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- Assessment of Occupational Safety, Hazards and Related Health Problems among Quarry Workers at Work Places in India
Authors
1 Community Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IN
Source
International Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 5, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 65-68Abstract
Introduction: As quarry site is the dangerous place to work in and quarry workers are more likely to be killed in accidents at any time. Therefore, the investigators tried to assess the occupational safety, hazards and related health problems among the quarry workers at work places in India.
Methodology: A cross sectional survey approach was used. The study was conducted in two quarry work sites in Vellore district. The study population consisted of all 72 quarry workers, who worked in the two quarry sites and the investigators selected the subjects by using convenient sampling method. The check list consisted of demographic data and 30 items, which covers the dimensions of occupational safety, hazards and related health problems among the quarry workers. Data collection was done for a period of two weeks.
Results: It was showed that the majority of the quarry workers 52.8% were between the age group of 18-45 years. Among them, 76.3% of the quarry workers were males and 23.7% of them were females. It was observed that none of them were using any of the personal protective equipments, fist aid boxes were not available and there was no ambulance facility available within 10 kms of diameter. The quarry workers were not covered under any health insurance schemes and were not trained for quarry work such as machine operation, first aid treatment and safety measures. The majority of the workers had frequent respiratory tract infection(88.8%), back ache (65.2%), joint pain (48.8%) and sinusitis (26.3%). Regarding vision and hearing acuity, 12.5% of them had reduced visual acuity and 15.3% of them had negative Weber and Rinne test too.
Conclusion: The study results make an urgent call on authority for job redesigning, scheduling policies, implementation of strict rules and regulations, health protection programmes and insurance schemes for workers who are involved in dangerous work places such as construction sites, quarry, mining and nuclear power plants.
Keywords
Quarry, Occupational Hazards, Occupational Safety, Occupational Problems.- Job Satisfaction among Community Health Nurses
Authors
1 M A Chidambaram College of Nursing, Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, TITI Post, Chennai-113, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Community Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IN
Source
International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management, Vol 5, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 191-194Abstract
Introduction: The job dissatisfaction leads to critical shortage of man power in health care in many countries and the employee turn over is increasing day by day in public health sector. There are some other factors such as gender discrimination, Job dissatisfaction, exploitation of women employees as they are the majority, low basic pay, poor working conditions, work load, extended working hours etc increase the rate job dissatisfaction. Keeping these issues in mind, the investigators conducted a study to assess the job dissatisfaction among community health nurses in community health nursing department, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Methodology: A quantitative approach using descriptive design was used to assess the job satisfaction among community health nurses. The study population consist of 30 community health nurses who are working in Community Health Nursing Department. The tool consisted of demographic data and 20 items which covers the dimensions of nature of job and salary. The descriptive and inferential statistics was used to assess the association between two variables. Results: It is showed that the majority of the community health nurses 66.7% were less than 25 years of age. Among them, 96.7% of the community health nurses were females and 3.3% of them were males. It is showed that 86.7% of the community health nurses are satisfied with their work and 66.7% of them are satisfied with their payment. It is reported that 93.3% of them are satisfied with the quality of professional life with the patients in the community. There is no significant association between the job satisfaction and socio demographic variables of community health nurses in the present study. Conclusion: This study results helps the nurse administrators to focus on determinants of job satisfaction which helps to improve organizational structure, enhance job satisfaction, retain and attract the public health nurse workforce to deliver health care services in the community.Keywords
Job Satisfaction, Public Health Nurse, Community Health Nurse, Job Security.References
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- Why have I been Touched Badly? A 22 years Follow-Up Research Study on Factors Influencing Child Sex Abuse and Solutions to Stop it
Authors
1 Chettinad College of Nursing, Chettinad Academy for Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu., IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 9, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 9-16Abstract
The technology and democracy have helped us to forward the world fastly, without giving an ultimate solution to many social problems which makes the lives nightmare. Among these, the incidence of child sex abuse has become an unresolved issue and is increasing dramatically nowadays. The author has conducted a 22-years prospective and inquisitive search to explore the factors influencing the sex abuse from offender’s and victim/target’s point of view and to find a solution to eradicate this crime towards children. The researcher has selected a personalized cum case study qualitative approach to explore the factors and solution, introduced the paper with a title of ‘Why have I been touched badly’? and masked the title of the study, statement of the problem, research questions, inclusion and exclusion criteria purposefully to ensure confidentiality, anonymity and trust of the participants at cent percent as it is a highly sensitive issue in the society. The researcher has used triangulation method to evolve results bias-free. The researcher has used diary notes, discussions, observations and case studies. It is seen that there are 11 factors contributing to infant sex abuse, 9 & 6 factors for preschooler and schooler sex abuse respectively. The current research identified 6 phases of child sex abuse; observation phase, introduction phase, Samaritan phase, isolation phase, execution phase and termination phase. The existing body of literature regarding this issue is very limited. The researcher decided to discuss the evolved facts with reported cases of child sex abuse and studied on ‘how could it have been prevented?’ The researcher randomly picked five recent reported cases by media with the detailed explanation of the situational factors except the case study VI, which the researcher has purposefully selected this incident to justify the suggested solution to eradicate the child sex abuse in the society. The researcher concludes the paper with a request for revising POCSO act based on the results of the study, thus hopefully be able to stop the child sex abuse forever.Keywords
Child Sex Abuse, Pocso Act, Bad Touch, Sex Offenders, Sex Abuse Victims, A Solution to Sex Abuse.References
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- Flawed Indian Laws which Paralyze the Lives of Women Since Five Decades-A Nurse Researcher’s Perspective
Authors
1 Chettinad College of Nursing, Chettinad Academy for Research and Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 9, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 140-142Abstract
As nursing is a female-dominated profession, it is also important to take care of the nurse’s health physically, psychologically and socially to make them productive in their career. It is seen that one of the social evils like dowry system of India cripples their personal and career lives, and making them weep silently behind the doors. Whilst considering the dowry system as a major issue among them, the researcher studied the origin of the dowry system and Indian dowry laws in detail. Here, the researcher has taken the two Indian laws; The Hindu Succession Act and The Dowry Prohibition Act, to throw light on the various aspects of defaults in the implementation of the amendment to achieve the aim of ‘gender equality and/or women empowerment’ in India. The researcher points out the drawbacks of the Indian laws and gives the recommended solutions to upischolar_main the word ‘dowry’ from the people’s mind.Keywords
Dowry System, Indian Laws, Women Empowerment, Gender Equality, The Nursing Profession, Flawed Laws, Social Evils.References
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