The role of training in promoting workplace safety and health.

Abstract

It is obvious that people learn and that they apply what they've learned to new and varied situations. This happens so frequently, and in many cases so effortlessly, that it is easy to take the process for granted. It is not surprising, then, that so many public health interventions involve an educational component, the assumption being that once people are informed about a risk and given corrective or preventive direction, they will act appropriately. Experience has demonstrated, however, that although education may be a necessary component of behavioral change, it is not sufficient to produce it. Despite the investment of millions of dollars and decades of effort in designing information campaigns to reduce obesity, promote safe sex, eliminate cigarette smoking, and encourage annual physical examinations, a significant segment of the population continues to engage in unsafe, risky behavior. It is not until we deliberately attempt to influence specific behaviors in defined populations and contexts that we become 223

Safety leadership: A longitudinal study of the effects of transformational leadership on safety outcomes

“…Evidence suggests that safety training is one of the most effective strategies for improving workplace safety (Colligan & Cohen, 2003). Safety-specific transformational leadership training appears to be a very low cost intervention that has positive effects on a variety of safety outcomes.…”

Determinantes da implantação de um programa de segurança e saúde no trabalho

“…Um outro fator importante para a implantação do PSST foi o conhecimento e o treinamento do gestor e dos trabalhadores em relação a SST. Esses fatores são classicamente considerados cruciais para qualquer tipo de estratégia de intervenção, mesmo fora do âmbito da saúde (22). Embora pareça óbvio que as pessoas se engajarão mais efetivamente em ações quando conhecem os objetivos, significados e alcance dessas ações, e se de fato contribuíram para a sua concepção e execução, isso nem sempre é a realidade dos modelos lógicos das intervenções em saúde.…”

Factors affecting high school teacher adoption, sustainability, and fidelity to the “Youth@Work: Talking Safety” curriculum

“…In recent years, the number of occupational injuries among teenaged workers has been decreasing yet there are still thousands of young people who suffer injuries on the job every year [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2003;National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006]. Improving access to workplace health and safety training is one way to help reduce these injuries [Colligan and Cohen, 2004;Burke et al, 2006]. However, studies consistently show that many young workers do not receive such training from their employers [National Institute of Medicine, 1998;Runyan and Zakocs, 2000;Delp et al, 2002;Zierold and Anderson, 2006;Runyan et al, 2007].…”