Zeitschrift für Ökologie und Toxikologie

Abstrakt

Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Thirty-third Village Citizens toward Asbestos

Tagwa Omer Mohamed Abdelrahman

Objectives: Our aims in this is to improve the knowledge
,attitude ,and practice level of people in order to protect
people from asbestos and asbestos–related diseases and to
determine the sources of exposure to asbestos and to determine
knowledge attitude and practice level in relation
to age , Methods: The study was Cross-sectional descriptive
study. A questionnaire, interviewer–administered,
that included 18 items was employed on a convenient
sample consisting of 384 participants from thirty third
village citizens in Halfa Aljadida . Results: Vast majority
of the participants 286 (74.22%) knows asbestos and it’s
usage in their village such as usage of it in building, water
supply and its hazards and 98 (25.78%) don’t know
it. 78.9 of participants exposed to asbestos,(48.7%) were
exposure at home , exposure were from houses roofs 142
(36.98%) , water pipes 3 (0.78%) and from both sources
144 (37.50%) , 2 (0.5%) were exposure at work . 81
(21.1%) were not exposed to it. 279 (72.7%) exposed to it
for more than one year, 7 (1.8%) exposed to it for more
than one month and 3 (0.8%) for more than one day. 378
(97.66%) of participants don’t use any safety equipment
regarding their exposure to asbestos and only 9 (2.24%)
use safety equipments like gloves1 (0.3%) and masks 5
(1.3%). Conclusion: Asbestos is widely use in Thirty
Third village in Halfa Aljadida and more effort should be
done to eliminate asbestos containing houses and water
supplies.