INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD

Abstract:   This study is conducted to assess the knowledge and practices among high-risk traffic police personnel regarding the prevention of respiratory problems in selected areas of Mumbai city. The effects of pollution are not measurable because the number of vehicles is increasing at a faster rate. Air pollution mainly affects the respiratory system, and the results are very dangerous to human health. By taking steps to provide traffic umbrellas at all junctions. They will be screened for diabetes, hypertension, and other ailments and maintaining the computerized database of their health. The occupational environment also plays a major role in the health of the exposed. The health hazards get more severe when the duration of exposure increases. This fact is more important in situations such as the personnel engaged in traffic duty. These personnel have to undergo physical strain in an environment polluted by fumes, vehicle exhaust, the use of blowing horns, the blowing of dust in the air by a speeding vehicle, etc. The personnel also pursue a near-sedentary type of necessity that arises. The aforementioned factors pose as a health hazard. Still little has been done to assess their health status and suggest preventive measures for the upliftment of their health. Traffic police are worried about the increasing traffic in the city. The reason for this is increasing vehicles day by day. Due to increasing vehicles, the pollution has reached to the top. Traffic police personnel should use masks to protect from inhaling the smoke, dust, and gases, etc. The scientific techniques for assessing health impacts of air pollution, including air pollutant monitoring, exposure assessment, oximetry, toxicology, and epidemiology, should be used. Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health. By reducing air pollution levels, countries can reduce the burden of disease from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and both chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma. Some lung cancer deaths could have been averted by improving ambient air quality or by reducing tobacco smoking. Hence, with the above description, traffic police may have some knowledge about respiratory problems and their prevention, but it is necessary to concentrate on the respiratory health of traffic police because they are a high-risk group. Early detection is still the best insurance against the development of potentially dangerous complications with the passage of time.