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العنوان
Occupational Health for Workers
in Textile Industry \
المؤلف
Abd Elrahman, Ghada Sobhy Hassan.
هيئة الاعداد
باحث / غادة صبحي حسن عبد الرحمن
مشرف / ماجدة عبد الستار أحمد
مشرف / همت عبد المنعم السيد
مناقش / ماجدة عبد الستار أحمد
تاريخ النشر
2017.
عدد الصفحات
248 p. :
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
الدكتوراه
التخصص
المجتمع والرعاية المنزلية
تاريخ الإجازة
15/11/2017
مكان الإجازة
جامعة عين شمس - كلية التمريض - تمريض صحة المجتمع
الفهرس
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Abstract

Throughout the globe, most adults spend a great deal of their waking hours at work. The work provides a number of economic benefits. At the same time, people at work face a diversity of hazards owing to chemicals, biological factors, physical agents, adverse ergonomic conditions, allergens, a complex network of safety hazards, and diversity of psychosocial agents. In addition to injuries, more than one hundred occupational diseases have been sorted according to the tenth revision of the International Rating of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Generally, these involve respiratory, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, reproductive, neurotoxin, skin and psychological disorders, hearing loss and cancers (Guidotti et al., 2013).
A respectable and productive workforce is the central ingredient behind the societal and economic evolution of whatever country. Originally, occupational health programs were planned during the advent of industrialization to prevent and care for acute and continuing illness and injuries among the working population. Gradually, as the public health plans were developed, occupational health adopted a more specific role in the prevention and control of occupationally determined outcomes, accidents and diseases directly associated with the work or operating conditions. Over time, occupational health shifted its emphasis to the overall health and welfare of the working populations (Guzys et al., 2014).
Textile industry occupies a significant place among the basic requirements of human. In that respect, there is an always a considerable need for high-quality materials at optimum cost around the globe. The textile industry is providing employment to numerous people around the world (Kumar, 2015).
The Occupational health nurse (OHN) plays a major role in helping to protect and better the health of working populations. The purpose of the role of OHN is to authorize employees to make informed health decisions while also overseeing the health dangers and costs connected with the employment relations between employees and the business (Guzy et al., 2014). The centering of the occupational health nurse is on keeping employees healthy, preventing illness and accidents and ensuring a safe business or industrial surroundings. The occupational health nurse is in an ideal situation to supply guidance, counseling, grooming, and coaching for employers who want to improve their health (Cooper & Gosnell, 2015).
Aim of the study
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of occupational health program for workers in textile industry through:
1. Assessing the occupational health hazards among the workers in textile industry.
2. Assessing workers’ knowledge and practices as regarding occupational hazards, safety measures and first aid in textile industry.
3. Designing and implement of occupational health program on safety and health protection from industrial hazards.
4. Evaluate the effect of occupational health program on workers regarding safety measures for textile industrial workers.
Research Hypothesis:
Occupational health program for textile workers will improve their knowledge and practice regarding occupational health and safety.
Research Design:
A quasi experimental design was used to explore the effect of occupational health program on the knowledge and practice of the workers working at Tanta textile company.
Technical Design:
Setting:
The study was conducted at Tanta textile Company which located at Elgalaa street in Tanta city. This company included three factories for spinning which divided to factory number 1 (Thick yarn), factory number 2 (Thin yarn), factory number 3 (Medium yarn) and dyeing department with total capacity of 546 workers. The factory working in three shifts; morning, afternoon and evening each shift is eight hours. It working 24 hours /day and 7 days in week.
Sampling:
Purposive sample 81 workers was choosen according to inclusion criteria from the total 546 workers in different sectors specialized for spinning and dying in the company. The Sample size was choosen according to the workers number in each department. The total number of spinning and dying workers was 546 workers divided to 480 workers working at spinning and 66 workers working at dying department, the size of the sample 10% from the total number of workers worked in spinning departments and 50% of workers were taken from the dyeing department to conduct this study.
Criteria:
The inclusion criteria were all workers who exposed to cotton dust, chemical substance and noise during its production activities as; spinning and dyeline operation that result from this industry, and their ages ranging from 25 to <60 years.
Tools for Data Collection:
two tools used for data collection.
First Tool: An interviewing questionnaire prepared and designed by the researcher after reviewing the recent related literature, it include 5 parts as follows:
Part 1: It concerned with sociodemographic data as: age, educational level, department, income, marital status, residence.
Part 2: Workers’ medical history& Medical services in spinning company.
Part 3: Previous and current exposure to occupational health hazards in spinning and dying department.
Part 4:. Worker’s knowledge regarding occupational health, occupational hazard, personal protective equipment and knowlede related to first aid.
Part 5: Workers’ reported practices regarding first aid (fracture, wound and bleeding etc….).
Second Tool: Observation checklist was designed to evaluate the workers’ compliance with the using of personal protective equipment & Observation checklist about environmental safety and occupational hazard.
The results of the present study could be summarized as follows:
The studied sample were in the age of 25<60 years. Regarding to educational level was found more than half of the sample were finished technician education. While less than three quarter of studied sample live in rural area.
According to workers complains it found that the most frequent complaint reported by the workers, were symptoms related to the respiratory system. The most common respiratory health problems were chest illness and difficult breathing.
Regarding the exposure to accidents the present study represented that more than half of study sample exposed to accidents while working. According to the type of accident was found less than half of the total from studied sample exposed to wound.
In addition to periodic examination the study stated that all the sample had done medical examination before joining to the job. While all of them weren’t do periodic medical examination.
Related to knowledge about occupational health the study reflected that there were a highly statically differences between pre& post occupational health program related to knowledge about occupational health as definition, goal, team, services, accidents’ causes and prevention. Also the study clarified that there were a highly statically differences between pre& post occupational health program related to knowledge about occupational health hazards as types, diseases related to textile, and methods to control these hazards.
According to the workers’ knowledge regarding personal protective equipment, the study found a difference between pre and post educational program.
The current study was clarified that workers’ knowledge and practices about first-aid, there are clear differences between pre and post educational program in many practices during different emergencies situation.
The observation revealed that a relatively higher personal protective equipment utilization rate was reported compared to pre and post program.
Related to the statistical association the following study find out that there were statistically significant differences between studied sample’s total knowledge score level and their age & educational level & social status & income & housing and number of family members.
The present study presented that there were statistically significant differences between studied sample’s total practice score level and their age & educational level & housing and number of family members, while there were highly statistically significant differences between studied sample’s total practice score level and their monthly income.
As regard PPE this study found out that were highly statistically significant differences between knowledge and usage of PPE. In respect to the relation between studied sample total practice and their usage of PPE, the current study elaborated that there were highly statistically significant differences between total practice score level and their usage of PPE.
As for the effect of the implemented educational program on the study group’s total knowledge, practice scores and use of PPE. It was found that there was a highly statistically significant improvement in their total level of knowledge, practice scores and use of PPE in pre and post occupational health program.
In conclusion, implementation of the health educational program reported remarkable improvement in knowledge and practice of workers related to occupational health and safety.
The current study findings the following recommendations:
 Increase workers awareness about occupational health and safety through video and training aids.
 Periodic checkup for workers for early detection of occupational hazards and monitor the health status.
 Establish a system for supervision, recognition of good performance of occupational health and safety rules.
 Motivate management office to maintain safe work environment.