Knowledge of and attitudes to Occupational Health & Safety among tutors of a Vocational Training Institute (IIEK) in Greece: A pilot study.
This study aimed to develop two instruments, one for measuring knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) and one for measuring attitudes to OHS, to examine differences in knowledge and attitudes among tutors teaching at a private vocational training institute in Greece (IIEK) and to identi...
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Occupational Health and Safety Society of Nepal,
2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | This study aimed to develop two instruments, one for measuring knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) and one for measuring attitudes to OHS, to examine differences in knowledge and attitudes among tutors teaching at a private vocational training institute in Greece (IIEK) and to identify significant predictors of OHS knowledge. For the 9-item knowledge scale developed, a K-R 20 of 0.60 was generated while for the 9-item attitude scale a Cronbach's alpha (α) of 0.71 was generated. A cross-sectional, comparative research design was followed and the population (N=71) was stratified into "vocational area of expertise" groups. A proportional stratified random sampling strategy was used. It was found that, for the sampled tutors (n=31), "hours of OHS training" was the sole significant predictor of OHS knowledge contributing for 76% of the explained variance. No significant contributions to OHS knowledge were made by "vocational area of expertise", "years of teaching experience" and "attitudes to OHS". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341 International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012) 15-25 |
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| Item Description: | 10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341 2091-0878 |