ผลของโปรแกรมกิจกรรมส่งเสริมความปลอดภัยด้วยเทคโนโลยีการสื่อสาร ผ่านสมาร์ทโฟนของพนักงานแปรรูปไม้ยางพารา

Sirin  Purkpana; Warit  Jawjit; Phayong Thepaksorn; Junjira                                                                                             Mahaboon

Authors

Sirin Purkpana School of Public Health,WalailakUniversity
Warit Jawjit School of Public Health,WalailakUniversity
Phayong Thepaksorn Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Trang
Junjira Mahaboon School of Public Health,WalailakUniversity

Keywords:

Attitude to safety, Behavior safety preventive, Perception hazards, Program safety promotion, Sawmill Para wood

Abstract

We conducted a quasi-experimental research study aimed to determine the effect of a program to promote safety activities with communication technology via smartphones. The sample group used in this study consisted of workers employed at 2 rubberwood processing factories. Workers were randomly assigned to either an experimental group of 80 workers or a control group of 80 workers. The educational tools included a video clip-based safety promotion program. We also conducted questionnaire interviews to gather personal information and attitudes about safety, hazard perceptions, and behaviors. We calculated descriptive statistics, including percentage, mean, and standard deviation. We tested hypotheses using an independent t-test and multiple regression analysis.

The results of the four pre- and post-analyses showed that the experimental group had an increase in score level for attitude, perception, and behaviors after implementation of the program of promoting safety via smartphones. There was a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level (p-value < 0.01) comparing scores before and after the intervention. There was also statistically significant difference comparing scores between the experimental and control groups at the 0.05 level (p-value < 0.01). Our analysis of factors affecting defensive behavior found that the attitude towards safety and perceived hazards were able to predict 44.2% of the variance in defensive behaviors and that attitude was a statistically significant predictor at the 0.05 level.

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