International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Psychosocial risks are inherent in the overall stress caused by work, work structures, design and regulations and are therefore an integral part of the overall risk assessment in the workplace. Each type of job is associated with certain occupational risks specific to that type of job. However, the psychosocial hazards among workers particularly among health works have been neglected. It against this background this study was carried out to investigate the risk factors associated with psychosocial hazard among workers in tertiary institutions in Niger state, Nigeria. Relevance literature was reviewed on basis thematic variable.  The descriptive cross-sectional study was used as a design. The sample size was consisted of 240 randomly selected staff of all cadres in the work places, made up of both junior and senior staff. A well-structured closed questionnaire was used involving likert scale was used. Analysis of results involved the use of the twentieth edition of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS-20, 2014) software. Descriptive statistics was calculated for all variables. For continuous variables, means and standard deviations (SD) and analysis of variance were computed. It was found among others that the independent variables the risk factors when combined or jointly pulled together tends to significantly predict psychosocial hazards among health workers in Niger state. The study recommends among others that the stakeholders in health sector should embark on periodic awareness-raising campaigns, and educational activities on prevailing occupational risk factors.

Key words: Risk factors, Psych-social Hazards, Health workers, Niger state