Health disorders related to learning the welding trade: assessment of approaches to risk communication

• Main Authors: Clarice Alves Bonow (Author), Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz (Author), Lauro Roberto Witt da Silva (Author), Laurelize Pereira Rocha (Author), Claudia Turik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1518-8345; 10.1590/0104-1169.3094.2384
• Keywords: Soldadura; Riesgos Laborales; Enfermedades Profesionales; Enfermería del Trabajo; Comunicación en Salud; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 43-50 (2014)

OBJECTIVE: to assess the identification of health disorders as self-reported by apprentices of welding and to analyze the strength of the relationship between age and time of experience with self-reported health disorders before and after a socio-environmental nursing intervention. METHOD: this quasi-experimental, non-randomized, before-and-after study was conducted with 86 welding apprentices from a private entity. RESULTS: the results show a significant difference for the pre- and post-test means and an increase in the post-test mean score for the cardiovascular, respiratory and cutaneous systems. There was also a negative correlation between the apprentices' ages and the identification of health disorders. CONCLUSION: the socio-environmental nursing intervention enabled obtaining information on health disorders related to welding. In turn, such information enabled the apprentices to assess information and self-report health disorders.