A Study to Assess the Occupational Hazards and Health Seeking Behavior among Fishermen at Selected Setting, Chennai

About millions of households depend on fishing for livelihood though it is associated with different types of hazards. Working time does not allow fishermen to get health care for hazards from facilities. Data on occupational hazards and health care seeking is inconclusive in chennai. This study was undertaken to assess the occupational hazards, associated factors and health seeking of fisherman. A descriptive study involving 30 fishermen conducted from some selected communities chennai. A pretested questionnaire used to collect information on socio demography, occupational detail, types of hazards and health seeking behavior of fishermen. The results revealed that, the Mean of occupational hazards score was 4.5 with the Standard deviation was 5.7 and the Mean of health seeking behavior was 84 with the standard deviation was 68.3 and there was a positive correlation between occupational hazards and health seeking behavior among fishermen at 0.05 level of significance and there is a significant association was found with selected variables like age and religion with chi square value of 16.2 and 12.35 at 0.05 level of significance respectively. Mrs P. Umalakshmi "A Study to Assess the Occupational Hazards and Health Seeking Behavior among Fishermen at Selected Setting, Chennai" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd63419.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/63419/a-study-to-assess-the-occupational-hazards-and-health-seeking-behavior-among-fishermen-at-selected-setting-chennai/mrs-p-umalakshmi