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- Title
Health Promotion Program about Sun Protection among Outdoor Workers in Helwan University.
- Authors
Abd El-Maksoud, Mona Mohamed; Ibrahiem, Donia Atef
- Abstract
The current study aimed to assess the effect of health promotion program about sun protection among outdoor workers in Helwan University. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at the Landscape and Campus outside Cleaning in Helwan University.Sample: A purposive sample of 90 workers was recruited.Tools: An interview questionnaire was used to assess workers’ knowledge regarding effects of the sun and sun care issues, their attitudes and practices regarding sun protection before and after program.Results: Revealed that more than half of workers were exposed to sun burn and sun stroke in the last twelve months. Also, they had poor level of knowledge, inadequate practices and negative attitudes regarding sun protection at pre-intervention. However, after intervention, the outdoor workers had good level of knowledge with adequate practices for sun protection and positive attitudes, with highly statistically significant differences between pre–post interventions. Conclusion: the study revealed that the intervention seemed to change the knowledge, practices and attitudes of subjects toward sun protection. This, in turn implies that awareness to sun protection could be important to reduce risk of skin cancer in Egypt.
- Subjects
EGYPT; HEALTH promotion; SUNBURN; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SKIN cancer
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 2, p2479
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/v11/i2/2020/ijphrd/195210