Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
The role of occupational health nurses when implementing hearing conservation program in the workplace
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Title
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
The role of occupational health nurses when implementing hearing conservation program in the workplace
The role of occupational health nurses when implementing hearing conservation program in the workplace
Subject
occupational health nurses, hearing conservation program, workplace
Description
Introduction: Occupational health nurse practitioners provide primary health care, counseling and occupational health care including implementation of the hearing conservation program in the workplace as one facet designed to lower the risk of occupational noise-induced hearing loss. Legislation in South Africa has been improved recently and allows occupational health nurse practitioners to carry out occupational legislative requirements to ensure legal compliance at the workplace.
Data analysis: Ethnographic data analysis was guided by the framework outlined by Roper and Shapira (2000). This framework has five iterative steps, which were followed in this study.
Methods: A qualitative, explorative, descriptive study that used
focused ethnography was used.
Discussion: Hearing conservation has become a powerful health
promotion tool for both the employer and an employee to protect
the health of workers at their workplaces. Yet, considering the
often-touted “hierarchy of control” the program assists OHNPs
in obtaining a better approach to their practices in terms of who
must do what; assists in dealing thoroughly with the risks in the
work environment hence the hierarchy of controls has been used
as a means of determining how to implement feasible and effective
control solutions.
Results: Five occupational health clinics were identified, ten
participants consented to participate in the study.
Conclusion: Findings concluded that occupational health services
are provided in the workplace to address the health care needs of
employees and have been identified as an important component to
ensure the welfare of those in employment.
Data analysis: Ethnographic data analysis was guided by the framework outlined by Roper and Shapira (2000). This framework has five iterative steps, which were followed in this study.
Methods: A qualitative, explorative, descriptive study that used
focused ethnography was used.
Discussion: Hearing conservation has become a powerful health
promotion tool for both the employer and an employee to protect
the health of workers at their workplaces. Yet, considering the
often-touted “hierarchy of control” the program assists OHNPs
in obtaining a better approach to their practices in terms of who
must do what; assists in dealing thoroughly with the risks in the
work environment hence the hierarchy of controls has been used
as a means of determining how to implement feasible and effective
control solutions.
Results: Five occupational health clinics were identified, ten
participants consented to participate in the study.
Conclusion: Findings concluded that occupational health services
are provided in the workplace to address the health care needs of
employees and have been identified as an important component to
ensure the welfare of those in employment.
Creator
Bella Sepalamelo
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
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Citation
Bella Sepalamelo, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 1 2022
The role of occupational health nurses when implementing hearing conservation program in the workplace,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 4, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2349.
The role of occupational health nurses when implementing hearing conservation program in the workplace,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 4, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2349.