Knowledge, attitude and practice on occupational safety and health at school among school teachers in Serdang area

Mohamad Yusoff, Nursyuhada (2018) Knowledge, attitude and practice on occupational safety and health at school among school teachers in Serdang area. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: School can be considered as a relatively moderate risk working environment due to the various hazards assembled in the school, which includes, but not limited to safety hazards, health hazards and environmental hazards. Over the years, there were many accidents occurring at the school setting. There were roughly 33 school related accidents recorded in the past 2 years starting from 2015 until the end of 2016. Moreover, there is also lacking of studies conducted focus mainly on the occupational safety and health issues in school on the perspectives of the educator. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the levels of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) at school among primary and secondary school teachers as well as finding associations between knowledge and attitude, between knowledge and practice and between practice and attitude. Methodology: A self-administrated survey questionnaires where the questions were adapted from the ASEAN Safe School Initiative syllabus were distributed to 3 primary and 3 secondary schools involving 78 and 58 school teachers respectively. This cross-sectional study were conducted on primary and secondary schools located in Serdang area. Result and Discussion: Study showed that majority of the teachers have low levels of knowledge on occupational safety and health matters, positive levels of attitude and good practice levels. Results also found that secondary school teachers had a higher score on knowledge and attitude levels compared to primary school teachers. However, as for practice level, primary school teachers were reported to have higher score level compared to the secondary school teachers'. Conclusion: Therefore, more educations on occupational safety and health at school matters should be given to the educators in order to increase their knowledge level before focusing on education for the students. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP), Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), School, Teachers

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2024 06:50
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2024 06:50
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2259

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