ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Issue of Compliance with Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Wastewater Workers across the Southeast Region of the United States.
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- A Systematic Literature Review of the Factors Influencing Hearing Protection Device Usage among Industrial Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Compliance and associated factors of personal protective equipment among sanitary workers in selected public hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study design.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Determinants of knowledge associated with occupational hazards and perceived health problems among dye workers in Abeokuta, Nigeria.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023Article
- Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among urban cleaning and solid waste management workers during transmission of the Omicron variant in Brazil.Epidemiology and health · 2023Article
- Developing occupational and health susceptibility personas for wastewater personnel in the United States in the age of COVID-19.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2022Article
- Building Construction Artisans' Level of Access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the Perceived Barriers and Motivating Factors of Adherence to Its Use.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
- Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment and Associated Factors among Large-Scale Factory Workers in Debre-Berhan Town, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2021.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Wastewater workers are exposed to different occupational hazards such as chemicals, gases, viruses, and bacteria. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a significant factor that can reduce or decrease the probability of an accident from hazardous exposures to chemicals and microbial contaminants. The purpose of this study was to examine wastewater worker's beliefs and practices on wearing PPE through the integration of the Health Belief Model (HBM), identify the impact that management has on wastewater workers wearing PPE, and determine the predictors of PPE compliance among workers in the wastewater industry. Data was collected from 272 wastewater workers located at 33 wastewater facilities across the southeast region of the United States. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted to present frequency distributions of participants' knowledge and compliance with wearing PPE. Univariate and multiple linear regression models were applied to determine the association of predictors of interest with PPE compliance. Wastewater workers were knowledgeable of occupational exposures and PPE requirements at their facility. Positive predictors of PPE compliance were perceived susceptibility and perceived severity of contracting an occupational illness (
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