Health promotion activities among working and non-working adult women

Self report measures of health promotion activities and demographic variables of working women and housewives were analyzed. A sample of 516 female clients [283 of housewives and 233 of working women] were chosen from nine different out patient clinics offering health services to women in Tanta City. Three structured questionnaire sheets were used; namely, health promoting life style questionnaire [HPLQ], health value scale [HVS] and self-efficacy. The results showed that a minority of housewives and working women groups correctly tended to practice more health promotion activities. However, the total mean scores of working women were slightly higher [362.03 +/- 33.55 out of 522] than that among housewives group [332.77 +/- 31.18]. Multiple regression analysis indicated a significant correlation between women scores regarding most of the studied items related to self reported health promotion activities and demographic variables. Higher education, family income and duration of marriage were associated significantly with working women who sought more health promotion activities, while education and family income were associated significantly with housewives group. Finally, the present study proved that working of women is significantly related to the practice of health promotion behaviors

Newborn care giving by primipara and multipara mothers at home in Tanta city

Recent researches are concerned with topics of newborn care giving, maternal knowledge and practices because it facilitates growth and development, protection against infection and detection of any abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to assess the mothers' knowledge and practices of basic newborn care given at home. The total sample included 55 primipara and multipara mothers with newborn babies. They were selected from Obstetric University Hospital in Tanta City. Interview questionnaire and observation checklists were designed to fulfill the aim of the study. The study revealed that mothers' knowledge and practices were within good and satisfactory average scores in most of the studied items related to newborn care giving at home except breast feeding. Significant differences were found between primipara and multipara mothers for most of the studied topics related to different topics of newborn care giving

Factors affecting the utilization of birth control methods among married women in Tanta city

The total sample of this study included 250 housewives and 200 working married women selected from two different settings in Tanta City: Four MCH centers and all factories affiliated to Tanta University. An interviewing questionnaire was used to elicit the aim of the study. The findings proved that the level of education and number of children had a significant effect on choice and utilization of contraceptive methods used by the studied sample. The greater proportion of married women using contraceptive methods was in the age group 25 to less than 35 years. About one fifth of working mothers had good knowledge related to different types of contraceptive methods compared with no one of the housewives. A significant difference was found between housewives and working mothers for all reproductive ideals except the ideal age for marriage for men

relationship between the knowledge of nursing staff and their compliance to universal precautions for prevention of hepatitis B viral infection

This study examined the relationship between the knowledge of nurses working in Tanta Fever Hospital [N=54] and their compliance to universal precautions as a prevention of HBV. An interview questionnaire and observation checklist were designed to fulfill the aim of the study. The study revealed that nurses' knowledge was below the average score in half of the items studied, while their performance was below the average in all the items except for care of contaminated instruments. Although no significant relation was found between nurses knowledge and their performance regarding the universal precautions, nurses having less than 5 years of experience had a higher score of performance than those having more than 5 years of experience in 6 items. The study reflects the need for in-service educational and training programs on infection control for nurses