@article{ref1,
title="Knowledge of and attitudes to occupational health and safety among tutors of a vocational training institute (IIEK) in Greece: A pilot study",
journal="International journal of occupational safety and health (Nepal)",
year="2012",
author="Bibila, Stavroula",
volume="2",
number="1",
pages="15-25",
abstract="This study aimed to develop two instruments, one for measuring knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) and one for measuring attitudes to OHS, to examine differences in knowledge and attitudes among tutors teaching at a private vocational training institute in Greece (IIEK) and to identify significant predictors of OHS knowledge.  For the 9-item knowledge scale developed, a K-R 20 of 0.60 was generated while for the 9-item attitude scale a Cronbach's alpha (α) of 0.71 was generated. A cross-sectional, comparative research design was followed and the population (N=71) was stratified into &quot;vocational area of expertise&quot; groups. A proportional stratified random sampling strategy was used.    It was found that, for the sampled tutors (n=31), &quot;hours of OHS training&quot; was the sole significant predictor of OHS knowledge contributing for 76% of the explained variance.  No significant contributions to OHS knowledge were made by &quot;vocational area of expertise&quot;, &quot;years of teaching experience&quot; and &quot;attitudes to OHS&quot;.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2091-0878",
doi="10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v2i1.5341"
}