scholarly journals A comprehensive model to address reproductive health and family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said [Arabic]

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Port Said ◽  
Garment Factory Workers

This infographic describes interventions conducted in Port Said, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18-35 years). The intervention was aimed at young garment factory workers, where selected factory workers were trained to serve as peer educators and to provide FP/RH messages to their co-workers, referring them to the infirmary nurse for more information and counseling, as needed. This nurse referred those who desired more services or FP methods to trained physicians and pharmacists. The infographic provides an overview of the interventions, perspectives from study participants, and lessons learned for integrating FP/RH into workers' health education programs.

scholarly journals A comprehensive model to address reproductive health and family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Port Said ◽  
Garment Factory Workers

This infographic describes interventions conducted in Port Said, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18-35 years). The intervention was aimed at young garment factory workers, where selected factory workers were trained to serve as peer educators and to provide FP/RH messages to their co-workers, referring them to the infirmary nurse for more information and counseling, as needed. This nurse referred those who desired more services or FP methods to trained physicians and pharmacists. The infographic provides an overview of the interventions, perspectives from study participants, and lessons learned for integrating FP/RH into workers' health education programs.

Workplace health program intervention in Port Said, Egypt

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Health Program ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
Program Intervention ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Port Said ◽  
Garment Factory Workers

This video describes an intervention conducted by the Evidence Project in Port Said, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18–35 years) who work in garment factories. In Port Said, the intervention was aimed at young garment factory workers, where selected factory workers were trained to serve as peer educators and to provide FP/RH messages to their co-workers, referring them to the infirmary nurse for more information and counseling, as needed. This nurse referred those who desired more services or FP methods to trained physicians and pharmacists. This video also describes how factory health committees were created to ensure sustainability of the program in each factory. This video, which is in Arabic with English subtitles, can be used to introduce a worker health program to factory leadership.

scholarly journals Integrating family planning and reproductive health information into livelihood training programs for young people in Souhag

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Study Participants

This infographic describes interventions conducted in Souhag, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18–35 years). In this intervention, male and female job seekers received five days of integrated FP/RH and livelihood training. Peer educators delivered the training, shared materials and social media platforms for more information, and gave participants the names of private doctors and pharmacists trained by the project. The infographic provides an overview of the interventions, perspectives from study participants, and lessons learned for integrating FP/RH into workers’ health education programs.

scholarly journals Integrating family planning and reproductive health information into livelihood training programs for young people in Souhag [Arabic]

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Study Participants

This infographic describes interventions conducted in Souhag, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18-35 years). In this intervention, male and female job seekers received five days of integrated FP/RH and livelihood training. Peer educators delivered the training, shared materials and social media platforms for more information, and gave participants the names of private doctors and pharmacists trained by the project. The infographic provides an overview of the interventions, perspectives from study participants, and lessons learned for integrating FP/RH into workers' health education programs.

scholarly journals Meeting family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said: Lessons from pilot testing an intervention in eight garment factories

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Project Staff ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
Port Said

The Evidence Project conducted an intervention to raise awareness about family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) topics with factory workers in Port Said, Egypt. This policy brief describes lessons from its implementation over three years and offers recommendations for designing FP/RH worker health programs. These lessons and recommendations are based on insights from factory worker program beneficiaries, their peer educators, factory managers, and project staff. Key lessons learned from the intervention were: (1) worker health programs offered a unique venue for raising young people's awareness of FP/RH issues and available services; (2) factory workers played an important role in sharing FP/RH information with their co-workers, and factory nurses could expand their role to include FP/RH counseling for workers as well as referrals for FP/RH services; (3) factories with large numbers of female workers could consider on-site women's health clinics to address workers' FP/RH needs, and factory health committees for worker health program management may help enhance their sustainability.

scholarly journals Meeting family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said: Lessons from pilot testing an intervention in eight garment factories [Arabic]

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Project Staff ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
Port Said

The Evidence Project conducted an intervention to raise awareness about family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) topics with factory workers in Port Said, Egypt. This policy brief describes lessons from its implementation over three years and offers recommendations for designing FP/RH worker health programs. These lessons and recommendations are based on insights from factory worker program beneficiaries, their peer educators, factory managers, and project staff. Key lessons learned from the intervention were: (1) worker health programs offered a unique venue for raising young people's awareness of FP/RH issues and available services; (2) factory workers played an important role in sharing FP/RH information with their co-workers, and factory nurses could expand their role to include FP/RH counseling for workers as well as referrals for FP/RH services; (3) factories with large numbers of female workers could consider on-site women's health clinics to address workers' FP/RH needs, and factory health committees for worker health program management may help enhance their sustainability.

Mass fainting in garment factories in Cambodia

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice Eisenbruch
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Khmer Rouge ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Phnom Penh ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
Garment Factory Workers

This paper reports an ethnographic study of mass fainting among garment factory workers in Cambodia. Research was undertaken in 2010–2015 in 48 factories in Phnom Penh and 8 provinces. Data were collected in Khmer using nonprobability sampling. In participant observation with monks, factory managers, health workers, and affected women, cultural understandings were explored. One or more episodes of mass fainting occurred at 34 factories, of which 9 were triggered by spirit possession. Informants viewed the causes in the domains of ill-health/toxins and supernatural activities. These included “haunting” ghosts at factory sites in the wake of Khmer Rouge atrocities or recent fatal accidents and retaliating guardian spirits at sites violated by foreign owners. Prefigurative dreams, industrial accidents, or possession of a coworker heralded the episodes. Workers witnessing a coworker fainting felt afraid and fainted. When taken to clinics, some showed signs of continued spirit influence. Afterwards, monks performed ritual ceremonies to appease spirits, extinguish bonds with ghosts, and prevent recurrence. Decoded through its cultural motifs of fear and protest, contagion, forebodings, the bloody Khmer Rouge legacy, and trespass, mass fainting in Cambodia becomes less enigmatic.

Transition to Adulthood of Female Garment-Factory Workers in Bangladesh

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajeda Amin ◽  
Ian Diamond ◽  
Ruchira T. Naved ◽  
Margaret Newby
Keyword(s):  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Garment Factory Workers

Development of an Intervention to Support Reproductive Health of Garment Factory Workers in Cambodia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Smith ◽  
Ly Sokhey ◽  
Camille Tijamo ◽  
Megan McLaren ◽  
Caroline Free ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Intervention Mapping ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Medical Abortion ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Garment Factory ◽  
Garment Factory Workers

Abstract Background: Garment factory workers in Cambodia are potentially a vulnerable population in terms of support for reproductive health issues and access to services, as the majority are young women aged under 30 years who have migrated from rural areas away from their family and community support. The aim of this paper was to describe the development of an intervention to support the reproductive health of garment factory workers in Cambodia.Methods: The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in public health, linguistics, digital cultures and service delivery in a suburb of Phnom Penh where many garment factories cluster. Informed by intervention mapping approaches, we conducted a needs assessment with general and participant observation and semi-structured interviews, followed by intervention development activities including specifying possible behaviour change, designing the intervention and producing and refining intervention content.Results: Our research identified some challenges that Cambodian garment factory workers experience regarding contraception and abortion. Concerns or experience of side-effects were identified as an important determinant leading to non-use of effective contraception and subsequent unintended pregnancy. Financial constraints or a desire to space pregnancies were the main reported reasons to seek an abortion. Information about medical abortion given to women by private providers was often verbal, with packaging and the drug information leaflet withheld. Given the observed widespread use of social media among factory workers, we developed three short ‘edutainment’ videos about contraception which were evaluated after one month. In addition we adapted three informative videos made by Marie Stopes International (MSI) from English to the Khmer language, and also adapted the MSI medical abortion ‘Mariprist’ instruction leaflet to a simple video format.Conclusions: We describe the development of an intervention to support reproductive health among garment factory workers in Cambodia. These videos could be further improved and additional videos could be developed. More work is required to develop appropriate and effective interventions to support reproductive health of garment factory workers in Cambodia.

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