dc.contributor.author | Ongebo, Ivan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-14T15:04:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-14T15:04:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-11-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ongebo, I. (2021). Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of nonresident students of Makerere University towards fire prevention (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/13066 | |
dc.description | A research report submitted to Makerere University School of Public Health in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor’s Degree of Environmental Health Science | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Fire outbreak is still posing a great challenge to public health globally with greater challenge in developing countries where less capital is invested in fire prevention.
Objective: This study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Makerere University students who sleep outside the university concerning fire prevention in their hostels to give relevant stakeholders evident-based information for further action.
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was used to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices among 405 students between Septembers to November, 2021. The data was collected using pre-tested self-administered questionnaires, cleaned, analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2007 and presented in frequency tables with proportions and percentage.
Result: Out of 405 nonresident students who participated in the study, majority were males, 53.09%. The mean age of the participants was 22.84(Standard Deviation, 1.27) and ages ranged between 18 to 31 years. Majority of students were in second year of their studies, 55.56%. 91.36% of the participants knew importance of oxygen in fire outbreak, 84.44% believed that their hostels are not safe against fire; only 10.12% had been trained on how to use fire extinguishers as well as only 10.62% reported the presence of at least one type of fire extinguisher in their hostels.
Conclusion: The study revealed that there was significant knowledge and attitude but poor practices among nonresident students so; more effort should be put to promote safe practices among nonresident students concerning fire prevention.
Keywords: knowledge, attitude, practices, non-resident students, fire prevention | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | fire | en_US |
dc.subject | Nonresident students | en_US |
dc.subject | Fire prevention | en_US |
dc.subject | Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of Nonresident students of Makerere University towards Fire prevention. | en_US |
dc.title | Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of nonresident students of Makerere University towards fire prevention | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |