ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2022
Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment and Associated Factors among Large-Scale Factory Workers in Debre-Berhan Town, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2021.
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- Needlestick and sharps injuries and its preventive implications among cleaners in tertiary public hospitals, Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Perceptions of medical waste exposure prevention among medical waste handlers in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study using the health belief model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Personal Protective Equipment Utilization and Determinant Factors Among Workers in Phibela Edible Oil Factory, West Gojjam, Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2025Article
- Utilization of personal protective equipment and its key factors among WA oil factory workers in Debre Markos town, Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Compliance and associated factors of personal protective equipment among sanitary workers in selected public hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study design.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Personal Protective Equipment Utilization and Associated Factors among Industry Park Construction Workers in Northwest Ethiopia.Environmental health insights · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPersonal protective equipment was designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Use of personal protective equipment has been identified as an important hazard control strategy in work environments where it may not be practical to adopt other strategies.
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methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was employed in Debre-Birhan Town, North Shoa Ethiopia, from April 1 to May 1, 2021. The data were collected by using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire. A total of 412 samples were selected by systematic random sampling method. The data were entered to EpiData version 3.1 and analyzed by SPSS. All independent variables were fitted into the binary logistic regression model to evaluate the degree of association and variables with a
resultA total of 412 workers were study participants with 100% response rate. The mean age was 29 (±7.3) years. Most workers, 367 (89%) knew that PPE can prevent work-related injury and illness. Overall, 172 (41.7%) of the workers were considered to have good personal protective equipment utilization. Perceived susceptibility (AOR = 1.2, 95%, CI (1.076-1.38)), perceived severity (AOR = 1.1, 95%, CI (1.088-1.163)), perceived self-efficacy (AOR = 1.2, 95%, CI (1.082-1.349)), and perceived barrier (AOR = 0.87, 95%, CI (0.800-0.956)) were found to be significant predictors of good personal protective equipment utilization.
conclusionThe study revealed that good personal protective equipment utilization in large-scale factory workers. Perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barrier, and perceived self-efficacy were found to be predictors of PPE utilization. It is recommended that, during delivery of health education special emphasis should be given to severity, susceptibility, barrier, and self-efficacy of occupational disease.
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