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Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters

Safety helmet become vital personal protective equipment especially in the plantation in preventing the head from injury. This study evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice on safety helmet usage among harvesters, the association between knowledge, attitude and practice of safety helmet usage...

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Main Authors:	Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Ng, Yee Guan, Mohd Shukoor, Nur Shuhada, Md Akir, Nur Fitriyah, Ng, Gin Siong, Mohd Nasir, Nur Sabrina
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Published:	Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association 2016
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.546802018-04-19T01:38:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54680/ Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Shukoor, Nur Shuhada Md Akir, Nur Fitriyah Ng, Gin Siong Mohd Nasir, Nur Sabrina Safety helmet become vital personal protective equipment especially in the plantation in preventing the head from injury. This study evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice on safety helmet usage among harvesters, the association between knowledge, attitude and practice of safety helmet usage with head injury; and the significant differences of the safety helmet practices before and after the intervention. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 109 harvesters in two oil palm plantation located in Selangor, Malaysia. A set of questionnaire was used to collect the socio demographic background data, knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet. An intervention program through tool box talk on proper usage of safety helmet also was given followed by an observation to look for the differences before and after the tool box promotion on the use of safety helmet. Result from the descriptive analysis showed high score for knowledge, fair score for the attitude and practice among harvesters. There is no association between knowledge (X2=2.733; p>0.05), attitude (X2=2.546; p>0.05) and practice (X2=2.473; p>0.05) with the head injury. The result also gave no significant differences (p>0.05) of the practices before and after the intervention. However, the trends showed decrease in number of practices after the intervention. This study reveals that the knowledge, attitude and practice are not a prominent indicator for head injury among harvesters. Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54680/1/Knowledge%2C%20attitude%20and%20practice%20on%20the%20usage%20of%20safety%20helmet%20among%20oil%20palm%20harvesters%20.pdf Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Ng, Yee Guan and Mohd Shukoor, Nur Shuhada and Md Akir, Nur Fitriyah and Ng, Gin Siong and Mohd Nasir, Nur Sabrina (2016) Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16 (suppl. 1). pp. 44-49. ISSN 1675-0306 https://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=662:knowledge-attitude-and-practice-on-the-usage-of-safety-helmet-among-oil-palm-harvesters&catid=104:2016-special-volume-1&Itemid=120
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description	Safety helmet become vital personal protective equipment especially in the plantation in preventing the head from injury. This study evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice on safety helmet usage among harvesters, the association between knowledge, attitude and practice of safety helmet usage with head injury; and the significant differences of the safety helmet practices before and after the intervention. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 109 harvesters in two oil palm plantation located in Selangor, Malaysia. A set of questionnaire was used to collect the socio demographic background data, knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet. An intervention program through tool box talk on proper usage of safety helmet also was given followed by an observation to look for the differences before and after the tool box promotion on the use of safety helmet. Result from the descriptive analysis showed high score for knowledge, fair score for the attitude and practice among harvesters. There is no association between knowledge (X2=2.733; p>0.05), attitude (X2=2.546; p>0.05) and practice (X2=2.473; p>0.05) with the head injury. The result also gave no significant differences (p>0.05) of the practices before and after the intervention. However, the trends showed decrease in number of practices after the intervention. This study reveals that the knowledge, attitude and practice are not a prominent indicator for head injury among harvesters.
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author	Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Shukoor, Nur Shuhada Md Akir, Nur Fitriyah Ng, Gin Siong Mohd Nasir, Nur Sabrina
spellingShingle	Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Shukoor, Nur Shuhada Md Akir, Nur Fitriyah Ng, Gin Siong Mohd Nasir, Nur Sabrina Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
author_facet	Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Shukoor, Nur Shuhada Md Akir, Nur Fitriyah Ng, Gin Siong Mohd Nasir, Nur Sabrina
author_sort	Zolkifli, Nur Zuhairiza
title	Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters
publisher	Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association
publishDate	2016
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54680/1/Knowledge%2C%20attitude%20and%20practice%20on%20the%20usage%20of%20safety%20helmet%20among%20oil%20palm%20harvesters%20.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54680/ https://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=662:knowledge-attitude-and-practice-on-the-usage-of-safety-helmet-among-oil-palm-harvesters&catid=104:2016-special-volume-1&Itemid=120
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Knowledge, attitude and practice on the usage of safety helmet among oil palm harvesters

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