• Ms. Vandana Pretty
• Mr. Kamlesh Joshi
• Mr. Naresh Salvi
• Mr. Ravi Mehta

Based on WHO report, around 7 million people worldwide died due to the air pollution in 2012. Welding, as an important operation in most industries, can considerably cause air pollution. In all types of welding processes, fume and gases are formed as air pollutants. Due to high temperature during the welding process, different substances in the air are vaporized. Then, the vapor condenses and oxidizes in contact with the air, leading to the formation of fumes. The fume particles are so small and they can reach the narrowest airways of respiratory system. Some parameters like the welding type and consumables (filler metal and surface coatings) determine the kind and amount of generated particles and gases. Since they work with high heat and large pieces of metal, welders sustain a higher rate of injury than many other professions. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration puts special emphasis on eye safety, noting that as of 2007, eye injuries were responsible for about 25 percent of all welding injuries. Welders also need to protect themselves from UV rays, burns and falling objects, and must be careful not to slip and fall when welding from a height. All welders wear protective gear and learn safety procedures intended to minimize these dangers. These precautions are needed whether the welder does electric arc welding or oxygen-acetylene welding. In 2000 alone, it was estimated that over 2.16 million episodes of welding hazards occurred worldwide with 261000 deaths and that more than 90 percent of this morbidity and mortality occurred only in Asia. In Asia countries like China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam during 2006, 21,874 episodes of welding hazards were detected in which 180.3 in Indonesia, 412.9 in Pakistan and 493.5 in India/100,000 population was recorded. Worldwide causes 16 million illness and more than 600,000 deaths each year especially common in parts of Asia, Africa and South America, where not using proper PPE, The best figure available for the global burden of health hazards supporting this and suggest that Africa (50/100,000) has a far lower burden of diseases due to working in welding workshops than Asia (274/100,000).“Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Information Booklet On Knowledge Regarding Health Hazards Of Welding & Its Prevention Among Welding Worker’s In Selected Welding Workshops Of Udaipur City (Raj)”. Objectives: To assess the knowledge score regarding health hazards of welding & its prevention. To evaluate the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding health hazards of welding & it‟s prevention. To find out association between pre-test knowledge score with selected socio demographic variables. The research approach adopted for the present study was quantitative research approach as the study aimed at development of an intervention i.e. information booklet for assessing the knowledge of 60 welding workers in selected Welding workshops in Udaipur city. This approach would help the investigator to evaluate the effect of specific intervention that is “Information booklet” on the variable that is “knowledge‟ of welding workers regarding health hazards of welding & its prevention. In this study convenient sampling method was used by investigator. Data were collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. There is significant difference between pre and post-test knowledge scores regarding health hazards of welding and its prevention among welding workers. the mean post-test knowledge score (23.53) was greater than the mean pre-test score (14.85). The mean difference between pre-test and past test score was (8.68) with the mean percentage of (27.13%). The calculated z statistical score was 15.37 is greater than the z-critical value 1.96. Hence research hypothesis H1 was accepted. This indicates that the information booklet was effective in increasing the knowledge of welding workers regarding health hazards of welding and its prevention. There was no significant association between pre-test knowledge score with any of the selected socio demographic variables. Hence research hypotheses H2 was rejected. The study concluded that there was improvement in the level of knowledge of welding workers which indicated that the information booklet was effective. The demographic variables of welding workers non significantly associated with the pre-test knowledge score.

Knowledge, information booklet, welding workers. Prevention of welding health hazards

"“EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HEALTH HAZARDS OF WELDING ITS PREVENTION AMONG WELDING WORKER’S IN SELECTED WELDING WORKSHOPS OF UDAIPUR CITY (RAJ)”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no.g674-g678, July-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407675.pdf

"“EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HEALTH HAZARDS OF WELDING ITS PREVENTION AMONG WELDING WORKER’S IN SELECTED WELDING WORKSHOPS OF UDAIPUR CITY (RAJ)”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no. ppg674-g678, July-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407675.pdf