Uba Uba James, Efut Etim Nkanu, Bassey Obeten Udumo, Asuquo Edung Etim, Uba James Connie
School of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ugep, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Department of Environmental Education, Faculty of Arts and Social Science Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria.
Heliyon. 2023 Jul 17;9(7):e18122. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18122. eCollection 2023 Jul.
This study examined sociodemographic factors and environmental workers' knowledge of the impact of awareness-creation on the sustainable disposal of solid waste in Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The sequential explanatory mixed-method design was adopted in the study. The population for the study was 331 respondents, consisting of 120 staff and 211 government-approved service providers from the Cross-River State Ministry of Environment. The population also comprised the sample size of the study. The total enumeration sampling technique was employed. A 42-item structured questionnaire titled "Questionnaire Instrument on Sociodemographic Factors and Environmental Workers' Knowledge of the Impact of Awareness Creation on Sustainable Disposal of Solid Wastes" (QISFEWKIACSDSW) and a Focus Group Discussion Schedule (FGDS) were the instruments used for data collection. The instruments were face validated by three experts: two from Social Science Education and one from the Measurement and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The Cronbach Alpha Reliability Method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. Data collected from the questionnaire was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions while independent sampled -test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance and the FGDS was used to supplement the findings of the quantitative analysis. Findings of the study revealed that, to a high extent, awareness creation based on location and gender can contribute positively to the sustainable disposal of solid waste materials. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others, that enlightenment programs such as awareness creation, town hall meetings, and workshops be organized among community members on the need for sustainable disposal of solid waste materials in Cross River State, Nigeria.
本研究调查了社会人口学因素以及尼日利亚克罗斯河州环境工作者对提高认识对固体废物可持续处置影响的了解情况。为实现研究目的，两个研究问题和两个假设指导了该研究。本研究采用了顺序解释性混合方法设计。该研究的总体为331名受访者，包括来自克罗斯河州环境部的120名工作人员和211名政府批准的服务提供商。总体也构成了该研究的样本量。采用了全面枚举抽样技术。一份名为“关于社会人口学因素及环境工作者对提高认识对固体废物可持续处置影响的了解情况的调查问卷”（QISFEWKIACSDSW）的42项结构化问卷和一份焦点小组讨论提纲（FGDS）是用于数据收集的工具。这些工具由三位专家进行了表面效度验证：两位来自社会科学教育领域，一位来自尼日利亚大学恩苏卡分校科学教育系的测量与评估部门。采用克朗巴哈α信度法来确定工具的内部一致性。从问卷收集的数据使用均值和标准差进行分析以回答研究问题，而独立样本t检验统计量用于在0.05的显著性水平下检验原假设，FGDS用于补充定量分析的结果。研究结果表明，在很大程度上，基于地点和性别的提高认识活动能够对固体废物的可持续处置做出积极贡献。基于该研究的结果，建议在尼日利亚克罗斯河州的社区成员中组织诸如提高认识、市政厅会议和研讨会等启蒙项目，以宣传固体废物可持续处置的必要性。
