[Survey on individual occupational health protection behaviors of welding workers using theory of reasoned action].
OBJECTIVE
To apply theory of reasoned action at survey on welding workers occupational health protection behaviors and explore related influencing factors.


METHODS
nine companies were randomly selected from areas with many welding works in Zhejiang Province. All welding workers were surveyed using a questionnaire based on theory of reasoned action.


RESULTS
10.06%, 26.80% and 37.50% of the respondents never or seldom used eyeshade, mask and earplug, respectively. After controlling the socio-demographic factors, welding workers' behavioral belief was correlated with the behaviors of eyeshade-mask and earplug use (χ(2) = 31.88, 18.77 and 37.77, P < 0.01). the subjective norm of company was correlated with all protection behaviors (χ(2) = 20.60, 10.98 and 19.86, P < 0.01), the subjective norm of colleague was correlated with mask and earplug use, (χ(2) = 27.43, 36.39, P < 0.01), and the subjective norm of family was correlated with mask use (χ(2) = 5.73, P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Theory of reasoned action is suitable for welding worker occupational health related behaviors. It is useful to improve occupational health education, to effectively select health education objective and to tailor health education contents.
Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
Ming-luan
ML
Xing
Xu-dong
XD
Zhou
Wei-ming
WM
Yuan
Qing
Q
Chen
Mei-bian
MB
Zhang
Hua
H
Zou
Hai-ying
HY
Zhao
D000328:Adult; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014896:Welding; D055815:Young Adult