Background: Thyroid Carcinoma (TC) is the most common endocrine carcinoma accounts for 90% of all endocrine malignancies, awareness of health belief can help patients with TC to prevent most of complication. Aim of this study: Was to assess health belief model among patients' with thyroid carcinoma. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting:The study was conducted at Damanhour Oncology Center in El-Beheira Governorate. Sample: A convenient sample included 120 patients. Tools: Two tools were used in this study. Tool I): An interview questionnaire to assess; A) Socio-demographic characteristics. B) Patients' knowledge regarding thyroid carcinoma. C) Reported practices regarding thyroid carcinoma. Tool II): Health belief scale of studied patients regarding thyroid carcinoma. Results: 38.3% of studied patients aged from 40 to less than 50 years old with mean ± SD 43.00±8.98, while 55% of them were female and 35.8% of them had secondary education. In addition, 47.5% of studied patients had total poor knowledge regarding thyroid carcinoma. As regard patients' practices, 54.2% of studied patients had satisfactory total practices regarding thyroid carcinoma. 45.8% of them had unsatisfactory total practices, while 19.2% of studied patients had high total health belief, and 35% of them had low total health belief regarding thyroid carcinoma. Conclusion: There were highly statistically significant relation between studied patients' total practices level and their total health belief regarding thyroid carcinoma. Recommendations: Health educational program should be developed and implemented for patients with thyroid carcinoma to enhance their health belief.

Background: Cartoons are one of the daily habits of children, that has positive and negative effects on the health of children. Aim: Was to assess mothers' perception and parenting style regarding effect of cartoon movies on preschool children. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was carried out at 10 nursery schools in Baha City. Sample: Simple random sample was used in this study. Tools: It include three tools were used, tool (I) An interviewing questionnaire was used, a):to assess child characteristics, b): sociodemographic characteristics of studied mothers, c): health problems of studied children, d): methods used to prevent negative effects of cartoon movies, e): mothers' knowledge regarding cartoon influence on their children. Tool (II): Likert scale to assess mothers' attitude regarding effects of cartoon on children, Tool (III): Likert scale to assess parenting style. Results: 50.8 % of studied children aged from 4 to less than 5 years and 51.3%of them were male. While 48%of studied mothers aged from 20 to less than 30 years and 57.3% of them had university education, also 48 % of them had average knowledge regarding effect of cartoon movies on their children. In addition, 66.3% of them had positive attitude regarding effects of cartoon movies and 45.3% of them were using autocratic parenting style. Conclusion: There was no statistically significant relation between mother's parenting style and their total knowledge. Recommendation: Developing educational health program for all mothers to improve their knowledge, attitude, and their practices toward effects of cartoon movies on their children.

Background: An occupational hazard is a hazard experienced in the workplace, there are many occupational hazards may be include Physical hazard such as heat, cold, light, noise. Aim of this study was to assess occupational health hazards among workers in glass manufacture industries . Research design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: this study was conducted at two glass manufacture industries in Elnaser and Crystal Asfor industries at Benha city. Sample: systematic random sample was used to choose 25% of all worker in Elnaser and crystal Asfor industries. The total number of workers is 600 workers the samplel include 150 workers. Tools: Two tools were used, I): An interviewing questionnaire was used to assess A) sociodemographic characteristics of the workers . B) characteristic of work. C) health problems of the workers during last 6month . D) worker's knowledge regarding occupational hazards related their work. II): An observational checklist that includes A) It was concerned with assessment work environmental of two industries. B) Concerned with assessment of the workers' practices regarding wearing protective measure. Results: 54.7% of workers had satisfactory total practices score regarding prevention of occupational health hazards , 48.7% of studied workers had good total knowledge score regarding occupational health hazards and59.3% of studied workers had health problems. Conclusion: Shows that there was highly statistically significant relation between total practice level and their demographic characteristics as marital status, education level. Recommendations: Periodic check up of health status for workers for early detection of occupational hazards to monitor their health status and early case finding.

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Background: Child sexual abuse is a type of violence against children that has received significant concern worldwide which lead to short-term and long-term consequences, also a worrisome burden to the family and society. Aim of study: Was to assess mothers` perception for protection of their children from sexual abuse. Research design: A descriptive design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Benha Maternal and Child Health center (B), Kafr-Shokr Maternal and Child Health center, Shiben-El-Kanater Maternal and Child Health center and Kalyub El-Balad Maternal and Child Health center. Sample: Simple random sample of mothers, total sample size was 381 mothers. Tools: Two tools were used, I): A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess a): Child's characteristics, mothers' socio-demographic characteristics, b): Knowledge of mothers about protection of children from sexual abuse, c):Reported practice of mothers for protection of their children from sexual abuse and d): Attitude of mothers regarding protection from child sexual abuse and II): Child sexual abuse myths scale to assess false beliefs of mother toward child sexual abuse. Results: 58.8% of mothers had average total knowledge level regarding protection of children from sexual abuse while 60.1% of them had unsatisfactory total reported practices level regarding protection of children from sexual abuse and 66.9% of them had positive total attitude regarding protection of their children from sexual abuse. Conclusion: There were positive statistically significant correlation between mothers' total knowledge, total reported practices and total attitude regarding protection of their children from sexual abuse. Recommendations: Health education program should be developed and implemented for mothers regarding child sexual abuse to improve their knowledge and practices to protect their children from sexual abuse.