Trade Associations and Labor Organizations as Intermediaries for Disseminating Workplace Safety and Health Information

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• Personal Author:
  Okun, Andrea H. ; Schulte, Paul A. ; Watkins JP
• Description:
  Background: There has not been a systematic study of the nature and extent to which business and professional trade associations and labor organizations obtain and communicate workplace safety and health information to their members. These organizations can serve as important intermediaries and play a central role in transferring this information to their members. Methods: A sample of 2294 business and professional trade associations and labor organizations in eight industrial sectors identified by the National Occupational Research Agenda was surveyed via telephone. Results: A small percent of these organizations (40.9% of labor organizations, 15.6% of business associations, and 9.6% of professional associations) were shown to distribute workplace safety and health information to their members. Large differences were also observed between industrial sectors with construction having the highest total percent of organizations disseminating workplace safety and health information. Conclusion: There appears to be significant potential to utilize trade and labor organizations as intermediaries for transferring workplace safety and health information to their members. Government agencies have a unique opportunity to partner with these organizations and to utilize their existing communication channels to address high risk workplace safety and health concerns. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health Communication Health Communications Health Promotion Labor Organizations Labor Unions Occupations Safety And Health Information Safety Practices Surveys And Questionnaires Trade Associations Trade Unions Worker Health Workers Worker Safety Workplace

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050177
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2017 Sep; 60(9):766-775
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul A. Schulte, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-14, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  pas4@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e9e17a9e35dd657b8b1591b67cf49c9f8c8c50b1da11dae21cf5c06e9bc98637d051d68a88fd0046886f064b63c78a0af2bb16495f32631672619a6411fc4bf
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210642/cdc_210642_DS1.pdf
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