Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda.

Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda. J Environ Public Health. 2019;2019:1925863 Authors: Ssempebwa JC, Ndejjo R, Neebye RM, Atusingwize E, Musinguzi G Abstract Globally, nail salons represent a fast expanding industry and often with low-income cosmeticians. In general, cosmeticians have limited access to safety information about the hazardous materials they handle, which would potentially enable them to minimize workplace exposures. The problem is much pronounced in low- and middle-income countries due to weaknesses in regulation of the industry. We investigated determinants of exposures to hazardous materials among nail cosmeticians in Kampala District, Uganda. We employed a cross-sectional study design among a random sample of 243 participants. The sociodemographic characteristics, education and training status, knowledge about routes of exposure to hazardous chemicals, and personal protective material use of cosmeticians were assessed through face-to-face interviews. Most cosmeticians were aged 18-34 years, and more males were engaged in this work than females. Also, 82.7% believed inhalation was the major exposure route for the chemicals they handled. Participants who had attained secondary-level education and above were over three times more likely to wear masks (AOR = 3.19, 95% CI 1.58-6.41) and gloves (AOR = 3.48, 95% CI 1.55-7.81) and over two times mo...
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