mpacts of Physical Health Hazards of Healthcare Waste Management Practice on Public Health Workers in General Hospitals of Katsina State, Nigeria

Abstract

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.