Perceived Impact of Safety Management Services on Job Performance of Primary Health Care Workers in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State

Abstract

This study examined the perceived impact of safety management service on job performance of primary health care workers in Port Harcourt metropolis, Rivers State. A descriptive cross sectional survey design was adopted, with the population of 985 health care workers as at time of the study in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The sample size of 490 was obtained. Multistage sampling procedure was adopted for the study which was in three stages. The instrument for data collection was self-structured questionnaire with a reliability co-efficient of 0.76 titled ‘Perceived Impact of Safety Management Service on Job Performance among Primary Health Workers Questionnaire (PISMSJP)’. Data were analyzed using Statistical Products for Service Solution version 23.0. The result of the study revealed that the grand mean of 2.12 was less than criterion mean 2.50 depicting a low impact of safety service on job performance of primary health care workers. The findings of this study showed that there were a significant perceived impact of safety service on job performance of primary health care workers based on gender (p<0.05), income status (p<0.05), training (p<0.05), availability of Personal protective Wears (PPW) (p<0.05) among primary health care workers. It was concluded that safety management service has a low impact on the job performance of primary health care workers in Port Harcourt metropolis. The study recommended that government and management board of health care service should implement health and safety insurance scheme for workers at different levels especially primary health care workers in order to improve their well-being.