Effect of health education intervention on the awareness and use of personal protective equipments among small scale electric arc welders in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Introduction: Welding is associated with workplace hazards that can affect the health of those who engaged in it as they are exposed to harmful dust.

Subjects And Methods: This was a health education intervention study carried out among self-employed electric arc welder. Data were collected using an interviewer administered questionnaire and health education intervention was carried out between the preintervention and postintervention stages.