Radhai Sri, S (2014) Health Status of Spinning Women Workers. International Journal of Science and Research, 3 (12): SUB141114. pp. 2568-2570. ISSN 2319-7064

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Abstract

The economic status of women is now accepted as an indicator of a society‟s stage of development. Textile industry is one of
the sectors which furnish semiskilled jobs to women population in our country. Women workers unlike the majority in the informal
sector have been exposed to rigorous work, discipline, fixed working hours, specific production norms etc. Inspite of the improvement in
textile technology the work environment has not changed much. Research reports highlighted that women working in textile industry
suffer from musculoskeletal aches, respiratory problems and anaemia etc., considering this, an attempt has been made to assess the
health status of textile women workers. The investigation was carried out in the urban areas of Tirupur and Erode Districts of
Tamilnadu .Totally 150 adult women performing varied textile tasks and aged between 20 to 60 years were identified randomly from
spinning (n=150)(carding, blowing and spinners sections) industries. . About 18 per cent of spinners respectively showed symptoms for
protein calorie malnutrition and 68 per cent of workers from spinning industries respectively suffer from anaemia. Respiratory
symptoms classified under mild and moderate degree were prevalent among less than 50 per cent of textile women workers. Similarly, 20-
40 per cent of them had symptoms for musculoskeletal aches many of them suffered from backache, joint pains, headache and general
tiredness.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: backache, joint pains, headache and general tiredness, musculoskeletal aches
Divisions: PSG College of Arts and Science > Department of Nutrition, Food Service Management & Dietetics
Depositing User: Mr Team Mosys
Date Deposited: 03 Jan 2023 06:03
Last Modified: 03 Jan 2023 06:03
URI: http://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/1678

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