Objective To study the status of knowledge and attitude of different job workers in Shanghai Putuo district on occupational disease prevention and control, so as to provide guidance for further propaganda in control and prevention of occupational disease.
Methods From April to May in 2010, with stratified random sampling method, 550 workers of different jobs in Putuo district were interviewed by questionnaire. The relations of the degree of knowledge, and attitude of prevention and control of occupational disease with different jobs of different age, sex, occupation, duration of living in Shanghai, and educational level were analyzed.
Results There were some differences in knowledge and attitude of prevention and control occupational disease among different age, duration of living in Shanghai, educational level and different occupations. There were also some difference in awareness of hazardous working in confined space and their willing to accept the knowledge among different age groups (χ2=15.80, 9.89, P<0.05). Relevant knowledge and attitude were not significantly different between different gender (P>0.05). Workers who lived in Shanghai more than six months did better than those less than six months on the knowledge of occupational disease prevention regulations, hazardous working in confined space, toxicant in sewer and clean-up operation, gauze mask being not dustproof, personal protective equipment of painting and coating, and on the willing to accept relevant knowledge (χ2=21.76, 4.07, 23.51, 5.77, 21.77, 6.94, respectively, P<0.05). As the education level differs, the knowledge of hazardous working in confined space or sewer or clean-up operation, protective measure of noise, personal protective equipment of painting and coating, gauze mask being not dustproof, and the willing to accept the knowledge were all different (χ2=38.09, 50.04, 49.35, 16.62, 23.65, respectively, P<0.05). There were some differences among different jobs on the knowledge of responsible department, hazard of welding, fatal toxicant in sewer and clean-up operation, protective measure of noise, gauze mask being not dustproof, personal protective equipment of painting and coating, and on the willing to accept relevant knowledge (χ2=17.41, 11.29, 32.98, 30.78, 28.15, 13.51, 23.82, respectively, P<0.05).
Conclusion Further strengthening to the prevention and control of occupational disease should be done according to different occupations. And different methods of intervention should be based on different occupations too.
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