Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand
Purpose Thailands’ informal workers are faced with job insecurity and poor working conditions. Good health status can promote lifelong working and increase quality of life. This study analyzed factors associated with the health status of the community informal workers. Methods A cross-sectional stud...
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| author | Chamnong Thanapop Sasithorn Thanapop Sukanya Keam-Kan |
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| description | Purpose Thailands’ informal workers are faced with job insecurity and poor working conditions. Good health status can promote lifelong working and increase quality of life. This study analyzed factors associated with the health status of the community informal workers. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 390 informal workers aged 15 to 59 years in Thasala district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand. A multi-stage sampling method using proportional to size selection was employed in various types of informal workers. The interviews on self-reported health status, health behaviors, occupational hazards, healthcare utilization, occupational health and safety (OHS) access are reported as descriptive. The multivariate association was explored using the simple logistic regression. Findings The results revealed that 80.77% of the participants had good health, 57.44% had healthy behavior, 76.41% had safe work practices, 22.05% had moderate to high exposed of occupational hazards, and 56.41% had the low OHS access. Safe work practices, moderate to high OHS access, low exposed to occupational hazards, and low income were more likely to produce good health status, which yielded the adj. OR 2.57, 1.86, 0.39, and 0.48, respectively. Conclusions The community informal workers health status was associated by income, work practices, occupational hazards, and OHS access. To strengthening the informal workers’ health, the OHS program should be managed intensively by the primary care services, especially the OHS risk management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dd3b96acf69457da54a0b57135839012022-12-21T22:12:20ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Primary Care & Community Health2150-13272021-05-011210.1177/21501327211015884Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern ThailandChamnong Thanapop0Sasithorn Thanapop1Sukanya Keam-Kan2Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandWalailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandWalailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandPurpose Thailands’ informal workers are faced with job insecurity and poor working conditions. Good health status can promote lifelong working and increase quality of life. This study analyzed factors associated with the health status of the community informal workers. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 390 informal workers aged 15 to 59 years in Thasala district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand. A multi-stage sampling method using proportional to size selection was employed in various types of informal workers. The interviews on self-reported health status, health behaviors, occupational hazards, healthcare utilization, occupational health and safety (OHS) access are reported as descriptive. The multivariate association was explored using the simple logistic regression. Findings The results revealed that 80.77% of the participants had good health, 57.44% had healthy behavior, 76.41% had safe work practices, 22.05% had moderate to high exposed of occupational hazards, and 56.41% had the low OHS access. Safe work practices, moderate to high OHS access, low exposed to occupational hazards, and low income were more likely to produce good health status, which yielded the adj. OR 2.57, 1.86, 0.39, and 0.48, respectively. Conclusions The community informal workers health status was associated by income, work practices, occupational hazards, and OHS access. To strengthening the informal workers’ health, the OHS program should be managed intensively by the primary care services, especially the OHS risk management.https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211015884 |
| spellingShingle | Chamnong Thanapop Sasithorn Thanapop Sukanya Keam-Kan Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand Journal of Primary Care & Community Health |
| title | Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand |
| title_full | Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand |
| title_short | Health Status and Occupational Health and Safety Access among Informal Workers in the Rural Community, Southern Thailand |
| title_sort | health status and occupational health and safety access among informal workers in the rural community southern thailand |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211015884 |
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