THE IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION ON SAFETY KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES AMONG BREWERY STAFF IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of health education intervention on safety knowledge
and practices among brewery staff in Nigeria. Pre-test, post-test control quasi
experimental design was adopted for the study. The sample comprised 100 participants,
drawn from three departments of champion brewery, Uyo using multistage sampling
procedure. The instrument for data collection is a self-developed questionnaire and a
reliability index of 0.85 was obtain using pre-test and post-test method. Copies of the
questionnaire were administered at pre-test and post-test after 6 weeks of health
education interventions. Moreover, lessons on safety practices were taught in
experimental groups; and a lesson on benefits of physical exercise was taught to the
control group. Four research hypotheses were tested in the study, using analysis of
covariance (ANCOVA). The findings revealed that health education intervention
strategies were effective on safety knowledge and practice among staff.