Background: Brucellosis is an occupational hazard for slaughter house workers. Community health nurses have an important role in training them in safe practices for prevention. Aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of health guidelines for slaughter house workers about brucellosis in Port Said. Subjects and methods: The study was conducted on all 70 workers employed at Port Said slaughter house. It is located in El Gabbouti Al-Gadeed at AL-Ganoob district by using a one-group quasi experimental research design with pre-post assessment. Data were collected using a structured interview questionnaire form for worker’s knowledge of brucellosis, observation checklists for safe practices and hand washing, and a laboratory sheet for the results of brucellosis blood tests. Based on the information obtained from the initial assessment, the researchers designed the health guidelines and implemented it. Results: All workers were males with median age 42 years. Overall, 83.1% of the tested samples (n=65) demonstrated sero-positivity. Only 2 (2.9%) workers had satisfactory knowledge before the intervention, which increased to 70.0% after the intervention (p < 0.001). Moreover, 32.9% had adequate practice before the intervention, which rose to 92.9% after the intervention (p < 0.001), with significant improvement in hand washing practice (p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, the study intervention was the main significant independent positive predictor of the scores of knowledge, hand washing practice, and total practice; the knowledge score was a significant positive predictor of the score of hand washing practice. Conclusion and recommendations: The implementation of health guidelines can be effective in remedying the deficiencies in slaughterhouse workers’ knowledge and practices. Therefore, the guidelines should be implemented in the setting and similar ones
Moussa Mohamed Moussa, M., Ibrahim Mohamed Gida, N., & Ebrahim Abdou Awad Kandel, E. (2020). Health Guidelines for slaughter house workers about brucellosis in Port Said city. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(3), 688-702. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.170637
MLA
Maha Moussa Mohamed Moussa; Naglaa Ibrahim Mohamed Gida; Eman Ebrahim Abdou Awad Kandel. "Health Guidelines for slaughter house workers about brucellosis in Port Said city". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11, 3, 2020, 688-702. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.170637
HARVARD
Moussa Mohamed Moussa, M., Ibrahim Mohamed Gida, N., Ebrahim Abdou Awad Kandel, E. (2020). 'Health Guidelines for slaughter house workers about brucellosis in Port Said city', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 11(3), pp. 688-702. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.170637
VANCOUVER
Moussa Mohamed Moussa, M., Ibrahim Mohamed Gida, N., Ebrahim Abdou Awad Kandel, E. Health Guidelines for slaughter house workers about brucellosis in Port Said city. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2020; 11(3): 688-702. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.170637
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