KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BY TRADITIONAL RESIST FABRICS WORKERS IN ABEOKUTA, NIGERIA

Abstract

Resist fabric techniques such as tie- dye, batik, adire- eleko e.t.c is a manual procedure that directly exposes workers to various synthetic dyes and chemical used. The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on the use of personal protective equipment by traditional resist fabric workers in Abeokuta. Cross sectional survey was used for this study to select 403 traditional resist fabric workers. The workers were interviewed by faceto-face questionnaire. The results indicate that the prevalence of good knowledge and appropriate attitude was low equal 3.7% and 4.2% respectively. The prevalence of using nose
cover was 29%. Additionally, most of the workers know that synthetic dyes and chemicals used with it cause poisonous gas; 91.6% of the respondents have known that synthetic dyes and chemicals can cause harmful effect to their health, 80% of the respondents received the knowledge information by family, friends and neighbors while few of them receive if from radio. The study proposed appropriate recommendations in other to reduce the health effect of individual resist fabric workers and the community.