Epidemiology in Occupational Injury among Northern Taiwan Urban Aborigines

• Main Authors: Chuh Kai Liao, 廖俊凱
• Other Authors: Mau Roung Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17007579062952684969

碩士 === 台北醫學院 === 傷害防治學研究所碩士班 === 90 === The main purpose of the present thesis is to explore the critical factors causing injuries to urban aborigines at work. The method applied to obtain the 502 questionaires used in this thesis, was though a random selection of 800 samples in the aborigines directory provided by Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan, derived from the 200 aborigines in each of the four regions of Taipei Country and Keelung City who approached the Department of Health’s medical assistance consultancies. The results of this research shows that the percentage of the occupational injuries increases when the aborigines are exposed to the environment physical agents and high humidity, or was not provided with an vocational training, pre-work health examination and working without use of protection devices. Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis showed: the odds ratio of male over female is 1.60, divorced/widow over married injured population is 2.53, non-provided with vocational training over taken vocational training is 3.93, unlikely use over proper use of protection devices is 8.49, exposed to environmental physical agents over chemical agents is 4.60 and injury resulting from high humidity environment over normal humidity is 2.43. The results of the above-mentioned are of statistical significance. In conclusion, the most convenient and effective way to prevent and reduce the urban aborigines occupational injuries is by providing them with the proper protection devices at work and a pre-work vocational training, without neglecting the improvement of working environment conditions and related factors as a crucial way to prevent unintentional injury.