A malaria prevention program developed by an oilfield services company in response to malaria fatalities among employees has proved to be very effective over the past decade. However, although there have been no recorded malaria fatalities among the semi-immune population, malaria rates have remained very high, inflicting a heavy burden on the families and having indirect consequences for the company.To explore strategies for strengthening the effectiveness of the program among its semi-immune employees and their families who live and work at high-risk locations, the company conducted a survey in 2010 in four sub-Saharan African countries among the company's semi-immune employees and their spouses.Although the locations surveyed are similar in their basic socioeconomic circumstances, significant cultural and behavioral differences were found to abound in the perception of the problem of malaria. The findings show how environmental factors affect the acceptability and eventual effectiveness of traditional insect bite prevention measures. Clear differences in the levels of awareness between employees and their spouses are also highlighted.Based on the results of the survey, the company designed a semi-immune malaria prevention program in which the spouses not only actively participate but also share its ownership with the HSE function. Creativity is employed in making the program flexible and adaptable. The pilot program will be implemented at two of the surveyed locations over an initial twoyear period.
An initiative has been developed by an oilfield services company to share its health, safety, and environment (HSE) knowledge and expertise with families and local communities, who in turn reinforce a HSE culture among employees, which helps make such a culture become a lifestyle habit for all. The initiative, "HSE for Youth", is a program designed to reach young people aged between 11 and 18. It focuses on seven themes: Injury Prevention, Road Safety, Personal Security, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Water and Climate Change. Workshops are designed to be easy-to-implement and low cost, and are facilitated by volunteer employees, spouses and motivated people in the community. Participants include children of employees, clients, and members of local communities. This paper explains how the worldwide program was established, and how materials were developed based on the company's HSE expertise, as well as on external public health and educational expertise. All content is learner-centered and is flexible and adaptable to local contexts yet is framed by the company's corporate quality control system. Several hundred children have participated since the program was launched in 2008. The paper also describes a local adaptation of the program in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru called "HSE for Kids", tailored to reach a younger audience and their parents, and already implemented in seventeen offices and operational bases.
In 2008, an oilfield services company launched HSE for Youth, a program that reinforces a health, safety, and the environment (HSE) culture among employees to help make HSE become a lifestyle habit for the entire family. The program is designed to reach young people 7 to 18 years old, both employees' children and youth in local communities, and focuses on nine topics: Ebola, injury prevention, internet safety, road safety, personal security, HIV/AIDS, malaria, water, and climate change. The paper describes the program's implementation; the learning materials developed, and program results. The paper also discusses how the program has evolved and how it has been sustained since its launch 8 years ago. Ownership and leadership of the initiative are under the umbrella of the company's HSE function, supported by a global HSE for Youth manager. Organization and delivery of the workshops involve trained volunteers from the company's HSE experts, employees, and their spouses. The paper discusses the educational content methodology used, how the program has been reinforced with a quality control framework, mandatory criteria to run workshops, and how material was redeveloped to better fit specific age groups and address key specific subtopics. The paper also discusses how the program has been sustained over the years through a train-the-trainer program, which now comprises master trainers in all regions of the world.
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