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Date Published: 02/08/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v503i1.715
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Vol. 503 No. 1 (2021)
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Ngọc Bích, N. ., & Thị Lan Phương, P. . (2021). KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON OCCUPATIONAL HEARRING LOSS PREVENTION AMONG WORKERS AT DONG XUAN TAPIOCA STARCH PROCESSING COMPANY, 2018 AND SOME RELATED FACTORS. Vietnam Medical Journal, 503(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v503i1.715

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON OCCUPATIONAL HEARRING LOSS PREVENTION AMONG WORKERS AT DONG XUAN TAPIOCA STARCH PROCESSING COMPANY, 2018 AND SOME RELATED FACTORS

Nguyễn Ngọc Bích, Phan Thị Lan Phương

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Abstract

Occupational hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases in Vietnam. Food processing is one of the sectors that have high working environment pollution, just only lower than some industries like mining. Thís study aimed to investigate knowledge, attitude and practice of workers on hearring loss prevention and some related factors. A cross sectional study was conducted in 125 workers. Results show that the prevalence of workers who had adequate knowledge on hearring loss prevention was not so high (only 69.6%). Almost all of them did not know the noise limit at work while working for 8 hours. There were 72% of workers who had adequate attitude. But only 52.8% of workers practiced adequately on occupational hearring loss prevention.

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food processing, knowledge, attitude, practice, occupational hearring loss

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