Farmers health and safety at Sharkia Governorate and the influencing environmental factors
Joint Authors
Mursi, Tosson A.
Kamil, Wajdi Wafiq
Ahmad, Ikram Abd al-Munim
Source
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Issue
Vol. 44, Issue 3 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.567-590, 24 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
24
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Agriculture is one of the most hazardous of all economic sectors and many agricultural workers suffer occupational accidents and ill health each year.This study explored the most significant factors that impact on the health of farmers and the interrelationship between these factors.
Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 521 of farmers at Dawar-Gihenna village, Faqous District, Sharkia Governorate.
Tools were used for data collection are an interview questionnaire consists of six parts to collect data socio-demographic characteristics of farmers, Economical status and home environment, Medical history, Knowledge regarding health and safety, Attitude regarding health and safety and Practice regarding health and safety.
The fieldwork was executed in three months.
It started in March 2013 to till the end of June 2013.
The results revealed that (58.2 %) of participants had unsatisfactory knowledge, while (61.4 %) had Positive attitude towards agricultural hazards and (51.1 %) of participants had adequate practices towards agricultural hazards.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kamil, Wajdi Wafiq& Ahmad, Ikram Abd al-Munim& Mursi, Tosson A.. 2014. Farmers health and safety at Sharkia Governorate and the influencing environmental factors. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 44, no. 3, pp.567-590.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-430491
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kamil, Wajdi Wafiq…[et al.]. Farmers health and safety at Sharkia Governorate and the influencing environmental factors. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 44, no. 3 (Dec. 2014), pp.567-590.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-430491
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kamil, Wajdi Wafiq& Ahmad, Ikram Abd al-Munim& Mursi, Tosson A.. Farmers health and safety at Sharkia Governorate and the influencing environmental factors. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2014. Vol. 44, no. 3, pp.567-590.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-430491
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 588-590
Record ID
BIM-430491