Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Rupal Hooda ¹, Manju Mehta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Family Resource Management, COHS, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

A large number of workers are engaged in the construction sector. Out of them approximately 30% are women workers. Construction industry is the major source of employment for workers in the unorganized sector. In India, construction industry is the second largest employer when compared to agriculture and covers others allied field of activities in the civil, mechanical and electrical area also. The Indian construction labor force is 7.5% of the total world labor force and it contributes to 16.4% of fatal global occupational accidents. A study was conducted on 30 construction workers working on different sites of Hisar city. A questionnaire was used for collecting general information and for specific information. Data reveals that 56.66% of the respondents were in 26-35 years of age group followed by 86% of the respondents were married. 63.33% of the respondents were living in village. 83.33% of the respondents' family consists of more than 5 members followed by 73.33% of the respondents' family has two earning members. Body discomfort level was also analyzed by using Relative Important Index. Conclusively, Construction sector falls under unorganized sector of an economy. They are working under unsecured environment or work culture. The scenario only can be changed with the government intervention, by implementing the policies strictly.

Keywords

Construction Workers, Accidents, Unsecured Environment.

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Rupal Hooda ¹, Gourav ², Alisha Wadhwa ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Family Resource Management, COHS, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana., IN
2 Department o f Family Resource Management BFUHS, Faridkot, Punjab., IN
3 Department o f Family Resource Management,SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana., IN

Abstract

Shift work disturbs the existing relationships between the body's inner clock and the surroundings. The basic difficulty with shift work is that you sometimes have to work when it's usual to be sleeping which can disturb your natural sleep time. A study was conducted on 30 female nurse respondents of age 20-60 years, in Hisar city to find out problems related to shift work faced by female nurses and see the impact of shift jobs in perspective of sleep, fatigue, domestic situation and job satisfaction on female nurses. 70% o f the nurses were doing this profession as full time for more than 6 hours a day while the remaining 30% were engaged as part time only up to a maximum o f 6 hours only. 33.3% o f the spouse had a neutral attitude toward the night shift o f the nurses. 30% o f the spouses were reported to be extremely unsupportive for the night shift. Day shift was more desirable for both, nurse staff as well as spouses. 50% of the respondents preferred a single mass of night duty per year while on the other hand; no respondent was interested in permanent night shift. The majority of the respondents (86.6%) reported problems related to the quantity of sleep they normally get. There was an overall negative effect of the night shift on the various health-related issues of the respondents. It was concluded from the current study that shifts job has a major adverse impact on sleep and fatigue related issues in the nurse respondents. Night shift is not preferred by nurses and their spouses as well. Salary satisfaction was also not up to the mark according to most of the nurses.

Keywords

Shift Job, Sleep, Health Issues, Female Nurses.

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