An Assessment Of The Perception Of Students In Tertiary Institutions On The Effects Of Usage Of Cosmetics On Health.
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The study assessed the perception of students in Tertiary Institutions in Osun State on effects of indiscriminate use of cosmetics on health. The study employed a descriptive research design. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in the selection of (1,000) respondents from institutions in Osun State. Three research objectives were raised with their corresponding hypotheses. A selfdesigned and validated questionnaire was used to collect data. Test-retest was used and reliability correlation co-efficient of 0.89 was obtained. Findings revealed that, table value of 9.488 which is lower than calculated value of 322.4 under the Degree of Freedom of 4 and at 0.05 Level of significance, the hypothesis was therefore accepted. This indicates significant relationship is not exists between usage of cosmetics and students health in Osun State. Result also indicated higher Table value of 9.488 while the Calculated value was 1749.4, the hypothesis was therefore rejected, meaning that significant relationship exists between student’s level of awareness of components of cosmetic and effects of cosmetics on their health in Osun State. Finally result revealed higher Table value of 9.488 while the Calculated value was 1659.4, the hypothesis was then rejected, meaning that significant relationship exists between student’s perception on usage of cosmetics and its effects on health. Based on the findings of this study, therefore the following recommendations were made: Tertiary Institutions should implement health education programs and workshops to inform students on health effects of cosmetics. Tertiary Institutions could partner with cosmetic brands focus on natural or organic products to promote awareness.
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