mpacts of Physical Health Hazards of Healthcare Waste Management Practice on Public Health Workers in General Hospitals of Katsina State, Nigeria
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2024-03-11
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This research determines the impact of physical health hazards of healthcare waste
management practice on public health workers' in Katsina State general hospitals. This
research used a cross-sectional survey design. All public health personnel employed at
general hospitals in Katsina State were included in the population. The General
hospitals were stratified into the three existing senatorial zones. Purposive sampling
method was used to select two general hospitals in each of the zones. Twenty percent
(20%) of the population of public healthcare workers in charge of waste management
practice were selected for this project in each of the hospitals. Researcher’s designed
questionnaire was used for this study which was subjected to pilot test using
Cronbach’s Alpha with internal consistencies of 0.719. The data collected were
described in mean and standard deviation to describe the research question raised for
this study. While t-test independent sample was used to compare the opinion of male
and female public healthcare staff. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of
significance. The result shows that the hypothesis was accepted showing that the view
of both male and female public healthcare workers on physical health hazards variables
considered for this study were not significant. The study concluded that, the physical
health hazards of both the male and female public healthcare workers were not
significant. The opinions of public healthcare workers on physical health hazards does
not differ from each other’s on practice of healthcare waste management in General
Hospitals in Katsina State.
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Physical health hazards, Public health, Workers, Healthcare, Waste
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