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Showing 4 results for Fattahi Ardakani
Ahmad Sotoudeh, Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad, Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani, Moradali Zareipour, Hossein Ebrahimi,
Volume 2, Issue 4 (Winter 2021)
Abstract
Background and Aim: The trend of skin cancer in personnel in the open workplace, including sailors, is increasing alarmingly due to exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and practice of skin cancer prevention in sailors in southern Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2019 on 330 sailors in Deir port in southern Iran who were selected by simple random sampling. The researcher-made questionnaire was used in two parts including demographic data and knowledge and preventive behaviors towards skin cancer. Data were analyzed using SPSS-20 software.
Results: The mean age of 330 sailors; was 37.9±10.4 years. Sailors' knowledge in this study was moderate. The majority of sailors (74%) stated that changing working hours is a good way to reduce exposure to sunlight and sunburn. Regarding sunscreen, almost the majority of sailors (66%) reported that they had never and rarely used sunscreen. Regarding skin cancer screening, the majority of sailors (72%) had never had skin screening by a physician.
Conclusion: Despite the abundant evidence on the risk of skin cancer in personnel in the open workplace, including sailors, this group is still not sufficiently aware of the issue. To reduce the incidence of the disease and its potential risks, it is necessary to develop sustainable training programs and implement protective measures for sailors.
Moradali Zareipour, Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani, Sahar Zamaniahari, Ahmad Sotoudeh,
Volume 2, Issue 4 (Winter 2021)
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Medical and educational care and the creation of special measures to prevent the spread of the disease are of great importance in maintaining the health of seafarers. Direct and immediate access to appropriate medical care always is not available to this group. Given that sailing is a dangerous occupation with a higher mortality rate than many onshore jobs, self-care is the most common behavioral response to prevent common diseases in this group. The most important achievement of strengthening the self-care approach is that sailors make the right decisions about the proper use of health care and choose and implement appropriate self-care behaviors for health problems. Sailors' self-care can include prevention of occupational diseases, prevention and protection of occupational and mechanical detrimental factors, prevention of ergonomic detrimental factors, prevention of chemical detrimental factors, prevention of physical detrimental factors, prevention of nutritional problems. Self-care in seafarers clearly increases the efficiency and individual skills of sailors against disease. On the other hand, learning self-care activities can lead sailors to stay healthy, increase a person's adaptation to the environment and health problems, increase the ability of sailors to take care of themselves, and reduce the incidence of disability and treatment costs.
Moradali Zareipour, Ahmad Sotoudeh, Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani, Sahar Zamaniahari,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)
Abstract
Sailors are a unique occupational group in terms of access to medical facilities in times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 epidemic. On the large or small vessels, sailors may spend a long time away from standard medical services. In addition, job restrictions, closed living space, and long distance from family members during long-distance voyages make it difficult for sailors to prevent and treat diseases that occur at sea compared to landlocked individuals. Therefore, due to the nature of their work and travel to different countries through water, sailors are exposed to potential risks of disease.
Given the risk of sailors and the importance of disease prevention education in this group, Tele Education is a good opportunity to improve the knowledge of sailors in the field of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and its prevention. This training can be provided using communication tools. Tele Education for sailors can be done in two dimensions: self-care training for the prevention of COVID-19, and specific self-care training for the prevention of common diseases. In this way, the sailors' knowledge and awareness will increase and their insights and attitudes in the field of prevention of infectious diseases will be enhanced, and also their performance in this field will be improved that lead to the health and well-being.
Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani , Somayeh Khezerloo , Morad Ali Zareipuor ,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2025)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Due to the unique working and living conditions at sea, seafarers face numerous health and safety challenges. Health literacy -defined as the ability to understand and utilize health information- plays a vital role in improving their quality of life and mitigating health risks. This study aimed to examine the importance of health literacy and strategies for its promotion among seafarers.
Methods: This scoping review was conducted by searching reputable English and Persian scientific databases, including ScienceDirect, Scopus, ISI, PubMed, Google Scholar, SID, and MagIran, using keywords such as health literacy, seafarers, and strategies to retrieve the most recent relevant studies.
Results: Inadequate health literacy among seafarers can lead to increased disease and infection rates, inability to manage emergencies, reduced quality of life, and higher healthcare costs. Ultimately, these issues may contribute to elevated risks of maritime accidents and safety deficiencies, which have far-reaching negative impacts on individual health and overall maritime operational safety, reducing seafarers' efficiency and productivity. Various strategies -such as conducting training courses and practical workshops on health and hygiene, disease prevention, emergency management, utilizing diverse media for health literacy education, empowering seafarers to seek and evaluate health information, and actively involving them in health literacy promotion programs- can enhance seafarers' health literacy.
Conclusion: Improving health literacy among seafarers not only enhances their quality of life and reduces disease burden but also increases the safety and efficiency of maritime operations. By implementing targeted educational programs and fostering a culture of health awareness, significant improvements can be made in their working and living conditions.
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