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A Study of the Procedures and Standards of Occupational Safety and Health for Agricultural Extension Workers in the Agricultural Sector in Qalyubia Governorate

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The current research aimed to identify the risks that confront the agricultural extension workers researched in the work environment, as well as to identify the degree to which the researched extension workers apply safety and occupational health standards and procedures in the agricultural sector from the point of view of the guides researched in their work, as well as to identify the related and influencing factors on the degree of application of agricultural extension agents. Respondents for standards and procedures for occupational safety and health in the agricultural sector. The most important results of this research are summarized as follows: About (52%) of the interviewed agricultural extension workers fall into a low implementation level for occupational safety and health measures and standards, meaning that more than half of the respondents have a low executive level, which reflects the severity of their need to conduct training courses in the field of occupational safety and health, as well as the necessity The interest of the agricultural sector in applying safety and occupational health measures and standards to maintain the safety of workers within the sector. There is a positive and significant correlation relationship at the probability level 0.01 between the degree of application of the researched agricultural extension workers to the procedures and standards of occupational safety and health in the agricultural sector and the job specialization, the duration of work in the agricultural sector, job satisfaction, the trend towards training, achievement motivation, and the number of working hours, and that There is an inverse relationship between the degree of application of occupational safety and health measures and the duration of the agricultural extension work, training courses in the agricultural sector, the extent of utilization of information sources.

DOI

10.21608/ajs.2020.40512.1243

Keywords

Occupational Safety, Occupational health, Agricultural extension agent

Authors

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Rehab

Last Name

Amer

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Department of Rural Society and Agricultural Extension

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rehabamer112@gmail.com

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0000-0002-8165-9995

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Salah

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Amer

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Department of Rural Society and Agricultural Extension - Faculty of Agriculture - Ain Shams University

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salah_6868@yahoo.com

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First Name

Samia

Last Name

Mahrous

MiddleName

Abdelazim

Affiliation

Rural Sociology & Agric. Extension, Fac. Agric., Ain Shams Univ.

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samya_mok@yahoo.com

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Volume

28

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4

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23211

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-08-25

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2020-12-01

Page Start

971

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988

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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668

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/

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A Study of the Procedures and Standards of Occupational Safety and Health for Agricultural Extension Workers in the Agricultural Sector in Qalyubia Governorate

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22 Jan 2023