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Abstract
Occupational health hazards in the workplace are of critical public health concern especially the work of fishermen is considered one of the most specifically burdening, overloading, and dangerous professions in the world. Aim: Assess the effect of awareness sessions about occupational health hazards for fishermen in Port Said city. Subjects and Method: A quasi – experimental research design was utilized in this study. The study included a purposive sample of 115 fishermen. The present study was carried out at Fishermen’s Syndicate fishing in Port Said city, Egypt. One tool composed of three parts were used to collect the data for the study, namely structured interviewing questionnaire, fishermen’ knowledge about occupational health hazards and self-reported practice of fishermen towards occupational health hazards. Results: All of the fishermen exposed to chemical hazards, 65.2% and 93% had back pain and neck pain respectively caused by exposure mechanical hazards. 55.7% of the fishermen complained of exposure to stress and nervous tension. Conclusion: The study concluded that the awareness sessions had appositive effect on fishermen’ knowledge and practice as represented by the improvement of their knowledge and practice regarding occupational hazards and protection against it after its implementation awareness sessions.