Compliance to Safety Practices among Hairdressers in Rivers East Senatorial District, Rivers State, Nigeria

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The study investigated the compliance to safety practices among hairdressers in Rivers East Senatorial District, Rivers State. Two (2) objectives, two (2) research questions and two (2) hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The descriptive correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of all the hairdressers in Rivers East Senatorial District, Rivers State estimated to be 12,224. 1062 questionnaires were properly filled and returned giving a return rate of 88.5%. The sample size used for the study was 1,200. The instrument for data collection was a validated standardized questionnaire with a reliability of 0.82. Data collected were analyzed with Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 23.0 version using some statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation and regression. The findings of the study revealed that good compliance to safety practices among hairdressers based on age, was found more among those aged 20-29 years (2.83±1.33) and based on years of work experience, good compliance was found more among those with 1-2 years of work experience (2.88±0.99). Those who had worked for 3-5 years had poor compliance to safety practices (1.62±0.96). Conclusions were made that there was no full compliance although there was good compliance to safety practices. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made that the government through its health agencies and owners of salons should supervise hairdressers to ensure full compliance to safety rules which is lacking in the hairdressing sector; hairdressers should engage in wearing eye goggles for protection and aprons in addition to other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while working to avoid adverse health conditions.

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