Ibrahim, A., El Magrabi, N., Abd El-aty, N. (2023). Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11(39), 47-57. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.232458.1662
Asmaa A. Ibrahim; Neama M. El Magrabi; Naglaa S. Abd El-aty. "Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University". Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11, 39, 2023, 47-57. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.232458.1662
Ibrahim, A., El Magrabi, N., Abd El-aty, N. (2023). 'Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University', Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11(39), pp. 47-57. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.232458.1662
Ibrahim, A., El Magrabi, N., Abd El-aty, N. Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 2023; 11(39): 47-57. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.232458.1662
Effect of educational program on knowledge and practices regarding occupational safety measures among photocopy and printing workers at Assiut University
1Assistant Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
2Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
Abstract
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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