Health Risks among Child Labor in Industrial Workshops | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Volume 4, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 630-642 PDF (740.05 K) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.308790 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hala Fahmy Mohamed1; Ebtisam Mohamed Abd El- Aal2; Huda Abdalla Moursi Afifi3 | ||
| 1B.Sc. Nursing (2012), Tanta University, Nursing Supervisor in Sidi Salem Central Hospital | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University | ||
| 3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives them of their childhood and interferes with their ability to attend regular school that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful. Aim of study: Was to assess health risks among child labor in industrial workshops. Research design: A descriptive design was used to carry out this study. Setting: The study was conducted at industrial workshops at: Ezbat Alsouq and Alshmoot road affiliated to Qalubia Governorate. Sample: Convenience sample of all children worked in pre mentioned settings, it included 60 children. Tools: Two tools were used, I): A structured interviewing questionnaire was used to assess: A) Socio- demographic characteristics of working children and their families. B) Work characteristics of working children. C) Children’s health risks during last six months. D) Children’s knowledge about health risks related to industrial workshops. E) Children’s reported practices and safety measures used during work. II): Observational checklist for environmental safety and sanitation for industrial workshops. Results: 60.0% of the studied children had enlarged tonsils, 86.7% had eye irritation, 33.3 % of them had earache, 53.3% of them had loss of appetite, 66.7% of them had skin infections and 73.3 % of them had pain in their whole body, 88.3% of the studied children exposed to loud noises & sounds and work injuries and 90.0% of them done activities that were inappropriate for the child’s physical and mental ability, 8.3% of the children had good total knowledge level, 16.7% had satisfactory total practices level. Conclusion: There were a highly statistically significant relation between the studied children's total level of knowledge and practices regarding health risks. Recommendations: Training programs should be provided for children in labor about health risks | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Child labor; Health risks; Industrial workshops | ||
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