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Outdoor Workers’ Acceptance of Personal Protective Measures Against Solar Ultraviolet Radiation
Author(s) -
Weber Marko,
Uller Andreas,
Schulmeister Karl,
Brusl Helmut,
Hann Hans,
Kindl Peter
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00189.x
Subject(s) - usability , ultraviolet radiation , point (geometry) , personal protective equipment , psychology , computer science , medicine , mathematics , human–computer interaction , chemistry , geometry , disease , covid-19 , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , radiochemistry
The acceptance and usability of personal protection against solar UV radiation was evaluated in a field study with a group of tinsmiths in Austria. The personal protective measures (PPM) tested involved four categories: shirts, headwear, sunglasses and topically applied sunscreens; at least six different products per category were tested. Recommendations for the “ideal” shirt, headwear, pair of sunglasses and topical sunscreen are given based on data from questionnaires, i.e., from the point of view of the workers, independently from the actual physical level of protection (such as low transmittance or area of coverage) provided. It is argued that in practice it is important to consider the acceptance and usability of protective measures as well as the level of physical protection when providing PPM.