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Novel approaches to development, delivery and evaluation of a peer-led occupational safety training for Latino day laborers.

De Souza-RA; Hecker-S; de Castro-AB; Stern-H; Hernandez-A; Seixas-N

New Solut 2012 Sep; 22(3):387-405

http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/NS.22.3.i

20042194

Latino day laborers experience high rates of work-related injuries and are a hard-to-reach group for safety interventions. This study describes the creation and implementation of safety training based in empowerment theory and its evaluation to address three levels in empowerment's hierarchy of change. Pictographic pre- and post-tests were used to assess knowledge level changes. Individual and large-group interviews were conducted to address attitudes and behavior-level changes. Results indicate that day laborers learn and apply lessons from this type of safety training. Findings also offer insight into challenges that day laborers encounter when trying to work safely as well as ideas for future training interventions.

Worker-health; Racial-factors; Humans; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Accident-potential; Accident-prevention; Health-surveys; Group-behavior; Group-dynamics; Psychological-factors; Training; Behavior; Attitude; Behavioral-testing; Behavioral-tests; Safety-education; Training; Author Keywords: safety training; training evaluation; day labor; pictorial assessment

Noah Seixas, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105-6099

NESLES

20120911

Journal Article

nseixas@u.washington.edu

Grant

2012

Grant-Number-T42-OH-008433

3

1048-2911

New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy

WA

University of Washington