Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 6, Volume 11, Issue 39 - Serial Number 1, September 2023, Pages 47-57 PDF (780.75 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2023.232458.1662 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa A. Ibrahim* 1; Neama M. El Magrabi2; Naglaa S. Abd El-aty2 | ||
| 1Assistant Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| 2Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Photocopiers and printers release several toxic compounds when operating, posing a significant public-health issue since millions of workers worldwide might be affected. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures. Subjects and Method: Quasi-experimental with one group pretest, posttest design was conducted, among 163 workers at central printing press, and all photocopy and printing offices at Assiut University Faculties. Data collected by face-to-face interviewing the photocopy and printing workers using a structured questionnaire. It included two tools. Tool I: Part One: personal and occupational data. Part two: Assessment of studied workers' knowledge about occupational hazards and subsequent health problems. Tool II: Hand washing & back stretching exercise observational checklist. Results: The study exposed that 89.6% of studied workers had poor knowledge scores about occupational hazards and safety measures in the pre-test, which improved to 44.2% of workers who had good knowledge scores in the post-test and 58.3% of them had fair knowledge scores in the follow-up test. Additionally, 94.5% of studied workers had unsatisfactory practice scores in the pre-test, which improved to 62.6% having satisfactory practice scores in the post-test and 49.7% having satisfactory practices scores in the follow-up test with a statistically significant p < 0.001. Conclusion: Implementation of educational program leading to an improvement of workers' knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures. Recommendation: Continuing educational program for the photocopy and printing workers to reduce occupational hazards. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Educational program; Occupational safety; Photocopy; Printing &Workers | ||
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