Health Promotion at the Construction Work Site: The Lunch Truck Pilot Study

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• Personal Author:
  Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Clark JD III ; Clarke TC ; Davila, Evelyn P. ; Fleming, Lora E. ; Lee DJ ; Moore KJ
• Description:
  The transient nature of construction work makes it difficult to conduct longitudinal worksite-based health promotion activities. As part of a workplace health assessment pilot study, we worked with a commercial lunch truck company to disseminate four types of health education materials including cancer screening, workplace injury prevention, fruit and vegetable consumption, and smoking cessation to construction workers purchasing food items from the truck during their job breaks. Two weeks following the worksite assessment, we followed up with these workers to ascertain their use of the health promotion materials. Of the 54 workers surveyed, 83% reported reviewing and sharing the cancer screening materials with their families, whereas 44% discussed the cancer screening materials with coworkers. Similar proportions of workers reviewed, shared, and discussed the other health promotion materials with their family. Lunch trucks may be an effective strategy and delivery method for educating construction workers on healthy behaviors and injury prevention practices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Construction Workers Construction Workers Health Promotion Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Occupational Health Occupational Safety Outreach Safety Education Temporary Worker Temporary Workers Transient Worker Worksite Injury Prevention

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068729
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2018 Dec; 66(12):571-576
• Contact Point Address:
  Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, DO, PhD, MPH, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1120 N.W. 14th Street, Clinical Research Building, Office 1025, Miami, FL 33136, USA
• Email:
  acaban@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f7122b4e6a2080633e8ad7e49650e1c81d1c9731f34df31dde994de2eccf9bc7d649c28ab0e7c450751f52329ea2c52e8560523a8c66f61066fb4233bda96e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207315/cdc_207315_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 132.06 KB ]