RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION OF USED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN TILES MAKERS IN GIWANGRETNO VILLAGE SRUWENG SUBDISTRICT KEBUMEN DISTRICT
Muslihudin (a), Asep Iskandar (b), Endang Triyanto (b)
a) Puskesmas Terawan
b) Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
Abstract
Background: Occupational safety and health is needed in companies or industries to prevent accidents at work. The causes of work accidents or diseases were influenced by two main factors, unsafe actions and unsafe conditions. The used of personal protective equipment can avoid or reduce the risk of accidents which influenced by internal or external workers motivation. Family support was one of the motivator of workers motivation. The aimed of this study was to determine the relationship between family support and motivation to use personal protective equipment. Methodology: This research used cross sectional study design. Data was taking by measurement with questionnaire. Data have taken with simple random sampling from tile-making workers in Giwangretno Village, Sruweng District. Results: This study have obtained 143 respondents, women (62.2%), the age range 36-55 years, education level was elementary school (74,8%). Family support in the medium category was 68.5% and motivation for the use of personal protective equipment high category 69.2%. The Somers-d test showed p = 0.006 (p <0.05) and correlation coefficient r = 0.202. Conclusion: This study showed that there was a positive relationship between family support and motivation to use personal protective equipment with a low level of closeness.
Keywords: Family support, motivation, personal protective equipment, tile maker.
Topic: Others