TEACHERS' AWARENESS OF DANGERS POSED BY INHALANTS TO HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The study investigated teachers' awareness of the products called inhalants and the dangers they pose to health. The design of the study was descriptive survey. The area of the study was Anambra State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. All the primary school teachers in Anambra State constituted the population. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 1050 (745 males and 905 females) teachers. A thirty item researchers-developed instrument was used to collect data for the study. Reliability values of 0.79 and 0.81 using Cronbach Alpha were established. Mean values were used to analyse the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. Result of the study revealed that teachers' awareness of the products called inhalants and the dangers they pose to health is not encouraging. The implication of the study was highlighted. The researchers amongst others recommended that government should mount awareness campaigns on what inhalants are and the dangers they pose to health.