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Knowledge of Workers about their Occupational Hazards at Sugarcane Factory in Luxor Governorate

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Background: Workers in sugar mills are exposed to occupational hazards as accidents, bagassosis and hearing loss in many manufacture parts of the sugar production. The aim of the study: to assess knowledge of workers regarding their occupational hazards at Sugarcane Factory Methods: Cross sectional research design was used in this study. It conducted at Sugarcane Factory. The total number of the studied sample was 541 workers; Simple random sample was used. Tools of the study: self-administrated questionnaire was used which included personal data, questions to determine their occupational hazards and knowledge of workers regarding occupational hazards Results: The mean age of workers was 45.74 ± 8.44, 62.1% of them had secondary education and 76.7% of them had >10 years of experience. According to their occupational hazard, 68.2% of workers had back pain, 63.2% complained from nervousness. According to their knowledge about occupational hazards, 71.2% of workers had poor knowledge. Also, there is statistically significant relationship between knowledge and their educational level (P value = 0.037). Conclusion: Almost of workers had poor of knowledge about occupational hazards also; the occupational hazards were prevalent among them. Recommendations: Training and health education programs should be implemented to increase workers' knowledge about occupational health hazard in sugarcane factory.

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10.21608/asnj.2020.28865.1014

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Sugarcane, Occupational Hazard & Workers

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Mariam

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Maky

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Farrag

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Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing - South Valley University

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dr.mfarrag.m@gmail.com

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Asmaa

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Hassan

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K.

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Assistant Professor of Family &Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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Safaa

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Osman

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R.

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Lecturer of Family &Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.

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8

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21

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14854

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2020-06-01

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2020-04-27

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2020-06-01

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93

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102

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Knowledge of Workers about their Occupational Hazards at Sugarcane Factory in Luxor Governorate

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22 Jan 2023