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Health Promoting Lifestyle among Sugar Factory Worker regarding Occupational Health Hazards

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Community health nursing

Abstract

Background: The workers are exposed to workplace hazards arising from various activities
involved in sugar Production.
Aim of study: Was to assess health promoting lifestyle among
sugar factory workers regarding occupational health hazards.
Research design: A descriptive
research design.
Setting: This study was conducted at El-Hawamdia Sugar Factory. Sample:
Simple random sample was used, included 280 workers were chosen randomly.
Tools: Three
tools were used.
Tool (1): Structured interviewing questionnaire, this tool is consisted of three
parts I:-Demographic characteristics of workers. II: Medical history, previous occupational
health hazards and using protective measures. III: Workers knowledge about occupational
health hazards.
Tool (2): Health promoting lifestyle profile. Tool (3): An observation checklist
to assess the workplace environment.
Results: 48.2 % of the studied workers their age ranged
between 30>40. 32.9% of studied workers suffering from inflammation in the ear. 91.1% of the
studied workers exposure to health problem. 94.3% of the studied workers wear work uniform.
60.7% of them have average level of knowledge regarding occupational health hazards and
42.1% of studied workers have poor level of total health promoting lifestyle. 66.7% of
environmental sugar factories had safe environment, while 33.6% of them had unsafe
environment regarding total environmental safety.
Conclusion: There was statistically
significant positive correlation between total knowledge and total lifestyle. There was a
statistically significant relation between total health promoting lifestyle level and exposure to
health hazards among studied workers.
Recommendations: Periodic health educational
programs should be developed and implemented for Sugar Factory workers, includes training for
prevention of occupational hazards and education about healthy lifestyle.


DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2022.244497

Keywords

Key words: Health Promoting Lifestyle, Occupational health hazards, sugar factory

Authors

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Faten

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Waheed Mohamed

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B.Sc. Nursing, 2013, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt

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Ebtisam

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Mohamed Abd-El-Aal

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Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt

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Shimaa

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Gamal El- Dein Ibrahim

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Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Benha University, Egypt

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Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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35042

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-06-01

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

416

Page End

430

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Health Promoting Lifestyle among Sugar Factory Worker regarding Occupational Health Hazards

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Created At

23 Jan 2023