# The emerging workforce of international university student workers: Injury experience in an australian university
> Thamrin Y.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/the-emerging-workforce-of-international-university-student-workers-injury-experi
Jurnal / Konferensi: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Tahun terbit: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030456
ISSN: 16617827
Kuartil SJR: Q2
Citations: 10

## Authors
- Thamrin Y.

## Abstract
International university students are a growing section of the workforce and are thought to be at greater risk of injury. Qualitative studies have highlighted vulnerabilities, but there is a shortage of quantitative research exploring the injury experience and associated risk factors of this emerging issue. In this study, a total of 466 university student workers across a range of study programs in a single Australian university completed an online survey, with questions relating to their background, working experience, training and injury experience. Risk factors for injury were explored in a multivariate statistical model. More than half had not received any safety training before they started work, and 10% reported having had a work injury. About half of these injuries occurred after training. Statistically significant risk factors for injury included working more than 20 h per week (adjusted odds ratio 2.20 (95% CI 1.03-4.71) and lack of confidence in discussing safety issues (AOR 2.17; 95% CI 1.13-4.16). The findings suggest the need for a more engaging and effective approach to safety education and a limit on working hours. This situation is a moral challenge for universities, in that they are effectively sponsoring young workers in the community. It is recommended that longitudinal studies of international student workers be conducted.

## Keywords
- Workforce
- Economic shortage
- Medical education
- Occupational safety and health
- Odds ratio
- Work (physics)
- Medicine
- Workforce development
- Psychology
- Occupational injury
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Poison control
- Environmental health
- Engineering
- Political science
- Government (linguistics)
- Pathology
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Mechanical engineering

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