To assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding occupational health hazards among waste collection workers at Kalaburagi

Abstract

Background: Waste handling is associated with various adverse effects because of the way and manner by which the waste collectors perform their duty with its perceived negative health impacts associated with improper handling of such waste. This has remained a source of concern to many local authorities and researchers alike. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of self-instructional module program on knowledge regarding occupational health hazards among waste collectors at selected areas of Kalaburagi. Methodology: A evaluative approach with pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected areas were selected using convenient sampling technique. The samples consisted 30 garbage waste collectors. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire. Data collection procedure: Data was collected from 15.01.2024 to 31.01.2024 after obtaining administrative permission from selected areas of Kalaburagi. Results: With regard to pre-test level of knowledge it shows that, maximum 15(50%) respondents were having average knowledge, 12(40%) respondents were having poor knowledge and remaining 3(10%) of respondents were having good knowledge. During post-test maximum 19(63.3%) of respondents were having average knowledge and 11(36.7%) of respondents were had good knowledge. With respect to knowledge scores of participants, the findings reveal that the post-test mean knowledge scores was found higher [mean=15.13, SD of 2.96] when compared with pre-test mean knowledge score value which was 10.20 with SD of 3.97. The statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (p