scholarly journals Cross-Regional Research in Demographic Impact on Safety Consciousness and Safety Citizenship Behavior of Construction Workers: A Comparative Study between Mainland China and Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangcheng MENG ◽  
Alan H.S. CHAN
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Issue ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Safety Interventions

Abstract Background: The construction industry has rapidly developed with the continuous prosperity in Hong Kong and Mainland China, though accidents still occur with unacceptable frequency and severity. For promoting the safety issue of workers in construction industry, safety citizenship behavior (SCB) and safety consciousness (SC) were considered two influential constructs and further studied with integration of sociodemographic theories by scholars. However, no study has compared the SC and SCB of construction workers in terms of the demographic influence between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Methods: To fill this research gap, this study investigated the territorial difference between these two regions by conducting a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with recruitment of 253 Mainland construction workers and 256 Hong Kong construction workers. Results: Significant similarities and differences of SC and SCB performance were revealed in terms of the workers with different genders, education levels, weekly working hours, and ages. Conclusions: This study provides insights into the comparison of demographic influence on SC and SCB of construction workers between Hong Kong and Mainland China, which is unique as it can yield useful managerial knowledge relevant to the personal safety of targeted groups of construction workers with particular demographic characteristic in both regions and contribute the implementation of safety interventions in line with the specific distinction in territorial aspect.

scholarly journals Influence of Social Safety Capital on Safety Citizenship Behavior: The Mediation of Autonomous Safety Motivation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Zhang ◽  
Huaiyuan Zhai ◽  
Xiangcheng Meng ◽  
Wanxue Wang ◽  
Lei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Regression Coefficient ◽  
Safety Issue ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Safety Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Safety Motivation

In recent years, the safety issue of construction workers has become a research hotspot, and many researchers have achieved results in the impact of safety behavior regarding China’s construction industry. However, the existing research about the driving factors of safety citizenship behavior is insufficient. To fill this gap, this paper explores the driving factor of safety citizenship behavior from the perspective of social capital theory. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey, involving 311 Chinese construction workers, was conducted to verify the influence of Social Safety Capital on Safety Citizenship Behavior. The results showed that safety citizenship behavior made by workers was significantly related to social safety capital. Autonomous safety motivation mediated the relationships between social safety capital and safety citizenship behavior. Further, this research supports the differences between social safety capital and autonomous safety motivation. Specifically, the paper found that social safety capital had the largest regression coefficient for participation of suggestion-making, and autonomous safety motivation had the largest regression coefficient for the relationship between superior and subordinate by multiple regression analysis.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular Health of Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Chung ◽  
Bonny Wong ◽  
Vincent Yan ◽  
Louisa Chung ◽  
Henry So ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Cardiovascular Health of Construction Workers in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Wai-Yee Chung ◽  
Bonny Yee-Man Wong ◽  
Vincent Chun-Man Yan ◽  
Louisa Ming-Yan Chung ◽  
Henry Chi-Fuk So ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cholesterol Level ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Cardiovascular Outcomes ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Soft Drink Consumption

Objectives: 1) To describe the cardiovascular health of the construction workers in Hong Kong, 2) to examine the demographic differences in cardiovascular health, and 3) to examine the association between modifiable lifestyle behaviors and cardiovascular conditions. Methods: 626 registered construction workers were included in the analysis. Blood chemistry, blood pressure, weight and height were measured. Face-to-face questionnaire interview was conducted. T-tests and One-way ANOVAs were used to compare the cardiovascular health score, cardiovascular outcomes, and lifestyle behaviors by demographic characteristics. Logistic regressions were performed to assess the cardiovascular outcomes by lifestyle behaviors. Results: Two-thirds of the construction workers failed to achieve three out of the seven “ideal” cardiovascular health indicators. The younger, more educated, and female subjects had better cardiovascular health scores than their counterparts. The ideal fish and seafood consumption was associated with 1) ideal weight status and 2) ideal cholesterol level, whereas less soft drink consumption was associated with ideal cholesterol level. Conclusions: The findings highlighted the importance of promoting cardiovascular health in the construction industry. This study provided insights for future interventions, which should include increasing fish and seafood intake, decreasing soft drink consumption, and enhancing the health literacy amongst older, less educated, and male construction workers.

scholarly journals Effects of occupational anxiety on ethical value tendencies in emergency healthcare workers in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Emergency Medical Technicians ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Education Levels

Objective: Ethical values are moral values that are necessary in situations involving contradictions or the awareness of one’s own role and responsibilities in the existing situation. It is predicted that professional anxiety may affect the tendency of an individual related to ethical values. For this reason, this study aimed to analyze the effects of occupational anxiety in paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMT) on their levels of tendency towards ethical values. The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of paramedics and emergency medical technicians (n = 411). The data were collected by using a Personal Information Form, the Occupational Anxiety Scale for Emergency Healthcare Professionals and the Tendency towards Ethical Values Scale. Occupational anxiety levels (91.57 ± 13.09) and levels of tendency towards ethical values (72.50 ± 8.21) were found to be high in the paramedics and emergency medical technicians. A statistically significant relationship was found between the mean scores of the participants on the Occupational Anxiety Scale and their sociodemographic characteristics (gender, year of service, weekly working hours, willing choice of occupation, occupational satisfaction) (p < 0.05). Additionally, a statistically significant relationship was determined between the participants’ education levels and their mean scores on the Tendency towards Ethical Values scale (p < 0.05). In the study, it was found that as occupational anxiety increased, the tendency to ethical values increased (p < 0.001). As the levels of occupational anxiety in the paramedics and emergency medical technicians increased, their levels of tendency towards ethical values also increased.

scholarly journals Mapping the Cultural Identities of Youths in Hong Kong from a Social Capital Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Qiaobing Wu ◽  
Ying Ou ◽  
Lucy P. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Local Students

With its unique geopolitical status and multicultural setting, Hong Kong has harbored different youth groups generated from cross-border migration with mainland China who are tied to different cultural values and identifications. This study aims to investigate how social capital embedded in the family, school, and community influences the cultural identities across three groups of Chinese youths in the educational system: local students; cross-border students (born in Hong Kong, living in the neighbor city of mainland China but attending schools in Hong Kong on daily commute); and new immigrant students (born in mainland China but living in Hong Kong for less than seven years). Using data from a cross-sectional survey with 2180 fourth- to ninth-grade students in Hong Kong, the logistic regression results suggest that family and community social capital play significant roles in shaping the cultural identity of youths. Implications of the research findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Issues with Senior Workers in Hong Kong Construction Industry: Preliminary Observations and Intervention Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Tas Yong Koh ◽  
Steve Rowlinson ◽  
Stephen Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Workforce Productivity

There is an increasingly larger proportion of workforce 50 years of age or older. This ageing trend is prevalent in the Hong Kong construction industry. The implications of this ageing trend for the construction industry are the decline in workforce productivity due to old age, compromised health, safety, and well-being; and the shortage of workforce. Coupled with various organisational and institutional shortcomings in the industry that lead to unfavourable working environment, these situations not only negatively affect the economic viability of the construction industry but also give rise to other psychosocial problems experienced by the older workers. Despite these situations, we know very little of the conditions older construction workers experience in the construction industry.There is therefore a need to investigate such issues and propose possible interventions to improve the working conditions of the senior workers. With these objectives, in this paper, we first report the findings of a small scale survey on the care of older workers in Hong Kong construction industry, and second propose potential intervention by combining the findings of the survey and our industry observations of the practices implemented by progressive contracting firms in Hong Kong. The findings reveal that despite the industry under appreciation of the ageing workforce, there are interventions implemented by progressive contracting firms that can potentially provide health and safety protection to the workforce of all ages although these firms are small in number. This article is an extended version of a conference paper that appeared as Koh et al. (2019).

scholarly journals Predisposing factors influencing occupational injury among frontline building construction workers in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Amissah ◽  
Eric Badu ◽  
Peter Agyei-Baffour ◽  
Emmanuel Kweku Nakua ◽  
Isaac Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Predisposing Factors ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Influencing

Abstract Objective This study aims to examine the predisposing factors influencing occupational injuries among frontline construction workers in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 634 frontline construction workers in Kumasi metropolis of Ghana using a structured questionnaire. The study was conducted from December 2016 to June 2017 using a household-based approach. The respondents were selected through a two-stage sampling approach. A multivariate logistics regression model was employed to examine the association between risk factors and injury. Data was analyzed employing descriptive and inferential statistics with STATA version 14. Results The study found an injury prevalence of 57.91% among the workers. Open Wounds (37.29%) and fractures (6.78%) were the common and least injuries recorded respectively. The proximal factors (age, sex of worker, income) and distal factors (e.g. work structure, trade specialization, working hours, job/task location, and monthly off days) were risk factors for occupational injuries among frontline construction workers. The study recommends that policymakers and occupational health experts should incorporate the proximal and distal factors in the design of injury prevention as well as management strategies.

scholarly journals A Serial Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Prevalence, Risk Factors and Geographic Variations of Reduced Visual Acuity in Primary and Secondary Students from 2000 to 2017 in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1023
Author(s):  
Perseus W.F. Wong ◽  
Jimmy S.M. Lai ◽  
Jonathan C.H. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Geographic Variations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Potential Risk Factors ◽  
The Difference

Background: We would like to investigate the prevalence trend, potential risk factors and geographic features of reduced visual acuity (VA) in primary and secondary schoolchildren of Hong Kong. Methods: This was a serial cross-sectional study using historical data of schoolchildren aged 6 to 15 years from the annual health checks conducted at Student Health Service Centers across Hong Kong, for the school years of 2000/2001 to 2016/2017. Results: The prevalence of reduced VA increased from 49.23% (95% CI, 48.99−49.47) in 2000/2001 to 54.34% (95% CI, 54.10−54.58) in 2011/2012 but decreased to 51.42% (95% CI, 51.17−51.66) in 2016/2017. Girls were less susceptible than boys at age 6−7 (and in grade primary 1−2), but more susceptible at older ages. The prevalence in junior grades increased while the risk effect of grade reduced over the past 17 years. Geographic variation on the risk for reduced VA existed and spatial autocorrelation was positive. The difference in prevalence of reduced VA between Hong Kong and mainland China has decreased in recent years. Cross-border students living in mainland China were associated with a lower risk for reduced VA. Conclusions: Further study was proposed to investigate the environmental association between students living in and outside Hong Kong with the prevalence of reduced VA. Multi-level research should also be conducted to investigate the influence of compositional and contextual factors on the prevalence of reduced VA.

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