This paper studies the home-country determinants of outward FDI with a focus on nine empirically recognized host-country determinants of inward FDI, namely market size, labor cost, exchange rate, inflation, interest rate, political risks, corruption, openness, and technology. Based on a panel with 183 observations from BRICS and five developed countries (Australia, Germany, Japan, UK, US), evidence is found that market size, inflation, interest rate, political risks, and openness have significant influence on FDI outflows. Moreover, the results of this study show that there are striking differences between developing and developed countries regarding to the drivers for outward FDI.

Au cours du 20ème siècle de nouveaux enjeux sont apparus sur les espaces littoraux. En février 2010, les ravages causés par la tempête Xynthia ont provoqué un renforcement des réglementations relevant de la gestion des risques côtiers. La tâche des gestionnaires locaux a évolué en conséquence. Il leur incombe aujourd'hui d'intégrer ces réglementations dans leur gestion quotidienne. Ils sont donc amenés à s'intéresser aux populations concernées et, plus précisément, à leur représentation de leur cadre de vie ainsi qu'à leur compréhension des risques côtiers. Notre étude s'intéresse à la représentations du cadre de vie d'individus qui résident sur un espace « à risque ». Plus précisément, nous nous intéressons à la place que peuvent avoir les risques côtiers dans cette représentation. Initialement, nous supposions que la représentation des risques dépend de facteurs sociaux et environnementaux spécifiques. Nous avons ainsi émis des hypothèses et les avons soumises à plusieurs études qualitatives ainsi qu'à un questionnaire. Ces analyses confirment que la représentation des risques dépend de la manière dont les individus appréhendent et utilisent l'espace concerné, et plus précisément de ses dimensions spatiotemporelle, sociale et attitudinale. / During the 20th century, new stakes appeared on coastal areas. Moreover in february 2010, the devastation caused by the storm Xynthia has effected a strengthening of coastal risk management policies. The workload of local managers has evolved consequently. Now they have to integrate risks management into daily operations. This implies an interest in populations. Most especially on representations of their environment and translation of coastal risks. Our survey is studying representation of environment from people who live on coastal areas. Most especially the place of coastal risks in those representation. Our starting point is that the représentation of coastal risks belongs to specific environmental and social factors. With this in mind, we made assumptions which have been subjected to several qualitative surveys and a questionnaire. Those analyses confirmed that representation of coastal risks depend from the way in which they grasp and use their environment. Most espacially it depend from spatio-temporal, social and attitudinal dimension of the at risk area.

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Johannesburg, December 2014. / Industrial units cannot operate without failure forever. When the operation of a unit deviates from industrial standards, it is considered to have failed. The time from the moment a unit enters service until it fails is its lifetime. Within reliability and often in life data analysis in general, lifetime is the event of interest. For highly reliable units, accelerated life testing is required to obtain lifetime data quickly. Accelerated tests where failure is not instantaneous, but the end point of an underlying degradation process are considered. Failure during testing occurs when the performance of the unit falls to some specified threshold value such that the unit fails to meet industrial specifications though it has some residual functionality (degraded failure) or decreases to a critical failure level so that the unit cannot perform its function to any degree (critical failure). This problem formulation satisfies the random signs property, a notable competing risks formulation originally developed in maintenance studies but extended to accelerated testing here. Since degraded and critical failures are linked through the degradation process, the open problem of modelling dependent competing risks is discussed. A copula model is assumed and expert opinion is used to estimate the copula. Observed occurrences of degraded and critical failure times are interpreted as times when the degradation process first crosses failure thresholds and are therefore postulated to be distributed as inverse Gaussian. Based on the estimated copula, a use-level unit lifetime distribution is extrapolated from test data. Reliability metrics from the extrapolated use-level unit lifetime distribution are found to differ slightly with respect to different degrees of stochastic dependence between the risks. Consequently, a degree of dependence between the risks that is believed to be realistic to admit is considered an important factor when estimating the use-level unit lifetime distribution from test data. Keywords: Lifetime; Accelerated testing; Competing risks; Copula; First passage time.

La sécurité des systèmes d’information s’inscrit dans la dépendance croissante des entreprises envers leur SI en perspective du nombre grandissant d’incidents de sécurité. Dans cette recherche, nous nous intéressons à la gestion des risques SI, pour laquelle la littérature souligne le manque d’implication des top-managers. Nous abordons cette problématique sous l’angle de la décision des dirigeants, au travers de quatre approches théoriques : modèles des perceptions managériales des risques SI, perception des risques en psychologie, théorie néo-institutionnelle et théorie sur l’adoption symbolique des innovations. L’objectif est de rendre intelligible les influences sur l’adoption symbolique de la SSI. Nous employons une méthode qualitative organisée autour de 17 études de cas dans des entreprises d’activités variées. La SSI y est observée comme un processus de décision de gestion des risques SI. Nos résultats montrent la pertinence d’étudier la SSI selon une perspective individuelle de gestion des risques. D’une part, les caractéristiques de l’évaluation psychologique des risques éclairent les biais pour la gestion du risque SI. D’autre part, l’étude de ces biais apporte une perspective nouvelle sur la compréhension de l’investissement des top-managers pour la SSI. Nous montrons l’insensibilité des top-managers à l’exposition du risque, une préférence à aborder les risques sous l’angle des menaces. Aussi, nous exposons les influences qui contribuent à adopter une SSI technique et non managériale pourtant suggérée dans la littérature. Enfin, notre analyse fait émerger des perspectives pour prolonger la compréhension d’une SSI réactive, décriée par les auteurs en SSI. / The information system security for which the interest joins in the increasing dependence of companies to them information system and in prospect of increasing number of security incidents. We are interested in the information system risk management, for whom the literature underlines the lack of involvement of top-managers.We approach the concern under the view of the decision of top executives for ISS, through four theoretical streams: the models of the managerial perceptions of IS risks, the risks perception in psychology, the institutional theory and the theory about symbolic adoption of the innovations. The aim is to make intelligible the influences on the symbolic adoption of such ISS approach. We use a qualitative method organized around 17 case studies in companies with varied activities. Our results highlight the relevance to study the ISS according to an individual perspective of risk management. On one hand, the characteristics of the psychological evaluation of the risks enlighten the biases for the management of the information system risk. On the other hand, the study of these biases brings a new perspective on the understanding of the investment of the top executives for the ISS. In particular, we underline the insensitivity of the top managers in the exposure of the risk, a preference to approach the risks under a threats point of view. We expose the influences which contribute to adopt a technical and not managerial ISS such as suggests by the Research. Finally, our analysis brings to the foreground perspectives to extend the comprehension of a reactive ISS, defame by ISS’ academics.

Syftet med denna kvalitativa uppsats är att undersöka och kritiskt reflektera hur de berörda aktörerna i Halmstad utifrån befintliga resurser arbetar förebyggande med spelproblematiken. Detta vill vi undersöka i relation till den snabba utvecklingen av spelmarknaden och samhällets risker samt hur dessa påverkar utvecklingen av spelberoende. Genom att analysera samverkan mellan olika aktörer har vi skapat en bild om hur arbetet inom spelproblematiken utförs i Halmstad. Studien tolkades ur ett hermeneutiskt perspektiv och analyserades med stöd i utvalda teorier. Risksamhällets teori kompletteras med utgångspunkt i begreppet ackumulation genom fråntagande och relateras till spelmarknadens utveckling och spelreklam som bidragande faktorer till att börja eller fortsätta spela om pengar. Riskerna belyses ur ett mikro- och makroperspektiv där individers livsvillkor och samhället i stort påverkas. Teorin om Jämlikhetsanden, bidrog till en förklaring om strävan efter en högre social status genom snabba pengar. Den lärande organisationsmodellen användes som komplement till den byråkratiska modellen för att nå en utveckling inom samverkan i arbetet. Med utgångspunkt i begreppen personliga bekymmer och allmänna problem beskrevs en viktig del av resultatet som visade ett stort mörkertal i frågan.  Från och med den 1 januari 2018 är kommuner, landsting och regioner förpliktade att förebygga spelproblem. Det innebär att personer med spelproblem har samma rätt till hjälp och stöd som personer med alkohol- eller drogproblem. Resultatet visade att lagändringen inte implementerats på samtliga verksamheter och att det finns ett behov av utveckling inom det förebyggande arbetet. / The purpose of this qualitative study is to map how the invlovled actors, based on existing resources, work preventively with the gamblingproblem. We want to examine how the work is carried out in relation to society's risks and development, and how these factors influence the development of gambling addiction. By analyzing the interaction between different actors, we have created a picture of how the work with the gambling problem is carried out in Halmstad. The study was interpreted from a hermeneutic perspective and was analyzed with support from selected theories. The risk society's theory is supplemented on the basis of the concept of accumulation by dispossession and is related to the game market's development and gambling advertising as contributing factors to starting or continuing to play for money. The risks are highlighted from a micro- and macro-perspective where individuals' living conditions and society as a whole are affected. The spirit level theory contributed to the explanation about the pursuit of a higher social status through quick money. The learning organizational model was used as a complement to the bureaucratic model in order to achieve a development within collaboration at work. The structural issues and personal troubles concept, an important part of the result was described, which showed a great deal of darkness on the issue. As of January 1st, 2018, municipalities, county councils and regions are obliged to prevent gambling problems. This means that people with gambling problems have the same right to help and support as people with alcohol or drug problems. The result showed that the change to the law was not implemented on all activities and that there is a need for development in the preventive work.

Notre recherche-intervention produit des enseignements sur les modalités qui favorisent le déploiement de projets de prévention des risques psychosociaux (RPS) dans des centres hospitaliers publics. Compte tenu de la forte exposition des agents aux facteurs de RPS, les hôpitaux sont encouragés à s’engager dans ce type de démarche et se confrontent alors à un défi de taille. En effet, de par leur nature Ressource Humaine, ces démarches transverses subissent l’influence défavorable d’éléments de contexte externes et internes qui les ralentissent voire les annihilent. Face à cette problématique, la littérature reste relativement muette sur les modalités concrètes qui permettent de décliner opérationnellement des pistes préventives. Notre recherche repose sur trois études de cas longitudinales réalisées dans deux Centres Hospitaliers publics des régions PACA et Languedoc-Roussillon. Nous nous sommes appuyés sur la sociologie de la traduction, dans sa version normative et analytique, pour aider et analyser la conduite des démarches préventives. Nous mettons en évidence les facteurs de succès et de freins relatifs au trois projets étudiés. Ainsi, nous formulons des préconisations managériales et proposons des pistes de recherche visant à outiller davantage les gestionnaires qui souhaitent conduire des projets de prévention des RPS dans les structures hospitalières publiques. L’étude met en évidence qu’un guide normatif de la sociologie de la traduction enrichi et appliqué à l’échelle locale d’un service semblerait être la voie privilégiée pour prévenir efficacement les risques psychosociaux à l’hôpital. / Our research-intervention provides lessons on modalities supporting the deployment of psychosocial risk prevention projects in public hospitals. Given the agents’ high exposure to psychosocial risk factors, hospitals are encouraged to engage in this type of approach but also face important challenges. Indeed, due to their human resource nature, these transversal approaches suffer from the negative influence of external elements and internal ones that slow down or annihilate them. Thus, psychosocial risk prevention is considered unsatisfactory, despite some steps taken. Literature remains relatively silent on what modalities allow to operationally decline preventive leads. Our research is based on three longitudinal case studies carried out in two public hospitals in the ProvenceAlpes-Côte d'Azur and Languedoc-Roussillon regions. We based our research on the sociology of translation, in its normative and analytical version, to help analyze the conduct of preventive approaches. We highlight the success factors and constraints related to each stage of the three projects studied (initiation and establishment of the diagnosis, development and implementation of the action plan). Our transformative posture allows us to enrich the normative guide of the theoretical framework. Thus, we formulate managerial recommendations and propose research tracks aimed at better equipping managers who wish to conduct psychosocial risk prevention projects in public hospitals. The study shows that a normative guide to the sociology of translation enriched and applied at the local level of a service appears to be the most effective way to prevent psychosocial risks in hospitals.

[pt] O trabalho compara sistemas de conversão de energia para geração de energia elétrica, com ênfase no caso brasileiro, levando-se em consideração todos os fatores relevantes envolvidos, em especial os riscos associados a cada um dos componentes do custo final da energia. Os modelos de custos usuais de engenharia tendem a favorecer a geração de energia tradicional em detrimento das renováveis alternativas, ao ignorar os riscos envolvidos, baseando-se apenas no menor preço do quilowatt-hora gerado. O modelo financeiro aplicado nesta comparação baseia-se na Teoria de Portfólios, desenvolvida por Harry Markowitz. Primeiramente são avaliados os resultados do binômio risco-retorno relacionados à matriz prevista pela EPE - Empresa de Pesquisa Energética no Plano Nacional de Energia - 2030, publicado em 2006. Posteriormente, as alternativas indicadas pelo modelo são comparadas. Os resultados mostraram que a matriz prevista pela EPE em 2030 não está otimizada do ponto de vista do binômio retorno-risco dos investimentos em geração elétrica. Os aumentos da participação das fontes renováveis não tradicionais à matriz, especificamente, resíduos das plantações de cana-de-açúcar e energia eólica, reduzem tanto o risco quanto o custo médio do quilowatt-hora gerado. Este resultado vale mesmo quando se variam os dados de entrada, notadamente os riscos associados aos custos de geração relacionados às diversas tecnologias consideradas, assim como os coeficientes de correlação entre elas. As participações dessas duas fontes renováveis na fronteira eficiente, tecnicamente viável, resultaram em portfólios bastante robustos, imunes às variações imputadas. / [en] The work compares current approaches for evaluating and planning Brazilian energy mixes for future power generation, based not only on energy cost components contribution to a portfolio, but on their contribution to portfolio risk, as well. Energy planners have traditionally used least-cost as a basis for generating capacity additions, understating the true value of non traditional renewable technologies for decreasing risk. This project applies widely accepted finance theory, Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory, developed by Harry Markowitz, to provide an economic basis for selecting alternative generating scenarios. First, Brazil`s expected future generating mix for 2030 as predicted by Empresa de Pesquisa Energética in its 2030 Brazilian Power Planning, published in 2006, is evaluated. This mix is referred to as the reference EPE scenario. The risk-return properties of Brazil`s expected EPE mix for the year 2030 is compared to other possible mixes on the projected efficient frontier. The model finds solutions that are superior to the EPE mix in that they reduce risk or cost or both, while including a greater share of wind and biomass from sugar cane in the mix. The basic findings of this analysis seem quite robust, and do not materially change the shape of the efficient frontier, where it is technically feasible, even when the risk parameter estimates and cost covariations are changed significantly in the sensitivity analysis.

Quando considerado o problema histórico dos episódios de inundação na cidade de São Paulo, notam-se como insuficientes as propostas que fazem uso das metodologias da climatologia e geomorfologia enquanto campos do conhecimento geográfico igualmente necessários para uma abordagem integrada do problema dos impactos socioespaciais associados. Ou seja, insuficientes justamente por trabalharem estes campos de forma isolada. Em vista desta demanda, esta pesquisa é pautada em análises concomitante dos sistemas físicos e sociais que caracterizam eventos naturais, direcionando a análise a uma bacia hidrográfica onde se registra a recorrência desses eventos com a presença de grupos vulneráveis em localidades de alta susceptibilidade. Nessa perspectiva, foi considerado o longo histórico de intervenções antrópicas nos sistemas hidrogeomorfológicos originais, como as canalizações, a instalação de piscinões, a crescente e ampla impermeabilização, etc. Para tanto, a análise retrospectiva abrangeu dois períodos representativos de sua ocupação urbana, sendo um de ocupação mais acelerada (1970) e outro mais recente (2000). Nesse estudo considera-se que o componente do escoamento superficial como o elemento fundamental das dinâmicas de sistemas fluviais e de vertente originário de precipitações pluviais. Por isso foi especialmente considerado nas análises comparativas entre tendências de processos em diversos cenários morfológicos mais preservado (ou original) e mais antropizadas da bacia. As informações morfológicas destes cenários foram consideradas em conjunto com dados de chuva interpolados, detalhados em escala rítmica, de dias com inundações confirmadas por fontes históricas em temporadas chuvosas selecionadas. Foram também correlacionados dados de leituras fluviométricas realizadas em diferentes pontos do curso principal da bacia. Paralelamente, foi elaborado um mapeamento da vulnerabilidade socioespacial da área de estudo, produto de um índice que associa fatores de susceptibilidade dos compartimentos físicos (morfologias originais do sistema fluvial) e vulnerabilidade socioeconômica da população. Isso permitiu vislumbrar o processo de exposição ao risco atual. Dentre os resultados mais significativos, está a identificação dos locais na bacia onde há a sobreposição de condições da mais alta vulnerabilidade social com a presença de planícies de inundação (alta susceptibilidade). Identifica-se também que há baixa correlação entre dias com eventos de grandes volumes de precipitação e os episódios de inundação relatados. A modelagem espacial do componente escoamento superficial possibilitou observar mudanças ocasionadas pelas formas antrópicas nos sistemas nas duas décadas. Estas, quando associadas às informações secundárias sobre condições das estruturas de drenagem urbana e de engenharia presentes no canal, permitiu a efetiva reconstituição das variáveis envolvidas para a efetivação de cada episodio. Conclui-se que a proposta de analise recotrospectiva viabilizou bases para a avaliação da participação de diferentes fatores de origem climática e hidrogeomorfológica para o desencadeamento de um episódio impactante em um ambiente altamente modificado e apropriado por meio da lógica de reprodução do espaço urbano, definido pelos sujeitos sociais controladores. / When considering the historical problem of flood episodes in the city of São Paulo its noticiable that there are insufficient proposals that make use of climatology and geomorphology methodologies as equally necessary geographical knowledge fields for an integrated approach to the problem of associated sociospatial impacts. This means that those proposals so far are insufficient because they treat those two fields isolatedly. Viewing this demand, this research is based on simultaneous analyzes of physical and social systems that characterize natural events. The analysis is directed to a hydrographic basin where the recurrence of these events is registered with the presence of vulnerable groups in locations of high susceptibility. Its cosidered the long history of anthropogenic interventions in the original hydrogeomorphological systems, such as urban drainage implementation, construction of stormwater reservoirs, the growing and extensive creation of impervious surfaces, etc. A retrospective analysis covered two representative periods of urban occupation, one of the fastest occupation (1970) and another more recent (2000). In this study it is assumed the component of surface runoff as the fundamental element of river systems and slope dynamics originated from rainfall. For this reason this element was especially considered in the comparative analyzes between tendencies of processes in different morphological scenarios: more preserved (or original) and two anthropized basin conditions. Morphological information from these scenarios were assessed related to interpolated rainfall data, detailed on a rhythmic scale of days with floods confirmed by historical sources in selected rain seasons. Data were also correlated with fluviometric readings taken at different points in the basins main river. At the same time, a sociospatial vulnerability mapping for the study area was elaborated, resulting in an index that associates factors of physical compartments susceptibility to floodings and the populations socioeconomic vulnerability. This allowed a glimpse at the process of exposure to the currently observed risks. Among the most significant results there is the identification of sites in the basin where the worst conditions of social vulnerability and the presence of flood plains (high susceptibility) overlaps. It is also identified that there is a low correlation between days with events with high volumes of precipitation and the reported flood episodes. The spatial modeling of surface runoff made it possible to observe changes caused by anthropic forms in the systems in both decades. When associated to secondary information about the conditions of the urban drainage and engineering structures present in the canal, the modelling results allowed the effective reconstitution of variables involved on each episode. It is concluded that the proposal of a retrospective analysis made viable bases for the evaluation of different factors of climatic and hydrogeomorphological origin to trigger an flooding impact in a highly modified environment, occupied through the spatial reproduction logic defined by the Controlling social agents.

Motivados por um conjunto de dados de pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica (IRC), propomos uma nova modelagem bayesiana que envolve cópulas da família Arquimediana e um modelo misto para dados de sobrevivência com riscos semicompetitivos. A estrutura de riscos semicompetitivos é bastante comum em estudos clínicos em que dois eventos são de interesse, um intermediário e outro terminal, de forma tal que a ocorrência do evento terminal impede a ocorrência do intermediário mas não vice-versa. Nesta modelagem provamos que a distribuição a posteriori sob a cópula de Clayton é própria. Implementamos os algoritmos de dados aumentados e amostrador de Gibbs para a inferência bayesiana, assim como os criterios de comparação de modelos: LPML, DIC e BIC. Realizamos um estudo de simulação para avaliar o desempenho da modelagem e finalmente aplicamos a metodologia proposta para analisar os dados dos pacientes com IRC, além de outros de pacientes que receberam transplante de medula óssea. / Motivated by a dataset of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), we propose a new bayesian model including the Arquimedean copula and a mixed model for survival data with semicompeting risks. The structure of semicompeting risks appears frequently in clinical studies where two-types of events are involved: a nonterminal and a terminal event such that the occurrence of terminal event precludes the occurrence of the non-terminal event but not viceversa. In this work we prove that the posterior distribution is proper when the Clayton copula is used. We implement the data augmentation algorithm and Gibbs sampling for the bayesian inference, as well as some bayesian model selection criteria: LPML, BIC and DIC. We carry out a simulation study for assess the model performance and finally, our methodology is illustrated with the chronic kidney disease study.

A execução da punção venosa periférica é uma atividade que expõe o profissional que a executa ao contato com sangue que pode ser um veículo transmissor de infecções. O objetivo do estudo foi validar o treinamento estruturado no modelo de promoção da saúde visando a mudança de comportamento de trabalhadores de enfermagem para o uso de luvas no procedimento de punção venosa periférica. Os delineamentos do estudo foram descritivo e quase-experimental e os procedimentos foram: adaptação da ferramenta, validação das variáveis do questionário, aplicação e avaliação do treinamento. A ferramenta de multimídia promoção da saúde no trabalho: uso de luvas na punção venosa foi adaptada da ferramenta promoção da saúde no trabalho: uso de luvas na administração de medicamentos, disponibilizada pela Rede de Prevenção de Acidentes de Trabalho, composta por questões prétreinamento, que identificam o comportamento dos profissionais, treinamento sobre o uso adequado de luvas e pós-treinamento, que identifica mudanças no comportamento. O procedimento de adaptação seguiu as etapas: definição do índice, criação do script, produção e disponibilização do software e controle de qualidade pós-produção. As variáveis do questionário foram validadas quanto ao conteúdo por 10 enfermeiros pesquisadores e quanto à consistência interna por meio do coeficiente alfa de Cronbach a partir de dados coletados com 30 trabalhadores de enfermagem, de outubro a novembro de 2008, do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, obtendo-se alfa global = 0,83. O treinamento foi aplicado em amostra de 96 trabalhadores de enfermagem do mesmo hospital, entre dezembro de 2008 e janeiro de 2009 em duas etapas: autoaplicação do treinamento e aplicação de um questionário um mês após a realização da primeira etapa. Na análise dos dados utilizou-se estatística descritiva, o teste Exato de Fisher e Correlação de Spearman. Os resultados identificaram que os fatores que influenciam o uso de luvas pelos trabalhadores são: percepção de benefícios (82,3%), autoeficácia do uso de luvas como equipamento de proteção individual (92,7%) e os que influenciam o não uso de luvas são: diminuição da sensibilidade tátil (82,3%), dificuldade para fixar o cateter (82,3%), tamanho inadequado (69,8%) e uso de luvas apenas quando conhecido o diagnóstico do paciente (54,2%). Apenas 20% dos sujeitos referiram estar satisfeitos com a qualidade das luvas oferecidas. Antes da aplicação do treinamento, 17,7% dos trabalhadores referiram usar luvas em 100% das vezes que executavam punção venosa e 75,1% dos sujeitos referiram a intenção de usá-las em todas as punções realizadas após o treinamento. Na avaliação realizada um mês depois do treinamento foi identificado que 35,4% dos sujeitos referiram que utilizaram luvas em todas as punções venosas realizadas, mostrando diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as variáveis (p=0,00). Houve correlação estatisticamente significativa entre a variável intenção de uso após o treinamento com as variáveis uso de luvas antes do treinamento e uso de luvas pelos colegas de trabalho (p<0,05). Conclui-se a eficácia do treinamento, no entanto sugere-se que outras medidas preventivas à exposição do trabalhador a material biológico devam ser associadas ao treinamento proposto. / The peripheral venous puncture is an activity that exposes professionals who perform it to blood potential carrier of infections. This study aimed to validate the structured training in the health promotion model with a view to change the behavior of nursing workers in the use gloves in the peripheral venous puncture procedure. This is a descriptive and quasi-experimental study whose procedures were: instrument adaptation, validation of the questionnaire variables, application and evaluation of training. The multimedia tool health promotion at work: the use of gloves in venous puncture was adapted from the tool health promotion at work: the use of gloves in the administration of medication available by the Network for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents. It is composed of pre-training questions that identify professionals behavior and training on the adequate use of gloves, and post training questions that identify behavioral changes. The procedure to adapt the instrument followed the stages: index definition, script elaboration, production and availability of software and post production quality control. The questionnaire variables were content validated by ten nursing researchers and their internal consistency was analyzed through Cronbachs Alfa coefficient (0.83) based on data collected from 30 nursing workers from October to November 2008 at the Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Medical School. Training was applied in a sample of 96 nursing workers at the same hospital with data collected between December 2008 and January 2009 in two stages: self-application of training and application of a questionnaire one month after the first stage completion. Descriptive statistics, Fishers exact test and Spearmans correlation were used in data analysis. Results revealed that the factors influencing workers use of gloves were: perception of benefits (82.3%), self-efficacy in the use of gloves as individual protection equipment (92.7%); and factors influencing the non-use of gloves were: diminished tactile sensitivity (82.3%), difficulty in fixing the catheter (82.3%), gloves inadequate size (69.8%) and use of gloves only when the patients diagnosis is known (54.2%). Only 20% of participants reported being satisfied with the quality of available gloves. Before the application of training, 17.7% of the workers reported using gloves in 100% of times they perform peripheral venous puncture and 75.1% reported intention to use them in all venous punctures performed after training. The evaluation carried out one month after training revealed that 35.4% of the participants reported the use of gloves in all venous punctures, which showed a statistically significant difference between variables (p=0.00). There was a statistically significant correlation between the variable commitment with a plan of action with the variables previous behavior and use of gloves by co-workers (p<0.05). The conclusion is that training is efficacious though we suggest that other preventive measures to workers exposure to biological material are associated to the proposed training.