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    Prevalence of skin and respiratory health problems between solid waste collectors and nonsolid waste collectors in Mbeya city council
    (Mzumbe University, 2017) Mtatifikolo, Charles Bahati
    The study aimed to determine the prevalence of self-reported injuries, skin and respiratory health problems and related factors among waste collectors in Mbeya City Council. A cross-sectional design was used in this study, where 100 respondents highly exposed and 100 not exposed to hazards were recruited. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. SPSS software was used for analysis from which descriptive analysis and cross tabulation with Chi-square test was used to compare the prevalence of health problems and factors for exposure to health problems between the two working groups. Results show that there was 77.4% of respondents reported injuries for refuse handling and 8.5% from non-refuse handling staff with statistical different (p=0.03). More than three quarters (78.5%) of refuse handlers reported skin health problems while only 2% of skin health problems reported from non-refuse handlers. The two proportions were statistically different (p=0.02). In addition, majority (90.1%) of refuse handlers reported respiratory health problems whereas only 23.6% of non-refuse handling staff reported respiratory health problems. The proportions were significantly different (p=0.01). The difference between the two proportions suggests that refuse handling had significant contribution for Injuries, skin health problems and respiratory health problems occurrence reported. All the associations were established at the statistical significance calculated at p