Determinants of perceived risk among artisanal gold miners: A case study of Berber locality, Sudan

Fadlallah, Mahmoud Ali; Pal, Indrajit; Hoe, Victor Chee Wai

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2020.03.006

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“…Our findings also indicated that artisanal miners who had senior high and tertiary level education were more likely to protect themselves at work. This finding is similar to [25] and [11] who reported that educated people perceived higher risk than the less educated. This is probably due to the fact that education increases goldminers access to information on hazards and risk at the workplace.…”

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confidence: 89%

Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

Sa¹,

Saalidong²,

Appiah³

2021

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The nature of Artisanal mining in Ghana exposes its workers to various levels of health, safety and environmental (HSE) threats. These miners are mostly liable for their own HSE state at work. In an attempt to understand the HSE dynamics of artisanal miners, this study sought to assess the effect of HSE conditions on self-protection at work by artisanal goldminers in Ghana. A nested binary logistic regression model was fitted to a cross sectional survey of 500 artisanal goldminers while controlling for compositional and contextual factors. Of the HSE conditions, only health (OR= 1.653, p<0.001) and safety conditions (OR= 1.935, p<0.001) were robust in predicting self-protection in all three models. Goldminers who reported good health and safety conditions were more likely to fully protect themselves at work as compared to their counterparts who reported poor health and safety conditions. For compositional factors, female goldminers were 84% less likely to protect themselves. Miners who had senior high (OR= 1.759, p<0.001) or tertiary education (OR= 1.875, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work as compared to those with no formal education. Likewise, miners who undertook routine medical checkups (OR= 2.533, p<0.001) and the most experienced miners (OR= 2.734, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work. Counterintuitively, miners who earned more monthly income ($174 and above) were less likely to protect themselves. At the contextual level, miners who worked in non-production departments (OR= 2.001, p<0.001) and miners who worked in the medium scale subsector (OR= 5.311, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work. To increase consciousness of self-protection in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national dialogue on how to improve HSE conditions and in the absence of legislation, the complexities in managing HSE in the sector needs to be decoupled to achieve fair and standard HSE conditions as championed by the World Health Organization.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

Sa¹,

Saalidong²,

Appiah³

2021

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“…Miners, like other migrant workers, are considered to be motivated by the livelihood income from the mining operations [28,29]. They initially seek employment as temporary workers to collect a certain amount of wealth, then travel back to their place of origin or elsewhere to start a new business(s) or to expand existing ones.…”

Section: Internal Migrants In Sudan and Traditional Gold Miningmentioning

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“…Besides, poor environmental health conditions are created as a result of water shortages, consumption of unsafe (contaminated) water, poor sanitation, food hygiene, and waste disposal practices [31]. Moreover, a lack of knowledge and technical training, poor access to information about hazards, and a low level of perceived risk fuel unsafe health behaviors among members of mining communities [36,29].…”

Section: Internal Migrants In Sudan and Traditional Gold Miningmentioning

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Health Disparities: A Perspective on Internal Migration and Health Behavior in Sudan

Fadlallah

Pal

Chatterjee

2020

Annals of Global Health

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Background: Natural hazards, poor socio-economic conditions, low literacy levels, and long-standing conflicts affect traditional gold miners in Sudan and contribute to multiple health vulnerabilities. An extensivesurveyrevealsdifferentialhealthriskamonginternalmigrantminersleadingtoshort-,medium-, andlong-termhealthconsequencesanddisparities.Theneedtoidentifydeterminantsofhealthbehavior and limited prior research on internal migrants involved in traditional gold mining in Sudan motivated this research. Objective:Toinvestigatepotentialhealthdisparitiesbetweeninternalmigrantworkersparticipatingin traditional gold mining and their local counterparts. Methods:Questionnairesonsocio-demographicandhealthstatusintheAbideyaareaintheRiverNile state of Sudan were administered to 211 miners. Composite score variables were devised based on existingliteratureanddataforassessmentofunderlyingriskdeterminantsfortheminers'vulnerability (migrantsandnon-migrants).Sixnewcompositevariableswereconstructedandsubjectedtoanalysisby immigration status. Findings: There are disparities in drivers of health behavior related to the immigration status of traditional gold miners. Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services are common determinants for thehealthbehaviorofbothinternalmigrantminers(p<0.001)andtheirlocalcounterparts(p<0.001). However,knowledge(p<0.05)andperception(p<0.05)areadditionalcriticaldeterminantsforthe health behavioroflocalminers,whileeducation(secondary,p<0.01)isanadditionalmodifierforthe immigrants'healthbehavior. Conclusions:Theoutcomesofthisfield-basedresearchsuggestincreasedawarenessandrisk perceptions among migrants could improve health-related behaviors. The study advocates for policymaking and implementationofhealthprogramsatalllevelstoreducehealthdisparitiesbetweenmigrantsandnonmigrants, improving the health status of the entire community.

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“…Artisanal goldminers, in this case are liable for their own health-care due to the nature of their occupation. Despite these evidences, most studies have focused on unsafe health, safety and environmental practices and its impacts (see Bansah et al., 2018 ; Lynas, 2018 ; Stewart, 2019 ; Wireko-Gyebi et al., 2020 ), risk perception (see Adeyemi and Olagunju, 2017 ; Antabe et al., 2017 ; Nunfam et al., 2019 ; Fadlallah et al., 2020 ) and economic impacts of artisanal mining (see Orleans-Boham et al., 2020 ; Zolnikov, 2020 ; Baffour-Kyei et al., 2021 ). No study, however, has investigated the complexities in self-care culture and how to improve it in the sector.…”

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Assessing the effect of working conditions on routine medical checkup among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

Aram

2021

Heliyon

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The socio-economic impacts of unforeseen health challenges among mine workers cannot be overemphasized. Due to the nature of artisanal mining in Ghana, workers are responsible for their own health care. This, however, necessitates the need for insight into the dynamics of self-care among artisanal miners. A cross-sectional survey of 500 artisanal gold miners was conducted to explore the relationship between working conditions of artisanal miners and voluntarily going for routine medical checkup, even in the absence of the right support systems, using a nested binary logistic regression. All the working condition variables were robust in predicting routine medical checkup in all three models. In this case, goldminers who reported good health, safety and environmental conditions were more likely to go for routine medical checkup as compared to their co-workers who reported poor health, safety and environmental conditions. Contrariwise, miners who reported good economic conditions were less likely to go for routine medical checkup as compared to their counterparts who reported poor economic conditions. Also, routine medical checkup was less likely among artisanal miners who did not protect themselves at work and had experienced work related health challenges. For the compositional factors, miners who had senior high school education were more likely to go for routine medical checkup as compared to those with no formal education. Likewise, older miners were more probable to go for routine medical checkup as compared to their younger counterparts. At the contextual level, miners who worked on shift regime and miners who worked in non-production departments were more likely to go for routine medical checkup. The outcome of this study provides insight into the dynamics of self-care amongst artisanal miners and how best to possibly improve it in an attempt to maintain a healthy workforce and its cascading effects. To increase consciousness of self-health care in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national dialogue on how to improve the working conditions of artisanal miners in Ghana.

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Determinants of perceived risk among artisanal gold miners: A case study of Berber locality, Sudan

Cited by 12 publications

References 59 publications

Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

Health Disparities: A Perspective on Internal Migration and Health Behavior in Sudan

Assessing the effect of working conditions on routine medical checkup among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

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