Abstract :
“A study to assess the effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme (VATP) on knowledge regarding
occupational hazards and safety measures among workers of selected saw mill at Thiruvarur”. The objectives of the study are 1. To assess the level of knowledge regarding occupational hazards and safety measures among workers of saw mill. 2. To assess the effectiveness video assisted teaching programme on occupational hazards and safety measures among workers of saw mill.3. To find the association between pretest level of knowledge on occupational hazards and safety measures among workers with selected demographic variables. Pre experimental with one group pretest and posttest design was used. Sixty workers were selected using purposive sampling technique in saw mill, Thiruvarur. Pretest was conducted using structured interview schedule. Video Assisted Teaching Programme (VATP) was given about occupational hazards and safety measures. After one week posttest was conducted using the same questionnaire. The findings revealed that Pretest knowledge of thirty nine (65%) worker had inadequate knowledge, Twenty (33.3%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge and One (1.7%) of them had adequate knowledge. In posttest Forty nine (81.7%) worker had adequate knowledge, Eleven (18.3%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge. The overall pretest knowledge mean score was 14.58 ± 3.351 which is 24.3% of the total mean score, whereas in post-test mean score was 24.4 ± 2.396 which is 40.71% of the total mean score.
Author Name : Joseph Hermaline
Keywords: Video Assisted Teaching, Occupational Hazards, Workers, Sawmill.
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