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Dominant Environmental Kids Diseases In Western Region,
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*Zakia.A.M.Ahmed and** Jawaher.Ben.Dehaish
*Dept. Zoology Girl΄s College of Science, Dammam, Eastern Region and
**Dept. Zoology of Girl΄s College of Education, Jeddah,Western Region
E-mail: ebrahima215@hotmail.com*
Joodi-16@hotmail.com**
Abstract
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The current study was conducted to figure out the relationship between
the social structure and the most predominant environmental kids
diseases (1-12 years old) in the community of Jeddah city through year
1423.A.H. The results revealed that the dominant husband and wives
age-groups were 30-40 Y, couples had Bachelor education level and
governmental employees. Residences were distributed between down town
and its periphery toward north , apart of red sea coast. They had 2-4
child/family of equal gender ratio. Most of couples were non relative.
Wives education level was positively correlated with kids skin,
respiratory and ocular diseases but negatively correlated with presence
of servant and her health certificate. Private hospitals and health care
centers were permanently accessed and located far of industrial
collections. Majority of teachers and students were Saudis. Schools
subjected their students for regular vaccination programs offered by
Health Ministry. School services and facilities (regular vaccination,
healthy foods and water) significantly affected incidence and kinds of
kids diseases. Mixing nationalities may represent risk health for coming
exotic infection unless restricted hygienic measures offered by Health
Ministry. Husband job was negatively correlated with respiratory
diseases. Husband job sector and their work places indoor air quality,
their smoking behavior may affect directly or indirectly child diseases.
The kids medicinal diseases were within husband age group 20-30 Y.
Dominant kids diseases were within age-group 2-4years mainly respiratory
(dyspnea were highest respiratory affection within 1-12 Y children),
skin and ocular affections. The dominance of respiratory diseases within
infants in winter and the skin diseases in summer Most of kids diseases
(skin, respiratory, ocular, medicinal, psychic and non recognized
diseases agents were significantly correlated with their homes address.
Conclusively, Jeddah community was characterized by special social
structure, moderate to high financial level, changed their life style
and the proper environmental planning that affected the incidence,
dominance and kinds of kids diseases within age group (1-12 Y).
Appreciable governmental efforts represented via Education, Health and
Immigration Ministries to satisfy healthy, homeostatic and healthy
social kids community at home, school, public facilities for healthy
coming youths future in Jeddah. .
Key words: social structure, education level, age-groups, monthly
income, Job sector, husbands,wives, kids, dominant diseases,
environmental planning, health care centers,school services and
facilities. Indoor air pollution.
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