title: [Evaluation of the effect of intervened measures for health behavior of lead exposed workers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To intervene the health behavior of lead exposed workers by setting down and implementing a series of measures and evaluating the effects of these measures so that the occupational lead poisoning would be decreased.
  
  
  METHODS
  105 lead exposed workers in a factory were chosen as subjects. Blood lead concentration and rate of cognition on relevant health knowledge were examined before and after intervened measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cognition rate raised from 56.6% to 97.3% after training. Lead concentration in blood decreased by 17.7% (t = 4.10, P = 0.000) and delta-ALA in urine decreased by 23.9% (t = 4.248, P = 0.000) 12 months after intervention. The prevalence of occupational lead absorption and poisoning also decreased. The number of workers with blood lead content > 2.41 mumol/L was decreased from 6 to 3, and > 1.93 mumol/L from 14 to 10.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To develope occupational health promotion, enhance health education and improve health behavior are the effective way to prevent from occupational lead poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Pudong Institute of Health Supervision Prevention, Shanghai 200129, China.
authors.forename: Donghong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jinbao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hongdong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhizun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhongfei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Guazhong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016273:Occupational Exposure
chemical_list: D007854:Lead