1488/2012 - Características do bairro e de carteiros associadas com mordidas de cães em trabalhadores postais dos Correios em Curitiba Neighborhood and postal worker characteristics associated with dog bites in postal workers of the Brazilian National Postal Service in Curitiba
• Priscila Cavalheiro Marcenovicz - Marcenovicz, P.C. - Department of Veterinary Medicine, Parana Federal University - <priscilacwb@yahoo.com.br>
• Leandro Nagae Kuritza - Kuritza, L.N. - Department of Veterinary Medicine, Parana Federal University - <leandronkmv@gmail.com>
• Henrique Larsen Brunow Ventura - Ventura, H.L.B. - Department of Veterinary Medicine, Parana Federal University - <henriqueven@gmail.com>
• Igor Adolfo Dexheimer Paploski - Paploski, I.A.D. - Botucatu, São Paulo - Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, FIOCRUZ - <igorufprmv@gmail.com>
• Mariana Kikuti - Kikuti, M. - Collective Health Institute, Bahia Federal University - <marianakikuti@gmail.com>
• Alexander Welker Biondo - Biondo, A.W. - Department of Veterinary Medicine, Parana Federal University - <abiondo@illinois.edu>
Área Temática:
Saúde e Trabalho
Resumo:
Mordidas de cães são a terceira causa mais frequente de absenteísmo ao trabalho em carteiros do Correio no sul do Brasil, com uma média de dois dias de ausência a cada episódio de mordida. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar as características de bairros onde ocorreram mordidas de cães em carteiros durante o periodo de serviço, o impacto disto no trabalho e desenvolver alternativas preventivas. Um corte-transversal descritivo e analítico foi desenhado e aplicado a todos os carteiros de Curitiba. Os dados foram analisados de forma descritiva e foi testada a hipótese de que renda mediana mensal, densidade populacional e ocorrência de mordidas em cada bairro estão correlacionadas. Um total de 283/811 (34,9%) dos carteiros de Curitiba responderam ao questionário e 64,6% deles já haviam sido mordidos enquanto trabalhavam. A chance de ocorrerem mordidas em um bairro aumenta em 1,035 (IC 95%, 1,008-1,064; p=0,01) vezes a cada aumento em uma unidade na densidade populacional e diminui 0,998 (IC 95%, 0,997-0,999; p<0,04) vezes para cada aumento de US$1,00 na renda mediana mensal do chefe de família (informação por bairro). A ocorrência de mordidas de cães em carteiros de Curitiba está correlacionada com renda e densidade populacional. Estratégias de prevenção devem visar um adequado posicionamento da caixa de correio e a instalação de cercas adequadas para proteger os carteiros.
Palavras-chave:
mordidas de cães
saúde pública
zoonoses
Abstract:
Dog bites are reportedly the third most common cause of job absence among postal workers of the Brazilian National Postal Service in Southern Brazil, with an average off-work time of approximately two days for every biting episode. The objective of this study was to evaluate the neighborhood characteristics of dog bites that occurred during work time in postal workers, its impact on work and consequent preventive alternatives. A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was designed for all Curitiba postal workers. Data were descriptively analyzed and the hypothesis of correlation between median monthly income, population density and occurrence of dog bites was tested. A total of 283/811 (34.9%) of the postal workers answered the questionnaire and 69.6% of those had been previously bitten while working. The odds of occurring bites in a neighborhood are increased 1.035 (95% CI, 1.008-1.064; p=0.01) times for every increase in one unit in the population density (number of people/hectare) and are decreased 0.998 (95% CI, 0.997-0.999; p<0.04) times for every increase of US$ 1.00 in the neighborhood median monthly income of the family chief. The occurrence of dog bites in postal workers of Curitiba is related to population monetary income and to population density. Prevention strategies should address mailbox position and adequate fencing to provide postal workers protection.
Neighborhood and postal worker characteristics associated with dog bites in postal workers of the Brazilian National Postal Service in Curitiba
Resumo (abstract):
Dog bites are reportedly the third most common cause of job absence among postal workers of the Brazilian National Postal Service in Southern Brazil, with an average off-work time of approximately two days for every biting episode. The objective of this study was to evaluate the neighborhood characteristics of dog bites that occurred during work time in postal workers, its impact on work and consequent preventive alternatives. A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was designed for all Curitiba postal workers. Data were descriptively analyzed and the hypothesis of correlation between median monthly income, population density and occurrence of dog bites was tested. A total of 283/811 (34.9%) of the postal workers answered the questionnaire and 69.6% of those had been previously bitten while working. The odds of occurring bites in a neighborhood are increased 1.035 (95% CI, 1.008-1.064; p=0.01) times for every increase in one unit in the population density (number of people/hectare) and are decreased 0.998 (95% CI, 0.997-0.999; p<0.04) times for every increase of US$ 1.00 in the neighborhood median monthly income of the family chief. The occurrence of dog bites in postal workers of Curitiba is related to population monetary income and to population density. Prevention strategies should address mailbox position and adequate fencing to provide postal workers protection.
Oliveira, E.A., Manosso, R.M., Braune, G., Marcenovicz, P.C., Kuritza, L.N., Ventura, H.L.B., Paploski, I.A.D., Kikuti, M., Biondo, A.W.. Características do bairro e de carteiros associadas com mordidas de cães em trabalhadores postais dos Correios em Curitiba. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Out). [Citado em 28/09/2024].
Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/artigos/caracteristicas-do-bairro-e-de-carteiros-associadas-com-mordidas-de-caes-em-trabalhadores-postais-dos-correios-em-curitiba/11631
