Reddy Ravi, Welch David, Ameratunga Shanthi, Thorne Peter
a Section of Audiology , University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand and.
b Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences , University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand.
Int J Audiol. 2017 May;56(5):316-327. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2016.1271467. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
To develop and assess use, acceptability and feasibility of an ecological hearing conservation programme for workplaces.
A school-based public health hearing preservation education programme (Dangerous Decibels®) was adapted for workplaces using the Multi-level Approach to Community Health (MATCH) Model. The programme was delivered in small manufacturing companies and evaluated using a questionnaire before the training and at one week and two-months after training.
Workers (n = 56) from five small manufacturing companies were recruited.
There was a significant improvement in knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of workers at the intrapersonal level; in behaviour motivation and safety culture at the interpersonal and organisational levels; and an overall improvement in hearing-health behaviour after two months post-intervention.
The developed programme offers a simple, interactive and theory-based intervention that is well accepted and effective in promoting positive hearing-health behaviour in workplaces.
开发并评估一项针对工作场所的生态听力保护计划的用途、可接受性和可行性。
一项基于学校的公共卫生听力保护教育计划(“危险分贝”)采用社区健康多层次方法(MATCH)模型进行了调整,以适用于工作场所。该计划在小型制造公司中实施,并在培训前、培训后一周和两个月使用问卷进行评估。
招募了来自五家小型制造公司的工人(n = 56)。
在干预后两个月,工人在个人层面的知识、态度和行为有显著改善;在人际和组织层面的行为动机和安全文化方面有改善;听力健康行为总体上有所改善。
所开发的计划提供了一种简单、互动且基于理论的干预措施,在促进工作场所积极的听力健康行为方面得到了良好的接受且有效。