Manuscript Title:

EFFECT OF EDUCATION PROGRAM ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY BEHAVIORS AMONG SEWAGE WORKERS IN EGYPT

Author:

ASMAA MOHAMED HASSAN MOHAMED, EFFAT EL KARMALAWY, HEBA MAGDY, REHAB FOUAD ABD ELKODOOS

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/AXTKU

Published : 2023-06-23

About the author(s)

1. ASMAA MOHAMED HASSAN MOHAMED - Assistant Lecturer of Community Health, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt.
2. EFFAT EL KARMALAWY - Professor of community health, Faculty of nursing, Cairo University, Egypt.
3. HEBA MAGDY - Professor of community health, Faculty of nursing, Cairo University, Egypt.
4. REHAB FOUAD ABD ELKODOOS - Lecturer of Community Health, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt.

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Abstract

A wastewater treatment plant is associated with many inherent occupational hazards that could have serious effects on the health of sewage workers. Sewage workers are exposed to a variety of hazards associated to the design and operation of the plant, which can lead to accidents and health issues. Aim: Evaluate the effect of the educational program on occupational health and safety behaviors among sewage worker in Egypt. Design: A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest was utilized. Sample: A systematic random sampling was used, and 230 workers were included. Setting: the study was carried out at Zenin wastewater treatment plant. Study tools: two tools were used: 1- Sewage Workers' Assessment Questionnaire [Demographic characteristic, occupational and medical data, sewage workers’ knowledge, and self-reported behavior].2-Sewage workers' occupational health and safety beliefs. Results: Revealed that 2.30%, 65.20%, 56.50%, of sewage workers had satisfactory level of knowledge in pre, post and follow up tests respectively. While 8.7%, 77.80% and 69.50% of sewage workers had satisfactory level of selfreported behavior in pre, post and follow up tests respectively. Moreover, there was a significant improvement in positive workers’ health beliefs score in post and follow up test. Also, there was a highly statistically significant correlation between workers' knowledge, Health beliefs score and self-reported behaviors pre, post and follow up test (p=0.0001). Conclusions: There was a highly statistically significant difference between sewage workers' mean total knowledge scores, self-reported behaviors scores, and health beliefs score in pre-, post-, and follow-up tests after implementations of the educational program. Recommendation: Continuing to organize educational programs for sewage workers on occupational health and safety behavior that covers all wastewater treatment plants in different settings in Egypt.


Keywords

Educational Program, Occupational Health, Safety Behavior & Sewage Workers.