Term of Award
Fall 2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Leadership (Dr.P.H.)
Document Type and Release Option
Dissertation (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Health Policy & Management (COPH)
Committee Chair
Atin Adhikari
Committee Member 1
Jingjin Yin
Committee Member 2
Stacy Smallwood
Committee Member 3
Gulzar Shah
Abstract
Wastewater workers are exposed to different occupational hazards such as chemicals, gases, viruses, and bacteria. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a significant factor that can reduce or increase the probability of an accident from hazardous exposures to chemicals and microbial contaminants. The purpose of this study was to identify wastewater worker’s beliefs and practices on wearing PPE and protections offered by PPE through the integration of the Health Belief Model (HBM). Participants were workers in the wastewater industry, which included wastewater operators, laboratory analysts, maintenance workers, wastewater collection workers, equipment operators, managers, and supervisors (n=272). The instrument was a self-administered survey that assessed the participants’ demographics, knowledge, and compliance with wearing PPE. The internal consistency and reliability of the summarized scales in the survey instrument were determined by Cronbach’s alpha statistical analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted to present frequency distributions of participants’ knowledge, and compliance with wearing PPE. Simple and multiple linear regression models were applied to determine the association of predictors of interest with PPE compliance. The summary of findings from this study include: 1) Perceived susceptibility and perceived severity were positively associated with PPE compliance; this association was statistically significant (p
OCLC Number
1085541978
Catalog Permalink
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Recommended Citation
Wright, Tamara L. (2018). Examining the Issue of Compliance With Personal Protective Equipment Among Wastewater Workers in the Southeast Region of the United States. Doctoral Dissertation. Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health.
Research Data and Supplementary Material
Yes
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