Abstract:
Objective: To identify socio demographic & health condition of the workers employed in the
brick kilns of Bangladesh by studying selected subject population.
Methods: It is a survey based study, where data was obtained from 276 brick field workers in
9 brick fields at Savar Upazilla, Dhaka District. Data was been collected based on
questionnaires form, divided into socio demographic information, basic health status, medical
information.
Result: Major workforce (90.97%) in the brick fields of the study area is found migrants.
65% of them didn’t received any institutional education. Due to heavy workload (8-9 hours)
in the field many workers recently suffered from discomfort in different parts of their body,
especially in their lower back (21.73%), muscles of hands and legs (17.02%). The study
shows recently administered medication by the workers is mostly NSAIDs(10.50%) for relief
of pain on body parts, vitamin supplements(5.07%) for body weakness. High numbers of
workers (76.81%) in the brick fields smoke biri/cigarette which is injurious to their health.
Workers so often suffered small injuries during their work. Majority of the respondents
(91.30%) from the study faces small cut, wounds on their body parts especially hands and
legs. 4.34% of the respondents facing problems in their sleep during night, as they do hard
work all over the day and aged workers are found with 2.17% memory loss. 70.40% did not
seek any medical treatment largely due to their economical condition (59.03%).
Conclusion: With the high demand of infrastructure development, brick making industry in
Bangladesh is a rapidly growing sector. Health of the brick field workers must have an
impact on the overall health status of the country. There are lots of areas, in which health of
the brick field workers need to be improved.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
