Jurnal Berkala Kesehatan
Vol 7, No 2 (2021): JURNAL BERKALA KESEHATAN

Correlation Between Age, Work Period, Knowledge, and Attitude’s Workers With Behavior on The Use of PPE

Cynthia Widyawati (Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Jawa Timur)
Indriati Paskarini (Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Jawa Timur)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Dec 2021

Abstract

PG. Poerwodadie is one of the white crystal sugar factories left by the Dutch East Indies. In the production process with a fairly high risk of work accidents, the company provides Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). However, most workers have not complied with the use of PPE in the work area. Therefore, it is necessary to research factors related to non-compliance with the use of PPE. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between age, years of service, education, and attitudes with workers who were not obedient in using PPE. This research uses quantitative with the cross-sectional approach. The population in this study were all workers at the PG. Poerwodadie manufacturing station totals 80 people. The study concludes that there was a relationship between the age of workers and non-compliance with the use of PPE with the value of Phi and Cramer's V = 0.337. There was a relationship between the working period and non-compliance with the use of PPE with a value of 0.329. There was a relationship between worker knowledge and non-compliance with the use of PPE with the value = 0.279. There was no relationship between worker attitudes and non-compliance with the use of PPE

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Journal Info

Abbrev

berkala-kesehatan

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

Jurnal Berkala Kesehatan is a journal published by the Master Program of Public Health Sciences at Lambung Mangkurat University. This journal is published in frequency 2 times a year, ie in May and November. This journal contains public health science research texts, review of research results, new ...