An Assessment of Health Status of Seasonal Migrant Brick Kiln Workers of Jorhat District of Assam

Bharati Gogoi, Dr. Joysankar Hazarika

Abstract: The present study investigates the health status of seasonal migrant workers of brick kilns. The sample for the study comprised of 371 seasonal migrant workers in the age group of 18-70 years including both sexes. A combination of multistage and judgement random sampling technique was used for the selection of the sample group from 17 brick kilns of Jorhat district of Assam state. Clinical assessment was conducted to look for the symptoms of various ailments (anaemia, malnutrition, hypertension, respiratory rate and other pathological signs). The results of the study revealed that seasonal migrant workers of brick kilns were suffering from disturbed emotional status along with capacity for strenuous physical activity. It was found that though 62.5 percent workers had medium body built, 38.3 percent workers had underweight BMI (less than18.5 kg/m2) indicating the highest prevalence of malnourishment among 52.3 percent workers of 18 to 30 yrs of age. Half of the workers were identified undernourished (23 to 18.5 cm), moderately undernourished (18.5 to 16 cm) and severely undernourished (

Keywords: Anaemia, BMI, MUAC, malnutrition, pathological signs and strenuous physical activity

How to Cite?: Bharati Gogoi, Dr. Joysankar Hazarika, "An Assessment of Health Status of Seasonal Migrant Brick Kiln Workers of Jorhat District of Assam", Volume 5 Issue 12, December 2016, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1406-1415, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20163666, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20163666

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