Measures to improve managing Nigerian construction artisans’ mental health using the health belief model and, by extension, improve the achievement of Goal 3
| Categorisation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Government measures | Construction firm’s measures | Artisan’s measures |
| Contribute to mental health initiative training programme via HBM | Contribute to mental health initiative training programme via HBM | mental health initiative training programme via HBM |
| Formulate policy and regulatory framework that are pro-HEM applicable | Provide an enabling environment and resources for construction artisans to embrace mental health interventions via HBM | Change mindset as drug-induced career |
| Provide a supportive learning environment via policies and programmes | Political will and commitment to strengthening health and safety laws | Attend training programmes on assisting artisans with workplace addiction issues |
| Political will and commitment to strengthening health and safety laws | A construction contracting firm’s mental health intervention policy scheme is well-defined | Embrace mental health intervention through the HBM mechanism |
| Encourage construction contracting firms to conduct mental health intervention programme in every awarded public contract | Mental health intervention benefits using HBM via sensitisation and awareness, including on-site drug testing | Mental health intervention benefits using HBM via sensitisation and awareness |
| Mental health intervention benefits using HBM via sensitisation and awareness | Mental health intervention training programme as a corporate social responsibility to the artisans | Collaborate with supervising boss to achieve the target through discussion with colleagues (senior or same level) |
| Provide incentives to contracting firms that practice mental health schemes | Provide stipends to artisans embracing mental health awareness training | Embrace workplace mental health screening (don’t abscond) |
| Partner with critical stakeholders such as religious and traditional institutions to improve awareness | Partner with critical stakeholders such as religious and traditional institutions to improve awareness | Participate in stress-reduction tasks (don’t see it as a waste of time), especially morning drilling |
| Establish an institutional framework with the capacity to monitor health and well-being of construction artisans across major cities’ construction sites | Develop a site-based monitoring/supervisory mechanism for construction artisans, including restriction of alcohol and drug policy sales within construction sites | Seek mental health attention if you notice early signs (don’t conceal and allow to develop to hyper-stage) |
| Provide resources that inform and assist with mental health issues | Provide resources that inform and assist with mental health issues | Upskill and reskill to understand mental health signs and how to manage them |
| Review and develop a framework for implementing Nigeria’s National Mental Health Act 2021 | Pre-employment drug testing | |
| Government should engage NGOs in sensitisation and awareness programme | Severe consequences for offenders based on the company’s zero-tolerance statement | |
| Train artisans on basic mental health signs and how to manage them | ||
| Categorisation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Government measures | Construction firm’s measures | Artisan’s measures |
| Contribute to mental health initiative training programme via HBM | Contribute to mental health initiative training programme via HBM | mental health initiative training programme via HBM |
| Formulate policy and regulatory framework that are pro-HEM applicable | Provide an enabling environment and resources for construction artisans to embrace mental health interventions via HBM | Change mindset as drug-induced career |
| Provide a supportive learning environment via policies and programmes | Political will and commitment to strengthening health and safety laws | Attend training programmes on assisting artisans with workplace addiction issues |
| Political will and commitment to strengthening health and safety laws | A construction contracting firm’s mental health intervention policy scheme is well-defined | Embrace mental health intervention through the HBM mechanism |
| Encourage construction contracting firms to conduct mental health intervention programme in every awarded public contract | Mental health intervention benefits using HBM via sensitisation and awareness, including on-site drug testing | Mental health intervention benefits using HBM via sensitisation and awareness |
| Mental health intervention benefits using HBM via sensitisation and awareness | Mental health intervention training programme as a corporate social responsibility to the artisans | Collaborate with supervising boss to achieve the target through discussion with colleagues (senior or same level) |
| Provide incentives to contracting firms that practice mental health schemes | Provide stipends to artisans embracing mental health awareness training | Embrace workplace mental health screening (don’t abscond) |
| Partner with critical stakeholders such as religious and traditional institutions to improve awareness | Partner with critical stakeholders such as religious and traditional institutions to improve awareness | Participate in stress-reduction tasks (don’t see it as a waste of time), especially morning drilling |
| Establish an institutional framework with the capacity to monitor health and well-being of construction artisans across major cities’ construction sites | Develop a site-based monitoring/supervisory mechanism for construction artisans, including restriction of alcohol and drug policy sales within construction sites | Seek mental health attention if you notice early signs (don’t conceal and allow to develop to hyper-stage) |
| Provide resources that inform and assist with mental health issues | Provide resources that inform and assist with mental health issues | Upskill and reskill to understand mental health signs and how to manage them |
| Review and develop a framework for implementing Nigeria’s National Mental Health Act 2021 | Pre-employment drug testing | |
| Government should engage NGOs in sensitisation and awareness programme | Severe consequences for offenders based on the company’s zero-tolerance statement | |
| Train artisans on basic mental health signs and how to manage them | ||
Source(s): Authors’ work