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 | |||
1PIMEX videos: Picture Mix Exposure, a video exposure monitoring method for exposure of hazardous materials to measure the impact of workplace practices and conditions at the same time.