A TESIS PROPOSAL SUBMITED TO INSTITUTE OF PUBLICHEALTH, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCE,UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Abstract

Summary Back ground: Respiratory tract symptoms are symptoms such as cough, phlegm, dyspnea, wheeze and chest ill ness and they are among the major causes of consultation at primary health centers. Respiratory tract symptoms are more risky in smoking group, workers exposed to dust, non-user of personal protective equipment (mask), older age group and those workers that have long service in dust environment. Objective-The objective of the study is to determine the respiratory tract symptoms and associated factors among wood processing manufacturing workers in maichew particle board factory. Method-Organizational based comparative cross sectional study will be conducted to determine the prevalence and associated factors of respiratory tract symptoms among wood processing workers in maichew particle board factory. The study will be conducted among 501 participants from the wood processing workers as exposed group and administration workers, drivers workers are as control group. Department stratification with proportional simple random system will be used to select workers from each department of the factory. The data will be collected by 4 nurses after two days training with interview administered standard questionnaire from American thoracic society and observational check list. Work plan cost the project-Total of 26884.7birr is required to carry out this study. The study end up with five months (January-May).This will divided in to three phases that is proposal development, and defense data collection and analysis as well as thesis writing