Knowledge, attitude and practice on safety measures against occupational hazards among constructional workers at Bayint Naung Bridge construction site in Yangon Region.

ABSTRACT

A cross sectional analytic study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on safety measures against occupational hazards and their inter-relationships, among Bayint Naung New Bridge Construction workers during 2014. Altogether 184 workers were selected by simple random sampling. Face to face interview method was used to collect the necessary data. Among respondents, only 4.3% (95% CI = 2%, 8.1%) had good knowledge, but all respondents had favorable attitude and 77.7% (95% CI = 71.3%, 83.3%) had good practice. There were statistically significant associations between age (P = 0.040), educational status (P = 0.001), type of work (P = 0.013), type of worker (P = 0.016), attending skill training (P = 0.002) and knowledge. However, no statistically significant associations were found between knowledge and attitude, knowledge and practice, attitude and practice of respondents on safety measures against occupational hazards. Although attitude and practice among workers are satisfactory, knowledge of respondents needs to be improved. The information gained from this study may be helpful in prevention against occupational hazards.