Uzuntarla, FatmaKucukali, SerhatUzuntarla, Yasin2022-03-112022-03-112020Uzuntarla, F.; Kücükali, S.; Uzuntarla, Y. (2020). "An analysis on the relationship between safety awareness and safety behaviors of healthcare professionals, Ankara/Turkey", Journal of Occupational Health, Vol. 62, No. 1.1341-91451348-9585https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12129Uzuntarla, Yasin/0000-0002-5021-3763Objectives: This descriptive study aims to examine the relationship between the safety awareness of healthcare professional and their safety behaviors. Methods: The study was carried out on 418 healthcare professionals working in a training and research hospital in Ankara/Turkey. The survey method was used as data collection tool. The questionnaire consisted of 3 sections and 18 questions. First section consisted of questions on sociodemographic characteristics and, second section consisted of the awareness scale and third section consisted of safety behaviors scale. Results: The safety awareness and safety behaviors are scored on a scale from 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree). The safety awareness and safety behaviors has an average score of 3.85 +/- 0.81 and 3.56 +/- 0.82, respectively. The safety awareness and safety behavior levels of healthcare professionals were found to be high. Conclusion: A significant positive correlation was found between safety awareness and safety behaviors and it was concluded that the increase in safety awareness led to an increase in safety behavior.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHealthcare ProfessionalsSafety AwarenessSafety BehaviorsArticle62110.1002/1348-9585.121292-s2.0-85086940823WOS:00059019350001232573064Q3Q1