Knowledge of and attitudes to Occupational Health & Safety among tutors of a Vocational Training Institute (IIEK) in Greece: A pilot study.

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  • Stavroula Bibila University of Exeter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341

Keywords:

Knowledge test, Attitude measurement, Survey, Pilot-study

Abstract

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 teaching 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 population (N=71) was stratified into “vocational area of expertise” groups. A proportional stratified random sampling strategy 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”. 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012) 15-25

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2012-02-22

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Bibila, S. (2012). Knowledge of and attitudes to Occupational Health & Safety among tutors of a Vocational Training Institute (IIEK) in Greece: A pilot study. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2(1), 15–25. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341

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