Impact of a Worker Notification Program: Assessment of Attitudinal and Behavioral Outcomes

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• Personal Author:
  Ellison C ; Henneberger, Paul K. ; Janssen A ; Liu W ; Newman, Lee S. ; Sanderson, Wayne T. ; Tan-Wilhelm D ; Witte K ; Yancey A
• Description:
  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. 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. 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. 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Beryllium Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Attitude Attitudes Author Keywords: Worker Notification Behavioral Testing Behavior Patterns Beryllium Beryllium Compounds Communication Theory Health Behavior Program Evaluation Risk Analysis Risk Factors Safety Climate Safety Programs Worker Motivation Work Practices

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  205-213
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020828
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2000 Feb; 37(2):205-213
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  dbt7@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Denver, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19950930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:384221831143eee2979f317ef464fdfacc0a5cc3da0e26c3b4c94a8f258aadd0f788ec71e3d1ba1daa7e1c97f126a4888f9383da55919fc0f8877b0b4d36a7a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198490/cdc_198490_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 170.87 KB ]