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 teach ing at a private vocational training institute in Greece (IIEK) and to id...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Occupational Health and Safety Society of Nepal
2007-02-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health |
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| Online Access: | https://ijoshnepal.com/file/117/download |
| 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 teach
ing 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 pop
ulation (N=71) was stratified into “vocational area of expertise” groups. A proportional stratified random sampling strate
gy 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”. |
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| ISSN: | 2091-0878 2091-0878 |