Safety Management Practices and Safety Behaviour among Outdoor Participants

Abstract

Safety management practices(SMPs) and safety behaviour (SB) prevent accidents and injuries in outdoor activities. The study investigated the relationship between SMPs and SB among outdoor participants. Two hundred and fifty outdoor activity participants were respondents. It administered the Vinodkumar and Bhasi questionnaire to the participants. Most respondents, comprising 49.4% (n=126), participated in outdoor activities once or twice a week. Results showed a moderate relationship between SMPs and SB (r (255) = 0.697, p<0.001). The study recommends that outdoor activities service providers should implement policies to safeguard participants to prevent accidents and injuries. Keywords: Safety management practices(SMPs); safety behavior(SB); outdoor participants eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.