Dominant environmental kids diseases in Western Region, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Aabia

الملخص EN

The current study was conducted to figure out the relationship between the social structure and the most predominant environmental kids diseases (1-12 years old) in the community of Jeddah city through year 1423.A.H.

The results revealed that the dominant husband and wives age-groups were 30-40 Y, couples had Bachelor education level and governmental employees.

Residences were distributed between down town and its periphery toward north , apart of red sea coast.

They had 2-4 child/family of equal gender ratio.

Most of couples were non relative.

Wives education level was positively correlated with kids skin, respiratory and ocular diseases but negatively correlated with presence of servant and her health certificate.

Private hospitals and health care centers were permanently accessed and located far of industrial collections.

Majority of teachers and students were Saudis.

Schools subjected their students for regular vaccination programs offered by Health Ministry.

School services and facilities (regular vaccination, healthy foods and water) significantly affected incidence and kinds of kids diseases.

Mixing nationalities may represent risk health for coming exotic infection unless restricted hygienic measures offered by Health Ministry.

Husband job was negatively correlated with respiratory diseases.

Husband job sector and their work places indoor air quality, their smoking behavior may affect directly or indirectly child diseases.

The kids medicinal diseases were within husband age group 20-30 Y.

Dominant kids diseases were within age-group 2-4years mainly respiratory (dyspnea were highest respiratory affection within 1-12 Y children), skin and ocular affections.

The dominance of respiratory diseases within infants in winter and the skin diseases in summer Most of kids diseases (skin, respiratory, ocular, medicinal, psychic and non recognized diseases agents were significantly correlated with their homes address.

Conclusively, Jeddah community was characterized by special social structure, moderate to high financial level, changed their life style and the proper environmental planning that affected the incidence, dominance and kinds of kids diseases within age group (1-12 Y).

Appreciable governmental efforts represented via Education, Health and Immigration Ministries to satisfy healthy, homeostatic and healthy social kids community at home, school, public facilities for healthy coming youths future in Jeddah.