickers is a function of their occupation, unhygienic living conditions, lack of immunization, ignorance and need of training regarding waste handling. |
| تدمد: | 1611-8227 1438-4957 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10163-016-0483-2 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::1e80dc429e4bdf1ac70cc85d8f395271 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-016-0483-2 |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........1e80dc429e4bdf1ac70cc85d8f395271 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16118227 14384957 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10163-016-0483-2 |