Available Rights of Persons with Disabilities from Their Mothers' Perspectives in Zagazig City

Context: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has a profound influence on disability law and human rights law globally.Aim: To assess the available rights of persons with disabilities from their mothers' perspectives in Zagazig City.Methods: The study was conducted in 3 schools of persons with a disability; El-Nour School for Blind, El-Amal School for Deaf and Hard hearing, and School of Mental disability in Zagazig City, using a descriptive design. It involved 171 mothers of students with disabilities. The data collection tools were an interview guide concerned with demographic data and disability types and the right of the person with a disability scale that assessed the available rights of persons with disabilities from their mothers’ perspectives. Results: The results showed that 67.4% of the students with disabilities were males, and 66.7% were aged 6-12 years. 42.1% of the students were mentally retarded, while 35.1% were deaf and 22.8% were blind. All mothers were housewives regardless of their educational level. 68.0% of the mothers said that all rights generally were unavailable, while 23.8% said that the rights were available in part, and 8.1% mentioned that right is available. Conclusion: There is a gap between the rights of the PWDs in the Act and the implementation of these rights in real life, as stated by the mothers of the current study. The present study recommends increasing public and society awareness about PWDs through mass media and health education programs. Community health nurses should advocate for the PWDs and act as a liaison between them and governmental organizations to activate the law of PWDs and meet the PWDS needs

Effect of Hygiene Guidelines on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Food Handlers at University Cafeterias

Context: Safe food is a critical issue in the prevention of foodborne diseases. Food handlers play an essential role in preventing foodborne diseases and food poisoning at all stages of food preparation, storage, and handling.Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of hygiene guidelines on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers at University cafeterias. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to carry out the study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculties Cafeteria at Benha University. A convenient sample of (60) food handlers worked at Cafeterias of Benha University. Three tools were used for collecting data: A Structured interview questionnaire included two parts. The first is concerned with the assessment of the food handlers' demographic characteristics. The second part is concerned with assessing knowledge, and the third part included an assessment of food handlers' practices of the food handlers about food hygiene. The second tool is the food handlers' attitude assessment scale. The third tool is an environmental observational checklist that assessed the cafeteria's environmental condition. Results: 73.3% of the studied food handlers were male and single, 50.0% of them aged 20 - <30 years with mean± SD (32.63±4.71). Additionally, 76.7% of food handlers had a secondary education level, and they had health certificates. Only 18.3% of the food handlers had good knowledge regarding food hygiene before the guideline sessions compared to 85.0% after the guideline sessions. On the other hand, 65.0% of food handlers negatively affected food hygiene before the guideline sessions decreased to 15.0% after the guideline sessions. Moreover, 68.3% of food handlers had unsatisfactory practices regarding food hygiene before the guideline sessions compared to 76.7% after the guideline sessions. Conclusion: A considerable improvement was noticed among the studied food handlers after the guideline sessions related to the knowledge, attitude, and food hygiene practices. Recommendations: Further research should be geared towards regularly implementing health education programs for food handlers about food safety and hygiene at all faculties of Egyptian universities

Zoonotic Diseases Prevention Program for Veterinary Workers in Rural Health Units at Benha City

Context: Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases that are naturally transmitted from animals to humans.Aims: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Zoonotic Diseases prevention program for Veterinary workers in Rural Health Units at Benha City.Methods: A quasi-experimental design. The study was carried out in Veterinary Health Units at Benha City. A convenience sample was used, which includes (85) Veterinary workers. Two tools were used for collecting data: 1) A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess: a) demographic characteristics, b) medical history of previous exposure to Zoonotic diseases and c) knowledge of Veterinary workers regarding zoonotic diseases. 2) An observational checklist sheet was used to assess: a) practices of veterinary workers regarding the prevention of zoonotic diseases, b) veterinary health unit environmental condition.Results: More than three-quarters (76.5%) of veterinary workers were male, less than half (45.9%) aged ranged from 30 < 40 years with mean±SD (32.3±6.62), and about one-third (31.8%) of them were secondary education. The majority (89.4%) of veterinary workers had a poor total knowledge score regarding zoonotic diseases preprogram intervention compared to more than half (55.3%) of them had a good total knowledge score post-program intervention. On the other hand, about two-thirds (62.4%) of veterinary workers had unsatisfactory total practices score regarding zoonotic diseases preprogram intervention compared to more than three quarters (78.8%) had satisfactory total practices score post-program.Conclusion: Post-program score was higher than the preprogram score both in knowledge and practices of veterinary workers regarding zoonotic diseases, and there is a positive correlation between total knowledge and total practice pre and post-program (P=0.000). The study recommends illustrated booklets and brochures in each Veterinary Health Unit focus on using protective methods during contact with animals and adherence to adequate sanitary standards