TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of a worker notification program
T2 - Assessment of attitudinal and behavioral outcomes
AU - Tan-Wilhelm, Dorothy
AU - Witte, Kim
AU - Liu, Wen Ying
AU - Newman, Lee S.
AU - Janssen, Alan
AU - Ellison, Chris
AU - Yancey, Anthony
AU - Sanderson, Wayne
AU - Henneberger, Paul K.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Background: Hundreds of worker notification programs are conducted each year to communicate occupational risks to workers. However, few attempts have been made to evaluate their effectiveness and few have described how communication theories are applied in developing notification messages. We developed and assessed the effectiveness of a worker notification program at a beryllium machining plant. Methods: We compared self-protective attitudinal and behavioral responses among workers in two plants: (1) an intervention plant that received beryllium risk notification and (2) a matched control plant that did not receive notification. Results: Workers receiving notification reported significantly stronger perceptions of threat and efficacy, more positive attitudes toward safety practices, and engaged in more protective behaviors than the workers at the control plant. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the utility of applying communication theories in the development of notification messages and the results suggest that mass presentations may be just as effective, if not more so, than one-on-one notifications.
AB - Background: Hundreds of worker notification programs are conducted each year to communicate occupational risks to workers. However, few attempts have been made to evaluate their effectiveness and few have described how communication theories are applied in developing notification messages. We developed and assessed the effectiveness of a worker notification program at a beryllium machining plant. Methods: We compared self-protective attitudinal and behavioral responses among workers in two plants: (1) an intervention plant that received beryllium risk notification and (2) a matched control plant that did not receive notification. Results: Workers receiving notification reported significantly stronger perceptions of threat and efficacy, more positive attitudes toward safety practices, and engaged in more protective behaviors than the workers at the control plant. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the utility of applying communication theories in the development of notification messages and the results suggest that mass presentations may be just as effective, if not more so, than one-on-one notifications.
KW - Attitudes
KW - Beryllium
KW - Communication theory
KW - Health behavior
KW - Program evaluation
KW - Worker notification
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200002)37:2<205::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-3
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200002)37:2<205::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 10615101
AN - SCOPUS:0033989043
SN - 0271-3586
VL - 37
SP - 205
EP - 213
JO - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
JF - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
IS - 2
ER -