Journal article
What encourages sun protection among outdoor workers from four industries?
Journal of Occupational Health, Vol.56(1), pp.62-72
2014
Abstract
Objectives: We aimed to identify current practice of sun protection and factors associated with effective use in four outdoor worker industries in Queensland, Australia. Methods: Workplaces in four industries with a high proportion of outdoor workers (building/construction, rural/farming, local government, and public sector industries) were identified using an online telephone directory, screened for eligibility, and invited to participant via mail (n=15, recruitment rate 37%). A convenience sample of workers were recruited within each workplace (n=162). Workplaces' sun protective policies and procedures were identified using interviews and policy analysis with workplace representatives, and discussion groups and computer-assisted telephone interviews with workers. Personal characteristics and sun protection knowledge, attitudes and behaviors were collated and analysed. Results: Just over half the workplaces had an existing policy which referred to sun protection (58%), and most provided at least some personal protective equipment (PPE), but few scheduled work outside peak sun hours (43%) or provided skin checks (21%). Several worker and workplace characteristics were associated with greater sun protection behaviour among workers, including having received education on the use of PPE (p<0.001), being concerned about being in the sun (p=0.002); and working in a 2014smaller workplace (p=0.035). Conclusions: Uptake of sun protection by outdoor workers is affected by a complex interplay of both workplace and personal factors, and there is a need for effective strategies targeting both the workplace environment and workers' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors to decrease harmful sun exposure further.
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- Title
- What encourages sun protection among outdoor workers from four industries?
- Authors
- M Janda (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyM Stoneham (Author) - Curtin UniversityPhilippa H Youl (Author) - Cancer Council QueenslandPhilip R Crane (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyM C Sendall (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyT Tenkate (Author) - Ryson University, CanadaMichael G Kimlin (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Journal of Occupational Health, Vol.56(1), pp.62-72
- Publisher
- Nihon Hosenkin Gakkai
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.1539/joh.13-0179-OA
- ISSN
- 1341-9145
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 Nihon Hosenkin Gakkai. Reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448909302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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