چکیده مقاله
Background and objective: Emerging zoonotic diseases are of increasing regional and global importance Poultry workers are at risk of becoming infected with these diseases Preventing occupational exposure tozoonotic diseases protects workers as well as their families, communities, and the public health The mainobjective of this study was to assess the awareness and preventive practices related to zoonotic diseases Methods: This study is a across–sectional study conducted for a period of four months starting on 25 May till25 September 2023 among poultry workers in the North of Iran The questionnaire was designed to obtaininformation on awareness and preventive practices about zoonotic diseases among poultry farm workers andslaughterhouse workers Data was analyzed in the SPSS version 26 Result: The mean age for poultry farm workers was 32 84±8 21 and 31 35±9 81 for slaughterhouse workers 90 8% n =227 of the respondents had a formal education and 81 2% n =203 had worked on the farm for morethan 1 year Out of the 250 respondents only 36 4% n =91 were having some awareness about zoonoticdiseases The level of respondents preventive practices were identified acceptable in this study Conclusion: The respondents poor awareness make them as a vulnerable group to expose the zoonotic diseases Bringing awareness among the poultry workers about the threat of zoonotic diseases, their modes oftransmission, prevention and control measures should be considered as most important protecting interventions
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نویسندگان
Mohammad Ali Soleimanian
DVM; veterinary clinician; Mazandaran, Iran
Halimeh Kamali
Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies; School of Management and Medical Information Sciences; KermanUniversity of Medical Sciences; Kerman; Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Soleimanian, Mohammad Ali and Kamali, Halimeh,1403,Investigating awareness and preventive practices related to zoonotic diseases inpoultry workers,17th International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion,Tehran
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