Preventing occupational injuries in the informal construction industry: a study protocol for the development of a safety education intervention for bricklayers and carpenters in Osun State, Nigeria.

Autor:	Ojo TO; Department of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.; Division of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Onayade AA; Department of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria., Naicker N; Division of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Epidemiology and Surveillance, National Institute for Occupational Health, National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 Oct 09; Vol. 12, pp. 1464797. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 09 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2024.1464797
Abstrakt:	Background: Occupational injuries are a growing public health problem. Approximately 1,000 workers die daily from occupational injuries globally. Artisans working in the informal sector of the construction industry in many low/middle income countries like Nigeria have a higher injury predisposition. This study will assess the determinants of occupational injuries and design a safety intervention for informal sector artisans in the Nigerian construction industry. Methods: A sequential mixed-methods design will be employed to study 840 bricklayers and carpenters (420 per artisan group) in Osun State, Nigeria. Quantitative data will be collected first while qualitative data will be collected thereafter. Thirdly, a modified Delphi-technique will be employed to co-design a safety education intervention. For the quantitative study, artisans will be recruited via multi-stage sampling and a semi-structured questionnaire will be administered to obtain information on artisans' socio-demographics, work-patterns and occupational injuries. A multivariable regression model will be used to determine the association between injury occurrence and independent variables. Twelve to sixteen focus group discussion (FGD) sessions will be conducted for artisans to obtain group perspectives about injuries and preferred safety training topics. From the FGD and quantitative study findings, a list of items for the safety training module will be compiled for the modified-Delphi process. Thereafter, the content validation index (CVI) will be derived and items with CVI of ≥0.80 will be included in the final safety training module. Conclusion: This paper describes the process required to assess the determinants of occupational injuries among artisans in the informal sector of the construction industry in Nigeria and further proposes the design of a context-relevant safety training intervention. The information from this study will be essential in promoting safe working environments for construction artisans. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Ojo, Onayade and Naicker.)
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