Neighborhood and postal worker characteristics associated with dog bites in postal workers of the Brazilian National Postal Service in Curitiba

Oliveira, Eduardo Alexandre de; Manosso, Rose Maria; Braune, Gisela; Marcenovicz, Priscila Cavalheiro; Kuritza, Leandro Nagae; Ventura, Henrique Larsen Brunow; Paploski, Igor Adolfo Dexheimer; Kikuti, Mariana; Biondo, Alexander Welker

doi:10.1590/s1413-81232013000500022

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“…Ao comparar os ACS deste estudo com os carteiros, que realizam o seu trabalho a pé, de bicicleta ou moto, de residência em residência, verifica-se que as partes do corpo mais atingidas, nos AT, são semelhantes entre essas categorias dos carteiros que referiram mordeduras por cães, mais da metade sofreram lesões nas mãos ou pés e nas pernas 30 .…”

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Acidentes de trabalho com agentes comunitários de saúde [Occupational accidents involving community health agents] [Accidentes de trabajo con agentes comunitarios de salud]

2016

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RESUMOObjetivo: analisar os acidentes de trabalho ocorridos com agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) do município de Caraguatatuba/ SP/Brasil. Método: pesquisa descritiva, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa. Após anuência do Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa da Universidade Guarulhos (Parecer nº 723/11), os dados foram coletados com 137 ACS, em 2012, por meio de questionário e entrevista. Resultados: constatou-se que 59(43,07%) ACS sofreram 80 acidentes de trabalho, sendo os mais frequentes: traumatismo do ciclista (ACS) em acidente de transporte, mordedura provocada por cão e quedas; 64(80%) dos acidentes foram típicos, 13(16,25%) de trajeto e 3(3,75%) doença do trabalho. Apenas 31(38,75%) acidentes foram notificados por meio da Comunicação de Acidentes de Trabalho e 16(20%) ocasionaram afastamento dos ACS das atividades laborais. Conclusão: os resultados alertam para a importância da promoção de medidas preventivas e interventivas no exercício do trabalho do ACS. Palavras-chave: Agentes comunitários de saúde; acidentes de trabalho; notificação de acidentes de trabalho; saúde do trabalhador. ABSTRACTObjective: to analyze occurrence of occupational accidents in community health agents (CHAs) in the municipality of Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Method: in this quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Guarulhos University (No. 723/11), data were collected from 137 CHAs, in 2012, using a questionnaire and interview. Results: 59(43.07%) CHAs were found to have had 80 occupational accidents, the most frequent being CHA cyclist injured in traffic accident, by dog bite or by fall; 64(80.00%) were typical to the profession, 13(16.25%) were travel accidents and 3(3.75%) were occupational disease. Only 31(38.75%) of the accidents were reported by Occupational Accident Notification, and 16(20.00%) entailed absence from work. Conclusion: these results alert to the importance of promoting preventive and intervention measures in CHA working conditions.

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Acidentes de trabalho com agentes comunitários de saúde [Occupational accidents involving community health agents] [Accidentes de trabajo con agentes comunitarios de salud]

2016

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“…Among those injured, the most affected occupations are: non-farm animal caretakers, truck drivers, veterinary technicians and meter readers [ 9 ]. Moreover, in two separate studies carried out in Brazil and Taiwan, approximately 70% of surveyed postal workers reported being bitten by a dog at some point during their career [ 10 , 11 ]. On average 277 people are seriously bitten each year at work in the UK, making dog bites an important issue concerning workplace safety [ 12 ].…”

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“If You Don’t See the Dog, What Can You Do?” Using Procedures to Negotiate the Risk of Dog Bites in Occupational Contexts

Owczarczak‐Garstecka

Christley

Watkins

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Dog bites are a health risk in a number of workplaces such as the delivery, veterinary and dog rescue sectors. This study aimed to explore how workers negotiate the risk of dog bites in daily interactions with dogs and the role of procedures in workplace safety. Participants who encounter dogs at work were recruited using snowball sampling. Ethnographic methods (interviews, focus group discussions, participant-observations) were used for data collection. All data were coded qualitatively into themes. Six themes describing dog bite risk management were identified: ‘Surveillance of dogs’; ‘Communicating risk; ‘Actions taken to manage perceived risk’; ‘Reporting bites and near-misses’, ‘Investigating bites and near-misses’, and; ‘Learning and teaching safety’. While the procedures described dog bite risk as objective, when interacting with dogs, participants drew on experiential knowledge and subjective judgment of risk. There was a discrepancy between risks that the procedures aimed to guard against and the risk participants were experiencing in the course of work. This often led to disregarding procedures. Paradoxically, procedures generated risks to individual wellbeing and sometimes employment, by contributing to blaming employees for bites. Dog bite prevention could be improved by clarifying definitions of bites, involving at risk staff in procedure development, and avoiding blaming the victim for the incident.

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Dog bites as a zoonotic risk in Ecuador: Need for the implementation of a One Health approach

et al. 2023

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Neighborhood and postal worker characteristics associated with dog bites in postal workers of the Brazilian National Postal Service in Curitiba

Cited by 5 publications

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Acidentes de trabalho com agentes comunitários de saúde [Occupational accidents involving community health agents] [Accidentes de trabajo con agentes comunitarios de salud]

Acidentes de trabalho com agentes comunitários de saúde [Occupational accidents involving community health agents] [Accidentes de trabajo con agentes comunitarios de salud]

“If You Don’t See the Dog, What Can You Do?” Using Procedures to Negotiate the Risk of Dog Bites in Occupational Contexts

Dog bites as a zoonotic risk in Ecuador: Need for the implementation of a One Health approach

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