Naslov
The role of education in hearing conservation principles in Croatia

Autori
Marinac, Ivana ; Bubaš, Marija ; Radošević, Tamara ; Sokolović Pavić, Željka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
ICOH Scientific Committees Joint-meeting 'Education and Training in Occupational Health - emerging trends and unmet needs', Book of Abstracts / Van Dijk, Frank ; Bubaš, Marija - Zagreb : Hrvatski zavod za zaštitu zdravlja i sigurnost na radu, International Commission on Occupational Health - Scienific Committee on Education and Training in Occupational Health, 2017, 59-59

Skup
ICOH Scientific Committees Joint-meeting 'Education and Training in Occupational Health - emerging trends and unmet needs'

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 26.10.2017. - 28.10.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
noise induced hearing loss ; hearing conservation program ; education

Sažetak
The aim: to study the role of educational lectures besides facilitating the use of hearing protecting equipment, as an additional part of a hearing conservation program.Design: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a serious problem for workers and businesses. A hearing conservation program is a set of coordinated measures to prevent the development or evolution of occupational hearing loss which involves a continuous and predictable process of implementation of hearing conservation measures. Such measures include recognition, evaluation and control of the occurrence of exposure risks in a workplace that may lead to hearing impairment. To the aforementioned principles, lately is added a set of direct information toward the target group of workers after meta-studies found shortcomings of already included measures.Results: We have revised available studies from different workplaces in which is underlined the necessity of wearing a noise dosimeter and including different ways of transferring related information. We studied the use of dynamic software content available for interactive education of workers, static Internet transferred documents, information distributed by post and on-site interviews. We considered, as the most efficient way of transferring information in the future, to develop an active learning platform directly in contact with workers in order to increase the understanding of the significance of recognizing hearing loss as an invisible irreversible impairment.Conclusions: Research studies showed that implementing of engineering and administrative controls are needed to limit noise exposure from the equipment or the work environment. In addition there is a need for education of workers about harmful noise levels, the effects of noise exposure such as a risk for hearing loss, proper use of hearing protection devices, the importance of the appropriate audiometric testing and of regular monitoring of noise levels using personal noise dosimetry devices. Future studies, incorporated in the process of developing wider measures for hearing conservation programs in Croatia, will give direction in developing active counter measures toward the rising burden of noise induced hearing loss according to data from the World Health Organization.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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