Evaluation of knowledge and attitude of non-medical students about Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) principles in residential home
Subject Areas : Health, safety and environment
1 - Department of Environmental science, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran
Keywords: Knowledge, Health, Safety, Environment, Training,
Abstract :
Introduction: The Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Culture Assessment are an acceptable method for achieving sustainable development and environmental protection goals. To the author's knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out to investigate to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes of non-medical students for the use of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) principles in residential homes. To reduce and prevent home accidents as well as protection of environment the current study was, therefore, undertaken to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes of non0medical students on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) principles in residential homes. Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive analytical study and samples include 250 non-medical students from Islamic Azad universities in Fars province who were selected by convenient sampling method. The self-administrated questionnaire included a demographic questionnaire and as well as their knowledge on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and practice regarding willinless to conservation of environment was completed for all the study population through interviews. Subsequently, descriptive statistics, x2, and Mann-Whitney test and kruscal-wallis test were employed for analysis using SPSS Software (version 21). Results and Discussion: The findings of this study showed that, 86.8 percent of the people had poor awareness about Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) principles in residential home and 79.2% of people were not interested in using of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) principles in residential home. On the other hand, there was a significant correlation between knowledge and sex, awareness and levels of education and knowledge and age (P< 0.05). Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that students had almost low knowledge and attitudes on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) principles, and this level of knowledge is not enough, and students need developed educational programs to increase Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) culture.
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