Associated with the morbidity of the Bidi workers in village (ChhatarGachh), Kishanganj district
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 2
Abstract
Tobacco consumption is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability and premature death, but little is known about its deleterious effect on the health of workers handling tobacco. Methods: Present study was conducted in the village of ChhatarGachh. ChhatarGachh is a large village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 1188 families residing. The ChhatarGachh village has population of 5993 of which 3110 are males while 2883 are females as per Population Census 2011. A vast majority of the people live in the villages. Which is Muslim majority, with Muslims forming about 87.4 per cent of the population, there are also Hindus of whom are Surajpuris( Rajbanshi ). There also are small Santal pockets. The study period of the present study was from April 2018 to January 2019, Results:Most of the Bidi workers are in the age group 15-40 years, Most of the Bidi worker’s BMI are normal, About 62.7% of Bidi workers in the Middle upper class. Majority (89.1%) of study participants were female. Most of the study population (97.7%) were Muslim. 71.8% participants were married and 91.4% belonged to nuclear family. 29.9% study subjects were illiterate. In respiratory system total 59.1% of Bidi worker were suffering from respiratory morbidity. Thus, all the dimensions of the study variables reveals that the health hazards existing in the Bidi rolling. Conclusion: This research revealed the high prevalence of morBidities and other occupational related hazards among study population as well as some of the modifiable risk factors of like Hypertension, DM, duration of work. Use of personal protection equipment’s (such as gloves, masks, first aid facility etc).might reduce of these morBidities and Hazards of Bidi workers.
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Kanchan Lata, Chikirsha Vijay
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