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Social vulnerabilities of female waste pickers in Brasília, Brazil.
Marques, Carla Pintas; Zolnikov, Tara Rava; Noronha, Juliana Machado de; Angulo-Tuesta, Antonia; Bashashi, Morteza; Cruvinel, Vanessa Resende Nogueira.
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  • Marques CP; Faculty of Ceilândia, Public Health, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Zolnikov TR; Department of Community Health, National University, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Noronha JM; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Angulo-Tuesta A; Faculty of Ceilândia, Public Health, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • Bashashi M; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Occupational and Environmental health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Cruvinel VRN; Faculty of Ceilândia, Public Health, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil.
Arch Environ Occup Health ; 76(3): 173-180, 2021.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32602785
ABSTRACT
Worldwide, waste pickers are exposed to adverse health effects resulting from hazards at work. This study aimed to identify possible gender disparities among waste pickers. A quantitative cross-sectional epidemiological study, using semi-structured data was conducted in Estrutural's dumpsite, Brasília, Brazil. It included 1,025 waste pickers, with 67% being female. Most of them lived without partners (73.7%), have 3 to 4 children (47.8%), and have a lower monthly income (62.6%men (p < 0,001). Women also suffered from worse health outcomes than men hypertension- 26.3%; 16.2% (p < 0.001), bronchitis- 16.4%; 9.7% (p 0,003), diarrhea- 28.3; 17.0 and worms- 16.0; 5.5% (p < 0,001), respectively. This study highlighted the existence of gender differences among waste pickers, which suggests a greater vulnerability of the female population who need policies, programs and awareness of society to ensure safe working and living conditions both for them and their children.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eliminação de Resíduos / Saúde Ocupacional / Populações Vulneráveis Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eliminação de Resíduos / Saúde Ocupacional / Populações Vulneráveis Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article