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Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers

Introduction: The prevalence of stress among Malaysian police is high in which 38.8% polices have severe stress related to work resources and workplace environment. Psychosocial safety climate is one of the indicators that can be used to avoid psychosocial health problems. Objective: This study was...

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Main Authors: Rasdi, Irniza, Ismail, Nadia Farhana, Kong, Andy Shin Shyen, Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam
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Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64508/1/2018062612004608_MJMHS_Vol14_No2_25June2018.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.645082018-07-06T09:19:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64508/ Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers Rasdi, Irniza Ismail, Nadia Farhana Kong, Andy Shin Shyen Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Introduction: The prevalence of stress among Malaysian police is high in which 38.8% polices have severe stress related to work resources and workplace environment. Psychosocial safety climate is one of the indicators that can be used to avoid psychosocial health problems. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the risk factors of psychosocial safety climate and to measure the effectiveness of a customised safety website in improving the safety climate. Methodology: This study involved 105 police officers who were randomly selected from nine different departments in PDRM Bukit Aman. A survey adapted from previous study was used to determine the psychosocial safety climate levels among respondents. Then, occupational safety website was introduced to the respondents and being used for two weeks. Lastly, post survey was done to see the difference of psychosocial safety climate before and after the use of the website. Results and Discussion: Findings showed that team psychological safety (r=0.381, p=<0.001) and physical safety climate (r=0.657, p=<0.001) were significantly associated with psychosocial safety climate level. The means before (36.095 ± 5.6202) and after (37.742 ± 4.7069) the introduction of occupational safety website was good. Still, there was a significant improvement of psychosocial safety climate level after the introduction of occupational safety website. Conclusion: This study showed that psychosocial safety climate level in an organization can be improved by introducing an informative website specific for police. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64508/1/2018062612004608_MJMHS_Vol14_No2_25June2018.pdf Rasdi, Irniza and Ismail, Nadia Farhana and Kong, Andy Shin Shyen and Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam (2018) Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 14 (2). pp. 67-73. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2018062612004608_MJMHS_Vol14_No2_25June2018.pdf
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description Introduction: The prevalence of stress among Malaysian police is high in which 38.8% polices have severe stress related to work resources and workplace environment. Psychosocial safety climate is one of the indicators that can be used to avoid psychosocial health problems. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the risk factors of psychosocial safety climate and to measure the effectiveness of a customised safety website in improving the safety climate. Methodology: This study involved 105 police officers who were randomly selected from nine different departments in PDRM Bukit Aman. A survey adapted from previous study was used to determine the psychosocial safety climate levels among respondents. Then, occupational safety website was introduced to the respondents and being used for two weeks. Lastly, post survey was done to see the difference of psychosocial safety climate before and after the use of the website. Results and Discussion: Findings showed that team psychological safety (r=0.381, p=<0.001) and physical safety climate (r=0.657, p=<0.001) were significantly associated with psychosocial safety climate level. The means before (36.095 ± 5.6202) and after (37.742 ± 4.7069) the introduction of occupational safety website was good. Still, there was a significant improvement of psychosocial safety climate level after the introduction of occupational safety website. Conclusion: This study showed that psychosocial safety climate level in an organization can be improved by introducing an informative website specific for police.
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author Rasdi, Irniza
Ismail, Nadia Farhana
Kong, Andy Shin Shyen
Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam
spellingShingle Rasdi, Irniza
Ismail, Nadia Farhana
Kong, Andy Shin Shyen
Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam
Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers
author_facet Rasdi, Irniza
Ismail, Nadia Farhana
Kong, Andy Shin Shyen
Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam
author_sort Rasdi, Irniza
title Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers
title_short Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers
title_full Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers
title_fullStr Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers
title_full_unstemmed Introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (PSC) among police officers
title_sort introduction to customized occupational safety and health website and its effectiveness in improving psychosocial safety climate (psc) among police officers
publisher Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64508/1/2018062612004608_MJMHS_Vol14_No2_25June2018.pdf
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