TY - JOUR TT - Assessment of Occupational Risks of Health Personnel AU - Akçalı, Nazan AU - Nazlıcan, Ersin AU - Akbaba, Muhsin AU - Kurt, Burak AU - Altınsoy, Tanju AU - Acil, Alper PY - 2017 DA - November JF - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety JO - turjoem PB - Engin TUTKUN WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-4711 SP - 42 EP - 42 VL - 2 IS - 1(4) KW - Assessment of Occupational Risks of Health Personnel N2 - Introductionand Purpose: Health workers are at occupational risk due to the work they do.The purpose ofthis study is;to investigate the occupational risks of family health workersworking in Adana province.Materials-Methods: Our survey was applied to family health workers who worked in provinces anddistricts in Adana.461 people(86.1%)from 535 employees participated in oursurvey.16 participants(3.5%)were male and 445(96.5%)were female. The averageage of the respondents was 38.6±7.1.Of the respondents,11(2.4%)said work affected their health were very positively,86(18.7%)were positively,94(20.4%)no changes,230(49.9%)were adversely,40(8.7%)were veryadversely affected.242 people(52.5%)had illnesses or complaints that they thought originated fromwork. Seven people(5.9%)were worried about job accidents,53(11.5%)were worriedlowly,226(49.0%) were middlely and 155(33.6%)were highly.When asked about status of risk and sense of safety against theaccident,151(32.8%) answered no,54(11.7%)were low,210(45.6%)were middle and46(10%)high.265 people(57.5%)were injured with cutting-piercing-sinking objects whileworking.During these injuries,165 people used personal protective equipment.182 people answered yes(39.5%)and 279 people gave no(60.5%)when they werequestioned about the status of exposure to blood and other body fluids duringthe study. There was no significant difference between men and women in termsof exposure(p = 0.493).When asked about exposure to violence at work,198 people(43%)answered yes, and263 people(57%)gave no response.196 people(42.5%)were exposed to verbal attacksand 44 people(9.5%) were exposed to physical violence and ill-treatment.Therewas no significant relationship between gender and both physical and verbalexposure(p>0.05).When we assess the relationship between age and exposure toviolence, young workers under 30 are more exposed to violence(p = 0.028).Whenwe looked at the relationship between verbal aggression and age, verbalviolence exposure was significantly higher in young people(p=0.045).There wasno significant relationship between physical violence and age(p>0.05).Conclusion: All healthcare professionals are at occupational risk.Especiallyyoung employees are more sensitive to occupational risks and need to be carefulwhen working.  Keywords:workaccident, violence, health  CR - Nazan Akçalı1, Ersin Nazlıcan2, Muhsin Akbaba2, Burak Kurt2, Tanju Altınsoy1, Alper Acil1 1Adana Public Health Directorate 2Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Department of Public Health UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/turjoem/issue//384223 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/411682 ER -