Background: An occupational hazard contributes to severe health problems among workers due to unhygienic conditions and lack of safety at the workplace. Economic growth and productivity can be well achieved by promoting health, safety, and improved quality workplace. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the awareness of occupational hazards among automobile repair artisans in Wasit governorate, determine the occupational types of hazards, and find out the factors associated with awareness on occupational hazards among automobile repair artisans in wasit governorate, Iraq. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive; cross-sectional study conducted at Wasit Governorate, included 230 participants. To assess Awareness, a validated well-known questionnaire instrument was utilized. The data collection continued for the period of 3 months starting on 2nd January 2022 to 3rd April 2022. Results: the findings of the study indicated that about (51.43%) of automobile artisans workers had awareness on occupational hazard,(28.3%) of the worker belonged to age group (40-49) years. And about (77.8%) of studied sample were married, also this study showed that most of automobile artisans workers (35.7%) were with primary education. (53.0%) of auto Artisans were exposed to Oxyacetylene fumes, and (20.9%) of them were exposed to Battery acid, (42.6%) were exposed to Spray painting fumes.
Background: low birth weight is a reliable indicator in monitoring and evaluating the success of maternal and child health programs and has been defined as a birthweight less than 2500 grams. Aims of study: to determine the mean birthweight of the studied sample and to identify factors associated with the low birth weight. Methodology: A cross-sectional study conducted in Baghdad in Ibn Al-Baladi hospital. Sampling was convenient & sample size was 200. The study started from 1st October 2016 to 30th March 2017. Data was collected by questionnaire to obtain social- demographic information. Results: The result shows that mean weight of cases was 2.09 kg as compared to 3.5kg in controls, and the 12% were illiterate. About (36.9%) of the women with low birthweight were mainly at less than 37 weeks of gestation age , the number of women who had more than one child was higher among LBW than among normal birthweight. Analysis of results by (chi-square test) show that low educational level, preterm, short birth space interval less than 2 years, and multigravida, and low ANC visits and smoking were significant factors associated with low birthweight Conclusions: This study shows the low educational level, medical and obstetric and low visit antenatal clinic and smoking factors have strong association with low birth weight. Recommendation: The study re commended that re gular health education program through mass media and regular education program in ANC units for pregnant women to avoiding LBW babies.
Patients with chronic liver disease experience a variety of symptoms with profound negative impact on health-related quality of life. Also, non-life-threatening symptoms such as fatigue, muscle and joint pain, pruritus, loss of appetite, and digestive problems can hugely decrease their quality of life and well-being. Objective: This study aims to identify most properties of the specific health related quality of life in patients suffering from (CLDs), and in order to find out the relationships among an overall evaluation of specific health related quality of life in patients with (CLDs) with some associated variables. They include but not limited to [sociodemographic characteristics]. A cross sectional study design was performed at the Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases center in Babylon governorate, including 133 participants collected from 2nd January 2022 to 4th April 2022. There is a clear discrepancy in the level of responses for the studied domains, Specific quality of life for patients studied assigned that observed responses are mostly moderate, and they are accounted 15 (55.17%), and items of having a high-level evaluation accounted 11 (37.93%), and leftover items by having a low evaluation are accounted 2 (6.90%). According to this research findings, patients with (CLDs) have to go down regarding specific quality of life, since most studied items are accounted a moderate responding. The necessity to carry out similar further large-scale studies in different Iraqi regions in order to identify aspects of excellence and regression that progress and slow in the light of which the results of evaluating the health status related to the specific quality of life for (CLDs) patients.
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