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Application of the BASNEF Model in Safety Training in Automobile Manufacturing Plants

by Fereydoon Laal^1,2, Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh³, Esmaeil Zarei^4,5, Rohollah Fallah Madvari⁶, Somayeh Farhang Dehghan^7,*

1 Student Research Committee, Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Public Health & Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
3 Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
4 Department of Safety Science, College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ, 86301, USA
5 Robertson Safety Institute (RSI), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ, 86301, USA
6 Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Occupational Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
7 Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

* Corresponding Author: Somayeh Farhang Dehghan. Email:

Sound & Vibration 2022, 56(4), 297-306. https://doi.org/10.32604/sv.2022.028255

Received 07 December 2022; Accepted 10 February 2023; Issue published 03 March 2023

Abstract

After controls, including engineering and management, the final way to control noise is to use hearing protection devices. Due to the lack of a standardized questionnaire regarding investigating workers’ 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 automobile 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 do not use hearing protection devices. In this study, 40 people working in a cast iron foundry were selected as the intervention group, and 40 working in aluminum casting were chosen as the control group. Questionnaires were analyzed 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 intervention 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 educational 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.

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