Building System in Egyptian Village and Its Relationship to The Spread of Environmental Diseases

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Professor of Home Economics - Faculty of Agriculture - University of Alexandria

2 Professor of Agricultural Extension - College of Agriculture - University of Alexandria

3 Professor of Home Economics - Morning Agricultural Research Institute

4 Department of Home Economics - College of Agriculture - University of Alexandria

Abstract

A healthy person is a person who is better able to serve himself, his nation and society, The ill human who is afflicted by the disease sees him weak This undoubtedly has negative effects on the human, When the disease develops, a person becomes dependent on other people and cannot meet his various needs in life, The community is also affected by the presence of the disease among its members, where the productivity of these patients is weak.
housing in the Egyptian countryside is practiced in many of the productive activities of the family, from the production of bread to the Albanians and some small rural industries, which is distinguished from the urban housing, In addition to stable family relations, which called for the importance of the functional division of the spaces and internal units of the house as well as the materials used in construction, as all this affects the health of human.
 Due to the random changes in the villages, new residential communities have emerged in the original villages as a result of the spread of the old settlements. Accordingly, the village population was divided according to the social situation and the instruction ....
In addition to the situation of deterioration and poor conditions and lack of facilities and services, and overcrowded housing and adhesion to each other, which led to poor health and environmental conditions sound.
Therefore, the main objective of this research Building system in Egyptian village and its relation to the spread of environmental diseases in the villages of Al-Nasser and Al-ghafr in the North of Tahrir area in Al-Beheira governorate.
 The study data were collected using a questionnaire with a personal interview, which was collected through a random sample of 200 housing units.
 A random sample of 30 units was taken to conduct a laboratory study on drinking water and stool analysis to identify the extent Pollution of drinking water and injury of individuals with parasites in light of the housing conditions of the studied sample.
The results showed that between each of the independent variables studied and the level of education for the husband and wife, Lighting, water problems, ventilation, hygiene and the associated variable of environmental diseases.  It was found that There is a correlation relationship at confidence level (0.01)
 There was also a significant correlation between the independent variables of age of husband and wife, level of education of males and the quality of agricultural activities, and the dependent variable at the potential level of 0.05.
The results showed that close proximity between the houses in the study areas, as (83.5%), which leads to the lack of quality ventilation, which is one of the most important requirements of the internal environment, it was revealed from the results that the equivalent (89.5%) of housing units in the study areas are not have  Essential health services available in villages.
 

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