Alcohol consumption and work‐related injuries among farmers in Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China

Abstract

We found a significant association between alcohol consumption and work-related injuries among farmers. Our findings stress the need for culturally appropriate interventions which affect alcohol use and prevent injuries among Chinese farmers.

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“…Farmers have been associated with alcohol abuse in many rural regions of the world including Australia (10), India (11), Africa (12,13), China (14), North America (15) and the same is true in Colombia.…”

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“…As in many other countries, in China excessive drinking has shown an association not just with health-related harm, but also with social harm, specifically traffic accidents, 14 crime and child abuse, 15 domestic violence 16,17 and injuries of all types, including work-related injuries. 18 However, the data are very sparse and most studies are based on case analysis or small clinical samples.…”

“…Some reports on various aspects of alcohol-related harm in China have been published, 17,26,27 but data are missing in many critical areas, such as the impact of alcohol consumption on health, families, work performance and absenteeism, crime and health resource utilization. The effects of alcohol consumption on health can take many forms, including gastrointestinal ulcers, liver damage, peripheral neuropathy and suicidal tendencies.…”

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“…Many researchers have assessed the scale of this phenomenon based on demographic differences and on the nature of the work by providing detailed epidemiological data [6,7,[12][13][14][15]. Studies indicate that although many systemic solutions have been introduced (e.g., installation of breathalyzers in agricultural machinery to prevent operation by intoxicated workers), the problem still exists and accidents related to alcohol abuse (including death) pose a serious threat to safety.…”

“…The influence of work safety institutions is limited outside bigger farms and the independent nature of the work results in a lack of discipline and workers fail to comply with safety rules, including those forbidding excessive alcohol consumption. It is a well-known fact that one of the major human risk factors at work is alcohol consumption, which is particularly evident in agriculture [5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”