Radon Risk Awareness among University Employees of Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy, Ile-ife,

Radon is considered a significant contaminant that affects indoor air quality. However radon is only known to few people, and there is limited documented research on its health hazards in Nigeria. We therefore assessed the awareness of radon and its health risk among employees of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Academic and non-academic staff members from all the 13 faculties were recruited for the study. Based on the requisite sample size, a semistructured questionnaire was administered to the staff of these faculties. Only 42% of respondents are aware of radon, among which 43.8% knew about radon health risk. There was a statistically significant association between level of knowledge and academic background (p=0.02) with 41% of staff with core science background having good knowledge compared to 19% and 12% of respondents from health science and social science background respectively. Poor awareness of radon and its health risk exists among University employee of OAU.