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标题：Health Issues among Women Labourers at Construction Sites
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作者：GarimaYadav ; Kiran Singh ; Kusum Rana 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：8
页码：15586
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2016.0508162
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：The present study was conducted on hundred women labourers consisting of 50 respondents each fromHisar and Gurgaon district. Out of these 25 respondents, each wasengaged in work either at residential constructionsitesor commercial construction sites. The focus of the study predominantly consisted of basic amenities provided towomen labourers on construction sites and reproductive health disorders faced by them.Results revealed that majorityof the respondents were illiterate (93%) and hailed from Madhya Pradesh (45%). The majority of the respondents(71%) were employed on atemporary basis. Most of the respondents (36%) were residing away from the constructionsite followed by those living in the vicinity of thesite (33%) and within the premises of construction site (31%). Thelabourers reported having no toilet facility (72%) and medical facility (77%). About half of them reported havingdrinking water facility (50%). Therespondents reported having anabortionbetween 3-6 months of pregnancyboth inthecase of residential (10.86%) and commercial site workers (10.63%) as a consequence of strenuous activities and lackof medical facilities. About 60percentof the women construction labourers (59.13%) reported suffering from theproblem of leucorrhoea.
关键词：Construction Workers; Basic Amenities; Medical Facility; Health Issue.