Md Nor, Nor Aishah (2017) Knowledge, attitude and practice on occupational injuries among SMEs workers in Kuala Terengganu. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Introduction: Industrial workers are more prone to be exposed to numerous of workplace injuries from their working activities such as slip disc, burn, falling object, hearing impairment, radiation exposure and even death. The lacking in knowledge, poor attitude and practice may contribute to the occurrence of the injuries. However, the level of knowledge, attitude and practice may also be affected by the sociodemographic factors such age, gender and level of education. Objective: A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of the industrial workers and the associations with the demographic variables and the employment duration. Methods: This study applied a convenience sampling. A total of 113 workers participated in this study. The data collection was done through questionnaire distribution using self-administered questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and safe practice towards occupational injuries. Results and discussion: The results showed that most of the respondents have good level of knowledge, satisfactory level of attitude and good level of preventive towards occupational injuries. From the Independent t-test, the results showed that there was no statistical significant difference for knowledge, attitude and practice between young and older worker. However, there was a correlation between the level of knowledge with attitude (p = 0.011), knowledge with practice (p = 0.003) and attitude with practice (p < 0.000). Meanwhile, the results from Chi square test showed that there was no significant difference between the level of knowledge, attitude and practice with the sociodemographic factor while there is a significant difference between knowledge with employment duration. Conclusion: Most of the respondents have adequate knowledge regarding the factors, effects and preventive measures on occupational injuries. In general, this research has identified that the level of knowledge and practice are good while the level of attitude is satisfactory. A specific safety education programmes could improve the KAP level of the industrial workers towards occupational injuries. The following recommendations are suggested based on the findings in this research which are effective safety education, provision of supportive mechanical tools and provision of suitable personal protective equipment (PPE). Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Occupational Injuries, Sociodemographic Variables, Industrial Workers, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2024 07:22 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2024 07:22 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2021 |
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