The role of personal beliefs and social influences as determinants of respirator use among construction painters.
研究调查了169名建筑油漆工使用呼吸防护器的决定因素，发现个人信念（尤其是不适感）和社会影响比过去使用行为更能预测使用意愿，建议采取多维干预策略。
The purpose of this study was to identify and rank potential determinants of respirator use among painters in the construction industry. As part of a health survey of union painters, 169 male spray painters were questioned about their own beliefs concerning the consequences of wearing cartridge respirators, as well as about the perceived attitudes of others in the workplace toward respirators. Intended respirator use was more strongly associated with beliefs than was past use. The most important beliefs concerned discomfort or inconvenience. Other determinants that were associated with respirator use were respirator availability, cigarette smoking, and social influences. It was concluded that the most effective intervention strategy to increase respirator use would be multidimensional and that efforts to change only a worker's beliefs may have limited success.