Using social media to inform Latino construction workers about fall protection

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• Personal Author:
  Rahke B ; Wolfson T
• Description:
  Latino construction workers face higher than average fatalities on construction sites than other workers. At the same time, these same workers are difficult to reach with health and safety messages because of documentation status, the nature of their employment and language use. This study aims to explore the possibility of using different social media to reach Latino construction workers with safety messages particularly around the Falls Prevention Campaign. This quantitative and qualitative study looked specifically at email, text messaging and Facebook as mediums to reach Latino workers with messages. The study was conducted between January and August of 2014. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Communications Media Construction Industry Education Electrical Equipment And Supplies Health Promotion Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Communication-systems Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Electronic-devices Fall-protection Health-programs Injury-prevention Mortality-rates Racial-factors Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Standards Training Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-monitoring

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046284
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Oct; :1-16
• Email:
  twolfson@rci.rutgers.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Using social media to inform Latino construction workers about fall protection
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30f0a9dc4a21590184b3c5afc1265d55261cadb8e96be76737f4f44d2b4a4ab87a25afc3c59746d60f439f106fc6619bbbe3316f2ec43d1f4a781cc60c93873e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201388/cdc_201388_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 242.12 KB ]