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Vulnerabilities of waste scavengers to COVID-19 impacts: outcomes of an exploratory study in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorDebrah, Justice Kofi
dc.contributor.authorVidal, Diogo Guedes
dc.contributor.authorDinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-08T14:57:38Z
dc.date.available2022-09-08T14:57:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-07
dc.descriptionThe Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022pt_PT
dc.description.abstractThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected multiple dimensions of daily activities, including the waste scavengers’ activities. This paper focuses on the effect of COVID-19 on waste scavengers’ business, income, quality of life and family quality of life in three Metropolitan, Municipal Assemblies in the eastern part of Greater Accra, Ghana. A questionnaire was distributed to 46 waste scavengers using a non-probability sampling approach for a voluntary response, from March to April 2021. The sample is mainly composed of 84.8% male scavengers, most aged 18 to 47 years old and married (58.2%). The results indicate that the majority of respondents believe that COVID-19 is real and poses a health threat, but more than 21% reported not wearing Personal Protective Equipment. The study showed that 60% of waste scavengers were prohibited from entering households, thus affecting the family life income. The less sale of waste material due to COVID-19 contributed to a lower income by the waste scavengers, causing different difficulties and financial insecurity. This study showed that waste scavengers in Ghana, an essential activity, are in the front line regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and public policies intended to cover their social, economic and health vulnerability to the virus, need to be addressed.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAPA7th: Debrah, J. K., Vidal, D. G., & Dinis, M. A. P. (2022). Vulnerabilities of Waste Scavengers to COVID-19 Impacts: Outcomes of an Exploratory Study in Ghana. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), Handbook of Human and Planetary Health (pp. 187–201). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09879-6_12pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-09879-6_12pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-031-09878-9
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-031-09879-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/11124
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringer Naturept_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-09879-6_12pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicpt_PT
dc.subjectLockdownpt_PT
dc.subjectWaste scavengerspt_PT
dc.subjectIncomept_PT
dc.subjectPersonal protective equipmentpt_PT
dc.subjectGhanapt_PT
dc.titleVulnerabilities of waste scavengers to COVID-19 impacts: outcomes of an exploratory study in Ghanapt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleHandbook of Human and Planetary Healthpt_PT
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