Table 2 Theory based methods, practical strategies and selected tools and materials for the intervention to reduce occupational quartz exposure
Determinants | Theory based methods | Practical strategies | Selected training, tools and materials |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioral determinants | |||
Awareness | Passive learning | Providing (written) information | Personal letter to workers with information regarding the exposure levels of the baseline measurement |
Modelling | Role modelling | Poster for managers and workers | |
Stimulating communication | Discussion | Interactive group sessions to exchange constraints/facilitators of using technical control measures | |
Knowledge | Passive learning | Providing (written) information | Tailored factsheets for workers |
Occupational physician will attend first meeting to explain health-risks | |||
Active Learning | Discussion | Interactive presentations including documentary and PIMEX during sessions at the worksite | |
Demonstration | |||
Interactive group sessions at the worksite | |||
Discussion with labour inspector regarding the context of using technical control measures | |||
Tailored sessions for managers to demonstrate technical control measures | |||
Images | Providing verbal information/images | Video on long-term effects of occupational exposure | |
Risk perception | Scenario-based risk information | Recognizing invisible risks | Video on long-term consequences of occupational exposure |
Occupational physician will attend first meeting to explain health-risks | |||
Recognizing behaviour | Pimex videos1 | ||
Skills | Feedback | Feedback | Group discussions at the worksite |
Guided practice | Guidance sheet | Tailored factsheets | |
Tailored sessions for managers to use technical control measures | |||
Modelling | Demonstration | PIMEX videos1 | |
Organizational determinants | |||
Social-cultural | Shifting focus | Workers telling their stories | Video on long-term consequences of occupational exposure |
Building skills for resistance | Discussion | Defining skills and reasons for resistance | |
Reinforcement | Remembrance through incentives | Posters | |
Social support | Discussion | Managers and workers discuss about constraints and facilitators to use technical control measures | |
Economic | Availability | Approval | Manager approves training during working time |
Managers are willing to invest in technical control measures | |||