Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university
The aim in this study was to assess environmental working conditions in commercial restaurants located in a public teaching institution in Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil. Lighting and noise levels were assessed in the product reception sector, lunchroom, meals production and food storage areas of four re...
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| author | Marlene Azevedo Magalhães Monteiro Cynthia Graciane Carvalho Ramos Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Maria Aparecida Vieira Teixeira Garcia |
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| description | The aim in this study was to assess environmental working conditions in commercial restaurants located in a public teaching
institution in Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil. Lighting and noise levels were assessed in the product reception sector,
lunchroom, meals production and food storage areas of four restaurants. Lighting and noise levels were collected with the
help of a lux meter and a decibel meter, at one-hour and 20-minutes intervals, respectively, from 08h00min to 12h00min,
during three non-consecutive days. In addition, an interview was held with sixty employees based on the Occupational
Ergonomics Analysis Questionnaire. At all restaurants, lighting levels were below recommendations for the production
reception sector, and the restaurant A, regarding for meal production. The storage sectors and the cafeteria had adequate
light intensity. Noise levels were adequate, ranging from 55.5 to 85.7dB. Employees classified their work as physically hard
(47.1%, n = 28), and 33.3% (n = 20) reported that the environmental working conditions causes fatigue and/or irritation
and 86.2% (n = 525) indicate insufficient space to move. The restaurants assessed presented inappropriate environmental
work conditions, which can interfere in productivity and occupational health. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e59f9a3bb1a341e2893dfbeae7a82a282025-01-30T19:50:59ZengCentro Universitário São CamiloO Mundo da Saúde0104-78091980-39902014-07-01383306313312Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public universityMarlene Azevedo Magalhães Monteiro0Cynthia Graciane Carvalho Ramos1Rita de Cássia Ribeiro2Maria Aparecida Vieira Teixeira Garcia3Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.The aim in this study was to assess environmental working conditions in commercial restaurants located in a public teaching institution in Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil. Lighting and noise levels were assessed in the product reception sector, lunchroom, meals production and food storage areas of four restaurants. Lighting and noise levels were collected with the help of a lux meter and a decibel meter, at one-hour and 20-minutes intervals, respectively, from 08h00min to 12h00min, during three non-consecutive days. In addition, an interview was held with sixty employees based on the Occupational Ergonomics Analysis Questionnaire. At all restaurants, lighting levels were below recommendations for the production reception sector, and the restaurant A, regarding for meal production. The storage sectors and the cafeteria had adequate light intensity. Noise levels were adequate, ranging from 55.5 to 85.7dB. Employees classified their work as physically hard (47.1%, n = 28), and 33.3% (n = 20) reported that the environmental working conditions causes fatigue and/or irritation and 86.2% (n = 525) indicate insufficient space to move. The restaurants assessed presented inappropriate environmental work conditions, which can interfere in productivity and occupational health.https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/373restaurants. occupational health. human engineering. |
| spellingShingle | Marlene Azevedo Magalhães Monteiro Cynthia Graciane Carvalho Ramos Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Maria Aparecida Vieira Teixeira Garcia Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university O Mundo da Saúde restaurants. occupational health. human engineering. |
| title | Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university |
| title_full | Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university |
| title_fullStr | Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university |
| title_short | Environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university |
| title_sort | environmental conditions in commercial restaurants of a public university |
| topic | restaurants. occupational health. human engineering. |
| url | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/373 |
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