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Occupational Health Hazards and Safety Measures among Hairdresser Workers in Port Said City

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: A variety of hazardous substances occurred to hair stylists at work. These include biological, ergonomic, and chemical risks as well as physical and physical-related agents. Aim:  this study aimed to assess occupational health hazard and safety measures among hairdresser workers in Port Said City. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive cross-sectional research approach was used. Setting: The study was conducted at hair salons in Port Said City. Subjects: Purposive sample consisted of 209 hairdressers for five months. Tools: Four tools were used: a structured interview questionnaire for hairdressers, a knowledge questionnaire about occupational health risks, a practices questionnaire about preventing risks in the field of hairdressing, and observational checklists of safety precautions for preventing hairdressing accidents and using PPE in hair salons. Results: it is obvious that 6.7% of the hairdressers who were subjected to the study had good knowledge of general hazards, while 100% of them had unsatisfactory procedures for preventing the risks associated with the profession. In addition, 38.3% of them had poor procedures for increasing workplace safety or reducing accident-causing factors. Conclusion: the majority of the studied hairdressers  were  unsatisfactory in the practices that  related to the prevention of the dangers of hairdressing and  reduction for causes of accidents in the work environment as well as their good knowledge about overall hazards were deficient. Recommendation: The hairdressers should have health education programs to increase their understanding of the precautions to reduce health risks and value cleaning their equipment. 

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2023.180294.1240

Keywords

Health, Hazard, Hairdresser, Occupational, measures, safety

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Fatma

Last Name

Elsayed

MiddleName

Magdy

Affiliation

B.Sc Nursing Community Health Nursing ,Por-t said university

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fatma.magdy202133@gmail.com

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mansoura

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Gehad

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Abu- Elmatty

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Mohammed

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Professor of Family and Community Health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

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Naglaa

Last Name

Gida

MiddleName

Ibrahim

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Assistant Professor of family and community health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

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naglaaibrahim25@yahoo.com

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Fatma

Last Name

Hafez

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El-Emam

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Assistant Professor of family and community health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

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10

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4

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43494

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2022-12-11

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2023-12-01

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97

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117

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2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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Occupational Health Hazards and Safety Measures among Hairdresser Workers in Port Said City

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24 Dec 2024