A study protocol to assess the respiratory health risks and impacts amongst informal street food vendors in the inner City of Johannesburg, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorSepadi, Maasago Mercy
dc.contributor.authorNkosi, Vusumuzi
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T12:05:59Z
dc.date.available2021-12-14T12:05:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-28
dc.descriptionSUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL : Table S1: Draft observational walkthrough survey checklist; Table S2: Draft respiratory symptoms and diseases interview; Table S3: Air pollution sampling information sheet.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe overall unemployment rate in South Africa was impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which led many people to resort to informal work such as street trading opportunities in big cities. However, this work is located in the same cities where air pollution is of concern. Furthermore, literature has indicated the lack of regulation of the informal trading sector as compared to the formal sector. An analytical cross-sectional study is proposed to be conducted amongst all of the informal food street vendors (indoor/inside buildings and outdoor/street pavements stalls) in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa. By adopting a total sampling method of 746 vendor stalls, this study’s key focus is on inhalation as an occupational exposure. In addition, the study aims to assess the respiratory risk factors amongst informal food street vendors’ stalls and their impact on vendors’ respiratory health. The risk factors to be assessed include the five common air pollutants: street vendor’s infrastructure; socioeconomic factors; personal behavior such as tobacco smoking and handwashing practices; wearing of respiratory protective equipment; and vendors’ exposure duration. The data collection will follow three phases using quantitative methods. In the pre-assessment phase, it will include a pilot study to test the walkthrough survey checklist and the respiratory symptoms and diseases questionnaire. The assessment phase includes a total of eight area samples, which will be taken in a 1-day event over four yearly seasons, as well as thirty personal samples taken in winter over an 8-h work shift. The post-assessment phase will be the development of a risk impact assessment and a risk management model. The study is essential for healthy occupational conditions as indicated in the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act (no. 85 of 1993) and the Regulations governing general hygiene requirements for food premises, the transport of food, and related matters (no. R638 of 22 June 2018).en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSchool of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerphen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSepadi, M.M.; Nkosi, V. A Study Protocol to Assess the Respiratory Health Risks and Impacts amongst Informal Street Food Vendors in the Inner City of Johannesburg, South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 11320. https://DOI.org/10.3390/ijerph182111320.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ ijerph182111320
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/83057
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPI Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2021 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en_ZA
dc.subjectJohannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectRespiratory symptoms and diseasesen_ZA
dc.subjectRisk assessmenten_ZA
dc.subjectInformalen_ZA
dc.subjectStreet vendorsen_ZA
dc.subjectOccupational healthen_ZA
dc.subjectEnvironmental healthen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicen_ZA
dc.subjectCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)en_ZA
dc.titleA study protocol to assess the respiratory health risks and impacts amongst informal street food vendors in the inner City of Johannesburg, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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