After controls,including engineering and management,thefinal way to control noise is to use hearing protection devices.Duetothelack ofastandardized questionnaireregarding investigatingworkers’use of hearing protection...After controls,including engineering and management,thefinal way to control noise is to use hearing protection devices.Duetothelack ofastandardized questionnaireregarding investigatingworkers’use of hearing protection devices on the basis of the BASNEF behavioral model,the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of health education based on the BASNEF model on the use of hearing protection devices in workers of an auto-mobile manufacturing plant in Iran.This quasi-experimental and prospective intervention study was performed on 80 workers at an automobile manufacturing plant who are exposed to noise levels above 85 decibels and donot use hearing protection devices.In this study,40 people working in a cast iron foundry were selected as the inter-vention group,and 40 working in aluminum casting were chosen as the control group.Questionnaires were ana-lyzed at the beginning of the intervention and three months after the intervention in the intervention and control groups.There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups before the intervention.There was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups after the intervention in the area of knowledge.A significant correlation was observed between the intervention and control groups after the inter-vention program in all areas of the BASNEF educational model except behavioral intention.In this study,the effect of educational intervention on the use of hearing protection devices was investigated,and with the educa-tional intervention,it was tried to get help from influential people and enabling factors in education based on the BASNEF model.The results showed that the educational intervention based on the BASNEF model can improve the knowledge of individuals in both the intervention and control groups.展开更多
基金This study is related to Project No.20723/1398 from Student Research Committee,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran.We also appreciate the“Student Research Committee”and“Research&Technology Chancellor”in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences for their financial support of this study.This study has been approved by the IR.SBMU.
文摘After controls,including engineering and management,thefinal way to control noise is to use hearing protection devices.Duetothelack ofastandardized questionnaireregarding investigatingworkers’use of hearing protection devices on the basis of the BASNEF behavioral model,the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of health education based on the BASNEF model on the use of hearing protection devices in workers of an auto-mobile manufacturing plant in Iran.This quasi-experimental and prospective intervention study was performed on 80 workers at an automobile manufacturing plant who are exposed to noise levels above 85 decibels and donot use hearing protection devices.In this study,40 people working in a cast iron foundry were selected as the inter-vention group,and 40 working in aluminum casting were chosen as the control group.Questionnaires were ana-lyzed at the beginning of the intervention and three months after the intervention in the intervention and control groups.There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups before the intervention.There was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups after the intervention in the area of knowledge.A significant correlation was observed between the intervention and control groups after the inter-vention program in all areas of the BASNEF educational model except behavioral intention.In this study,the effect of educational intervention on the use of hearing protection devices was investigated,and with the educa-tional intervention,it was tried to get help from influential people and enabling factors in education based on the BASNEF model.The results showed that the educational intervention based on the BASNEF model can improve the knowledge of individuals in both the intervention and control groups.
