Sanitary and environmental conditions related to food poisoning among informal street vendors in downtown Medellín, Colombia, 2016.
| Autor: | Garzón Duque MO; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Rodríguez Ospina FL; Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Callejas LMS; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Alviar JJA; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Arango DC; Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Sanchez MO; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Cardona ÁMS; Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Mejía MCT; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia., Kambourova IM; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CES, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT [Rev Bras Med Trab] 2023 Apr 18; Vol. 21 (1), pp. e2023806. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 18 (Print Publication: 2023). |
| DOI: | 10.47626/1679-4435-2023-806 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Although studies with informal workers have been conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean, there is still scarce evidence on the prevalence of food poisoning among workers with subsistence jobs on the streets and sidewalks of cities and on the factors that influence its presentation. Objectives: To determine sociodemographic, labor, sanitary, and environmental conditions that influence the prevalence of food poisoning in informal workers in downtown Medellín, Colombia. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using a workers' survey as the primary source. A total of 686 workers aged ≥18 years who had been working for ≥ 5 years were surveyed. An assisted survey was initially applied as a pilot test for training purposes and to obtain informed consent. Results: We identified several associations and explanatory factors of food poisoning using chi-square tests and prevalence ratios, with unadjusted and adjusted 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). A higher prevalence of food poisoning (p < 0.05) was observed in workers with lower frequency of waste collection (PR = 2.09; 95%CI = 1.04-4.19), who left cooked food (PR = 6.40; 95%CI = 2.34-17.8), beverages or chopped fruits uncovered at their workplace (PR = 3.92; 95%CI = 1.40-10.48), with inadequate waste management (PR = 4.84; 95%CI = 2.12-11.06), exposure to polluted water (PR = 3.00; 95%CI = 1.20-7.50) and acceptable water supply (PR = 5.40; 95%CI = 1.60-17.8). The factors that explained higher rates of food poisoning were not having a waste collection service (PR Conclusions: The conditions that are associated with and explain the higher prevalence of food poisoning in this working population can be addressed with health promotion and disease prevention interventions. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: No |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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