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Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Photocopiers and printers release several toxic compounds when operating, posing a significant public-health issue since millions of workers worldwide might be affected. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures. Subjects and Method: Quasi-experimental with one group pretest, posttest design was conducted, among 163 workers at central printing press, and all photocopy and printing offices at Assiut University Faculties. Data collected by face-to-face interviewing the photocopy and printing workers using a structured questionnaire. It included two tools. Tool I: Part One: personal and occupational data. Part two: Assessment of studied workers' knowledge about occupational hazards and subsequent health problems. Tool II: Hand washing & back stretching exercise observational checklist. Results: The study exposed that 89.6% of studied workers had poor knowledge scores about occupational hazards and safety measures in the pre-test, which improved to 44.2% of workers who had good knowledge scores in the post-test and 58.3% of them had fair knowledge scores in the follow-up test. Additionally, 94.5% of studied workers had unsatisfactory practice scores in the pre-test, which improved to 62.6% having satisfactory practice scores in the post-test and 49.7% having satisfactory practices scores in the follow-up test with a statistically significant p < 0.001. Conclusion: Implementation of educational program leading to an improvement of workers' knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures. Recommendation: Continuing educational program for the photocopy and printing workers to reduce occupational hazards.

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10.21608/asnj.2023.232458.1662

Keywords

Educational Program, Occupational Safety, Photocopy, Printing &Workers

Authors

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Asmaa

Last Name

Ibrahim

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A.

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Assistant Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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asmaanursing@aun.edu.eg

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Neama

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El Magrabi

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M.

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Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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kabasylow@yahoo.com

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First Name

Naglaa

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Abd El-aty

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S.

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Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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dr.naglaasaad@aun.edu.eg

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Assiut

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11

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39

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37030

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-08-28

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2023-09-01

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47

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57

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University

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24 Dec 2024