Occupational health literacy and work-related injury among U.S. adolescents

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• Personal Author:
  Meyers DJ ; Rauscher KJ
• Description:
  Building on the concept of 'health literacy' used in the U.S., we developed an analogous measure specific to safety in the workplace labeled 'occupational health literacy' (OHL) and investigated whether OHL is a protective factor against work-related injury (WRI) among adolescents. Using cross-sectional survey data from 2262 14 to 18-year olds in five high schools across the US, we found that OHL (level of occupational safety and health (OSH) information and training received combined with knowledge and awareness of OSH information and concepts) is positively associated with WRI prevalence. This association appears to be largely driven by the OHL subscale on respondents' receipt of safety training, which likely represents job hazardousness and may be overwhelming any protective effect of OHL on work injury. This exploratory study has shown that more precise measurement of OHL and confounding variables (job hazardousness) will be crucial in further studies exploring a OHL-WRI relationship. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Adolescents Author Keywords: Adolescent Hazards Health-hazards Health-programs Health-protection Humans Injuries Occupational Health Literacy Preventive-medicine Questionnaires Safety-education Training Work-environment Work-related Injury Workers Young Workers

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• ISSN:
  1745-7300
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  81-89
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045487
• Citation:
  Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2014 Jan; 21(1):81-89
• Contact Point Address:
  Kimberly J. Rauscher, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  krauscher@hsc.wvu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c2c03195073e46f3244257c46bffa74a95953453c58033a6f96ccf1bc422bfb9d74c3e209fde71e661e7f3c039cb9a79189a1f6c8a4fe3caf6bcaa06a58570b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200892/cdc_200892_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 141.57 KB ]