Occupational Health Research in India

India being a developing nation is faced with traditional public health problems like communicable diseases, malnutrition, poor environmental sanitation and inadequate medical care. However, globalization and rapid industrial growth in the last few years has resulted in emergence of occupational hea...

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Published in:Industrial Health 2004, Vol.42(2), pp.141-148
Main Authors: SAIYED, Habibullah N, TIWARI, Rajnarayan R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Humans
India
India - epidemiology
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Occupational Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data
Occupational health research
Occupational Medicine - organization & administration
Public Policy
Research - trends
Researchable issues
Silicosis
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Summary:India being a developing nation is faced with traditional public health problems like communicable diseases, malnutrition, poor environmental sanitation and inadequate medical care. However, globalization and rapid industrial growth in the last few years has resulted in emergence of occupational health related issues. Agriculture (cultivators i.e. land owners+ agriculture labourers) is the main occupation in India giving employment to about 58% of the people. The major occupational diseases/morbidity of concern in India are silicosis, musculo-skeletal injuries, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, chronic obstructive lung diseases, asbestosis, byssinosis, pesticide poisoning and noise induced hearing loss. There are many agencies like National Institute of Occupational Health, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Central Labour Institute, etc. are working on researchable issues like Asbestos and asbestos related diseases, Pesticide poisoning, Silica related diseases other than silicosis and Musculoskeletal disorders. Still much more is to be done for improving the occupational health research. The measures such as creation of advanced research facilities, human resources development, creation of environmental and occupational health cells and development of database and information system should be taken.
ISSN:0019-8366
1880-8026
DOI:10.2486/indhealth.42.141