R Bassem|E Fahim|E Mosaad|Abdul Waheed
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LITERACY AMONG AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
Suez Canal University|Suez Canal University|Suez Canal University|Suez Canal University
introduction occupational health literacy ohl degree workers capacity obtain process understand occupational safety health services information needs work safely take good decisions keep safe work occupational health literacy important health safety workers aim work explore status occupational health literacy associated risk factors among agricultural workers ismailia governorate materials method crosssectional study carried among agricultural workers ismailia governorate sample size 500 workers randomly selected multistage sampling technique data collection tool questionnaire made researchers reviewing literature translated arabic results total 500 agricultural workers mean age 4967 1137 years ninety percent participants males low back pain reported among 462 mean ohl score 5864 2348 half participants 57 low 132 enough 298 good ohl level significant positive correlation reported ohl score age experience r 0321 0261 respectively p 0001 also statistically significant association ohl levels gender educational level p 0001 thirty percent participants occupational injuries accidents conclusion recommendations occupational health literacy level agricultural workers low educational level experience associated increasing occupational health literacy level recommended occupational health safety training program culturally educationally appropriate agricultural workers employers