A multi-component intervention to promote hearing protector use among construction workers

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Seixas, Noah S ^a   Neitzel, Rick ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Daniell, Bill ^a   Edelson, Jane ^a   Meischke, Hendrika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Hearing conservation training; Hearing loss prevention; Hearing protectors; Intervention research; Noise exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79551702632     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.525754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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