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Occupational Health Hazards among Hairdressers in Benha City

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Community health nursing

Abstract

 Background: A hairdresser centers is a place where a woman can have haircut and styled in
order to look more attractive. Hairdressers are exposed to many irritative and allergenic substances,
which may cause health problems.
Aim of the study: This study was conducted to assess occupational
health hazards among hairdressers in Benha City.
Setting: The present study was conducted at
hairdresser centers at Benha City.
Sample: A convenient sample was utilized in this study. Thirty-five
hairdressers' centers with the total number of 175 hairdressers.
Tools of data collection: two tools were
used,
Tool (I): It was comprised three main parts. A: composed of socio- demographic characteristics
and job characteristics.
B: It was concerned with common health problems that could be occur among
hairdressers.
C: It was concerned with the studied hairdressers' knowledge about occupational health
hazards and preventive measures,
Tool (II): Observational checklist to assess hairdresser's practices to
protect themselves.
Results: There were highly statistical significant relation between total knowledge
level among studied hairdressers and their age and marital status (P ≤ 0.001), while there was statistically
significant relation between total knowledge level among studied hairdressers and their educational level
(P< 0.05) there was no significant relation between total knowledge level among studied hairdressers and
there living place. Also, there was no statistical significant relation between total reported practice level
among studied hairdressers and their age, educational level, marital status and residence. Finally, there
was statistically significant positive correlation between total reported practice level of studied
hairdressers and their total knowledge level.
Conclusion: Three quarters of the studied hairdressers had
occupational health problems and more than two fifth of the studied hairdressers had average knowledge
about occupational health hazards .And most of the studied hairdressers had unsatisfactory reported
practices regarding prevention of occupational health hazards during work.
Recommendations: Health
education program should be developed and implemented for all hairdressers about occupational health
hazards and the methods of prevention.
 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.274789

Keywords

Hairdressers, Occupational health hazards

Authors

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Tahaney

Last Name

Mohammed Fathey Khafagey

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Quality Coordinator at Shibin Al Qanater Central Hospital, Egypt

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First Name

Mahbouba

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Sobhy Abd El- Aziz

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Affiliation

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

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First Name

Ahlam

Last Name

Elahmady Sarhan

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Affiliation

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

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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38115

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2022-12-01

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

317

Page End

332

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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Occupational Health Hazards among Hairdressers in Benha City

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23 Jan 2023