Impact of clothing and textile for construction of protective clothing kitchen use in Rivers State

Abstract

The study examined the impact of clothing and textile for construction of protective clothing kitchen use within Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was adopted. The construction of this work was carried out in Home Economics Laboratory in Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers state. Five research questions were constructed to guide the study. The population of the study was drawn from all families in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni (ONELGA) local government area of Rivers state. Random sample was used to select a sample 200 members from a population of 500 adult between the ages of 20-40 years . Structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondent. Data was collected and was analyzed using mean. The findings revealed that protective clothing protects home maker against accidents. The findings showed that inadequate materials, poor attitude and lack of competent instructors in most colleges and universities, poorly equipped clothing and textiles laboratories and lack of interest hinders the use and production of protective clothing in families in ONELGA, thereby giving room for various forms of accidents in the kitchen. It was recommended that lecturers handling clothing and textile courses should be those who are interested and are practically oriented in the courses so as to be able to encourage and motivate students constructing protective clothing in clothing and textile, students should be encouraged to give time to practical clothing work. Moreso, they should be orientated on the importance and benefit of practical works on clothing.