Most African countries are noted for poor occupational health and safety practices. However, despite numerous occupational health and safety advances in recent years, several occupational health and safety issues still proliferate in most African countries, particularly in Ghana. This study was a review paper aimed at unearthing key issues on occupational health and safety practices in Ghana. W...

OBJECTIVE To measure the validity of safety behaviours, safety equipment use and hazards reported on a questionnaire by parents/carers with children aged under 5 years participating in a series of home safety case-control studies. METHODS The questionnaire measured safety behaviours, safety equipment use and hazards being used as exposures in five case-control studies. Responses to questions ...

BACKGROUND Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death in children older than 1 year. Deaths from accidents have a steeper class gradient than any other fatal condition and this inequality is widening. There are few published data on the relationship between safety practices and sociodemographic characteristics, hence this study has been undertaken to examine this relationship. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of self reported safety behaviours as a proxy for injuries in unintentional injuries research. SETTING The study population comprised parents and guardians of children aged 3-12 months in 18 general practices throughout Nottingham (n = 764) who responded to a questionnaire on safety practices. METHOD Injury data were collected ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between safety attitude and practices of nurses at emergency departments, in hospitals. Study samples: A total of 251 nurses working in the emergency department at 18 hospitals, which have over 300-beds in K-do and C-do (province) from May to July, 2014. Methods: A descriptive research study using a survey questionnaire on safet...

The purpose of this review is to present literature regarding intervention research on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) screening. Articles were obtained by searching six databases and review of reference pages. Of the articles selected for this review, all measured disclosure rates of IPV screening and five addressed safety practices, one study included both screening and safety practices. Two ...