hazards

Association between Risk Factors and Occupational Hazards among Health Workers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Evelyn Orevaoghene Onosakponome, Tamunonengiye-Ofori Lenox-Prince, Amalachukwu Okwukwe Ike, Clement Ugochukwu Nyenke & Ibiso Bruce · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2023

Occupation is a labour routinely engaged in by individuals, often as a result of training, and for the purpose of making or earning a living. A hazard is something that could cause harm. The aim of this study was to study the association between risk factors and occupational haza...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i12960

An Assessment of Knowledge among Healthcare Professionals on Occupational Health Hazards at New Abirem Government Hospital, Ghana

Thomas Tawiah, Albert Opoku, Akwasi Frimpong & Burhanatu Hafiz · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2022

Background: Healthcare professionals render various healthcare services to patients. However, in their duty to patients, they are exposed to occupational hazards that could be detrimental to their health and safety. In order to minimize exposure to these occupational hazards and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i1030516

Occupational Safety and Health Hazards in the Informal Non-food Manufacturing Sector in Kampala City, Uganda

Stephen Aurice Wekoye, Wilkister Nyaora Moturi & Stanley Maingi Makindi · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2019

The informal non-food manufacturing sector is an engine of growth and development in both developed and developing countries. This particular sector is unregulated and unregistered in official government statistics. It is a heterogeneous sector found in open places, road reserves...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i230094