Study protocol: A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a multi-pronged behavioural intervention to improve use of personal protective equipment among migrant workers exposed to organic solvents in small and medium-sized enterprises

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Wen ^a   Li, Tongyang ^a   Zou, Guanyang ^a   Li, Xudong ^b   Shi, Leiyu ^a,c   Feng, Shanshan ^a,d   Shi, Jingrong ^a   Zhou, Fangjing ^a   Han, Siqi ^a   Ling, Li ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Cluster randomized controlled trial; Migrant workers; Personal protective equipment

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOLVENTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84987619254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3268-6     Document Type: Article

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