Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: November | Volume: 12 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 151-156
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221119
Awareness Regarding Prevention of Occupational Health Hazards among Traffic Police of Kathmandu Valley
Gargi Adhikari1, Gayatri Rana2, Jay Prasad Singh3
1School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Nepal
2Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal
3Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Research, School of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Gayatri Rana
ABSTRACT
Occupational health hazards are conditions that results from exposure in a workplace that affects the health of a person. In a highly urbanized city like Kathmandu, the traffic police are more exposed to occupational hazards. The objective was to assess the awareness regarding prevention of occupational health hazards among traffic police of Kathmandu valley. Descriptive cross-sectional research design was adopted and a total 172 traffic police working in 6 different traffic police stations of Kathmandu valley were selected by consecutive sampling technique in between 30 June to 13 July, 2019. Structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive (Frequency, percentage, median & quartile) and inferential statistics (Chi-square, Fisher’s exact test) were used to analyze data. More than half traffic police were adequately aware while nearly half were inadequately aware regarding the prevention of occupational health hazards. The level of awareness regarding prevention of occupational health hazards was seen statistically significant with sex (p<0.001) and attending training during recruitment (p=0.007). Government as well as the traffic police division should conduct different awareness programs regarding the use of preventive measures.
Key words: Awareness, Prevention of Occupational Health Hazards, Traffic Police