Risk perception and precautions taken by health care workers for HIV infection in haemodialysis units in Egypt

A cross - sectional study was made in 32 haemodialysis units in the Nile delta, Egypt to evaluate knowledge and practices towards risk of HIV infection by 317 health care workers. Exposure to injury was reported by 48.6% in the previous year. Significantly more workers in government units needle-stick than in private units had good knowledge of bloodborne infections, universal blood precautions and safe disposal of contaminated items, and recognized asymptomatic HIV patients as a risk. Previous training, but not years of experience, influenced knowledge. Despite good knowledge, the performance of health workers was poor for universal blood precautions, and was worse in private haemodialysis units

Risk factors and hazards of obesity among adults in an Egyptian rural area in Damietta governorate

A cross sectional survey was conducted in two Egyptian villages [El- Shoara Village, which is famous for obesity and Alexandria Village, where obesity was not so prevalent] including 2000 subjects aged 20 years screened by an estimation of body mass index [BMI]. A case control study was adopted. The study included 201 obese cases from the El-Shoara and 201 non-obese ones from Alexandria Village. Both cases and controls were subjected to a questionnaire interview covering the sociodemographic data and KAP about obesity. Dietary data were collected by a standardized 24-hour dietary recall and a dietary assessment was carried out by the software program World Food Dietary Assessment Version 2.0. History taking, thorough clinical examination and blood analysis for lipid profile were done. The levels of total physical activity were assessed