Table 1 Structure and concept of educational sessions based on motivational interviewing

First

Orientation: Introduction, group norms and process; freedom practice; practice on the influence of unsafe behavior on different life dimensions; change stages and practice on the behavioral change cycle; evaluation of commitment and confidence.

Second

Feelings: Description of one working day: practice identifying and naming feelings; and practice recognizing the effects of unsafe behavior on family, work and social life and the feelings induced by these.

Third

Pros and cons of behavior and change: Assessment of short-term advantages and disadvantages of failure to use personal protective equipment; definition of values; practice recognizing and prioritizing top life values; discussing the relationship between unsafe behavior and the values governing life and developing the clear and evident discrepancy between them.

Fourth

Perspectives and conclusion: Rewards for achievement; reinforcement of the importance of self-monitoring; recognition of situations in which it is tempting to engage in unsafe behavior and individuals’ degree of self-confidence in such situations; completion and recitation of the perspective horizon; and practice of new safe behaviors.