Development and Evaluation of Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Prevention Program for Taxi Drivers

Jeon, Mi Yang; Song, Youngl-SU; Jung, Hyung-Tae; Park, Jung-Sok; Yoon, Hye-Young; Lee, Eliza

doi:10.5762/kais.2013.14.9.4437

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“…For transport workers with high blood pressure or metabolic syndrome, health check-ups should be conducted regularly and rest periods should be taken. In 2019, approximately 1.154 million workers were known to be in the transportation industry, with about 431,704 working in ground-passenger transport services (taxi, bus), and a 2018 survey revealed that 45.3% out of the 321 taxi drivers studied were current smokers in South Korea [ 16 , 17 ].…”

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Awareness and Needs of Smoking Cessation Services for Female Emotional Laborers, Parcel Delivery Workers, Transportation Workers, and Construction Workers in South Korea

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Kim³

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Although South Korea has implemented various smoking cessation services, women who are emotional laborers, as well as parcel delivery, transportation, and construction workers, have poor access to these services. This study evaluated the smoking-related characteristics of workers in these four occupations as well as the awareness of and need for smoking cessation services. In total 808 workers in these four occupations aged 19 years and above were recruited nationwide and had their data analyzed. The participants’ age, marital status, number of work hours per week, job-related stress, age when they started smoking, average number of cigarettes a day, types of tobacco products, close relationships to others who smoke, number of attempts to quit smoking, plans to quit smoking, awareness of cessation services, prior utilization of cessation services, and need for cessation services were surveyed. Compared with parcel delivery workers, female emotional laborers and transportation and construction workers had more attempts to quit smoking, plans to quit smoking, and prior utilization of smoking cessation services, moreover, construction workers had a significantly lower awareness of smoking cessation services. Parcel delivery workers need smoking cessation programs, mobile applications to help them quit smoking, and improvements in their work environments. Cessation services and education should be promoted at workplaces and among managers.

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Awareness and Needs of Smoking Cessation Services for Female Emotional Laborers, Parcel Delivery Workers, Transportation Workers, and Construction Workers in South Korea

Lee

Kim³

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Awareness and needs of smoking cessation services for female emotional laborers, parcel delivery workers, transportation workers, and construction workers in Korea

Lee

Kim³

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Background With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and consequent COVID-19 blues striking the world, cigarette sales rose by 5.4% in 2020 compared to the previous year. Female emotional labor, parcel delivery, transportation, and construction workers are vulnerable classes for smoking compared to office workers. Although South Korea has implemented various smoking cessation clinics, quitlines, and smoking cessation services, these occupations have poor access to these services. This study evaluated smoking related characteristics and awareness, as well as needs for smoking cessation services, among female emotional laborers, parcel delivery workers, transportation workers, and construction workers. Methods A total of 819 female emotional laborers, parcel delivery workers, transportation workers, and construction workers aged 19 years and above were recruited nationwide. After excluding participants with missing data, 808 were included in the final analysis. Participants’ age, marital status, weekly work hours, job stress, age at cigarette smoking initiation, average daily smoking, types of tobacco products, smokers among close people, attempts to quit smoking, plans to quit smoking, awareness of smoking cessation services, and needs for smoking cessation services were surveyed. Results Compared with parcel delivery workers, attempts to quit smoking were significantly higher among female emotional laborers (OR = 11.18, CI = 6.32–19.79), transportation workers (OR = 2.52, CI = 1.42–4.47), and construction workers (OR = 1.78, CI = 1.17–2.73), and plans to quit smoking were also significantly higher among female emotional laborers (OR = 5.43, CI = 3.57–8.26), transportation workers (OR = 3.42, CI = 2.14–5.46), and construction workers (OR = 2.27, CI = 1.52–3.40). Prior utilization of smoking cessation services was also higher among female emotional laborers (OR = 8.81, CI = 5.60–13.86), transportation workers (OR = 3.92, CI = 2.40–6.40), and construction workers (OR = 1.40, CI = 0.95–2.05). Awareness of smoking cessation services was significantly lower among construction workers (OR = 0.40, CI = 0.18–0.91) compared to parcel delivery workers. Conclusions Visiting smoking cessation programs and mobile applications to help quit smoking are needed for parcel delivery workers, and their work environment should also be improved. Smoking cessation services should be promoted at work sites, and smoking related education should be provided and promoted among managers.

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Facilitators and barriers to achieving dietary and physical activity goals: focus group interviews with city bus drivers and counseling dietitians

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Cho,

Han

et al. 2023

Korean J Community Nutr

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Development and Evaluation of Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Prevention Program for Taxi Drivers

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Awareness and Needs of Smoking Cessation Services for Female Emotional Laborers, Parcel Delivery Workers, Transportation Workers, and Construction Workers in South Korea

Awareness and Needs of Smoking Cessation Services for Female Emotional Laborers, Parcel Delivery Workers, Transportation Workers, and Construction Workers in South Korea

Awareness and needs of smoking cessation services for female emotional laborers, parcel delivery workers, transportation workers, and construction workers in Korea

Facilitators and barriers to achieving dietary and physical activity goals: focus group interviews with city bus drivers and counseling dietitians

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