Health Awareness Regarding Occupational Hazards among Workers in Sewage Treatment Plant | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 85, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 1170-1179 PDF (297.68 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.239103 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman H. Mohammed1; Hanan Ibrahim Ahmed2; Omaima Mohamed Esmat2; Mona Abo Bakr Abd El Latef3 | ||||
| 1B.Sc., in Nursing Sciences, 2011 | ||||
| 2Professor of Nursing Community, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt. | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Community, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Sewage treatment plants are associated with various health hazards. Aim: this study aimed to assess health awareness regarding occupational hazards among workers in sewage treatment plant. Research design: descriptive research design was used. Setting: the study was conducted at the Belqas Sewage Treatment Plant in Shoubra District. Sampling: a convenience sample was used and 100 workers were included in the study. Tools of data collection: two tools were used, first tool: a structured interviewing questionnaire about socio-demographic characteristic, previous medical and surgical history, health status of workers and knowledge of workers about work environment, occupational hazards, methods of prevention and first aid. Second tool: performance sheet about safety measures and first aid. Result: revealed that 89% of workers had total poor level of knowledge, 3% of them had good level of knowledge and 8%of them had average level of knowledge . Also,90% of workers had total unsatisfactory performance. Conclusion: there was a strong statistically significant relation between the total knowledge score and the total performance score (P<0.005**). Recommendations: regular implementation of health education &training programs for workers about environmental safety, health hazards and problems related to sewage treatment plant and first aid. Proper use and maintenance of personal protective equipment. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Occupational hazards; Workers; Sewage treatment plants | ||||
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