IN SOME SELECTED
KANO STATE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
BY
UMAR HARUNA HUSSAIN
Bsc.Public Health
August 28, 2023
ABSTRACT
Health and safety is a term that generally covers the legal requirement that fall under the health and safety at work Act 1974. Health and safety is generally used to describe Occupational Health and Safety, and relates to the prevention of of accidents and ill health to employees and those who may be affected by their work.
In organizations today, human resources have become the major asset for productivity in its maximum since machines do not have the capacity to operate it selves. In Kano state, many health workers lacked the right information to work safely which has exposed many employees to potential risk and workplace hazard that may have a partial or permanent disability and sometime may result to fatality at work site, this could be as a result of ignorance to the correct practice or people still trying to gain earns meet for survival due to the low job opportunity in the state.
The title of this research work is “The effect of Health and Safety on Employee’s Productivity in Kano state Hospital Facilities” The study will highlight the standards operational procedure at workplace to enlighten hospital workers the duty of care of the employers to them while they carry out an assigned job, the paper will also cover the identification of health risk and safety risk and the required preventive controls to reduce risk to as low as reasonably practicable in the workplace, safe work environment and practices are major factors to be considered before accepting job offers. The research was carried out at Kano state, Nigeria. The research reveals the selected hospitals has a working occupational health and safety practices but has an average management commitment to the safe work practices of employees. The data was collected via questionnaire using a four Likert scale procedures for analysis and descriptive survey method. This study is majorly concerned with the impact of occupational health and safety on the productivity of employees.
DEDICATION
For
My Late Father Alhaji Haruna Hussain Hadejia
And
My Mother Sadiya Adamu Aliyu
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank my Mentors Prof. Usman Da’u Aliyu, Murtala Adamu Aliyu and Engineer (Mal.) Bashir Adamu Aliyu for their boundless wisdom, indefatigable patience, and heartfelt support in my efforts to complete my studies. I would also like to thank and appreciate Barrister Nasir Adamu Aliyu and his wife for their assistance on many stages and phases of my study. Adda Gambo (Yahanasu Adamu Aliyu, Imamu Adamu Aliyu who have, in particular, been a source of steadfast encouragement and friendship during my time in the undergraduate programs and after
The support of my mother (Hajiya) Sadiya Adamu Aliyu Hajiya, is essential throughout my life and career and her belief in me was unwavering despite the many doubts I had about myself. My Sister Saudat and Brother Abdullahi, provided both the love and the kick-in-the-rear necessary to stick with it all these years. My strong Grandmother Hajiya Yaya, has been both the motivation and the strength for all my pursuits, and she always managed to make me strong even if I felt down. Finally, I want to acknowledge Dr. Byamukama Daniel and Dr. Lilian Kaliisa for all the professional support rendered and many fine faculty and staff at Victoria University, Department of Public Health, and Mr. Ssemakula Saeed the registrar at Stafford University Both in Kampala to whom I owe a debt of gratitude for a world-class education and once-in-a-lifetime experience. Thank you
