Engaging Small Residential Construction Contractors in Community-Based Participatory Research to Promote Safety

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• Personal Author:
  Marín LS ; Roelofs C
• Description:
  Construction is a large employment sector with a high prevalence of small businesses. Despite the high injury rates reported for employees of small construction firms, these firms are under-represented in occupational safety research studies. Such studies are needed to understand barriers experienced by these firms and to examine ways to overcome them. However, challenges accessing and recruiting this hard-to-reach population are frequently reported. Traditional approaches of recruiting through unions or workers' compensation insurers may not be appropriate or effective for small construction businesses. Previous studies have demonstrated the value of academic collaborations with community-based organizations for recruiting participants from hard-to-reach populations for research studies. In accordance with the principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), we formed a recruitment team comprised of staff from a local union, a community organization, and a community outreach team to recruit small construction contractors in Lawrence, MA. Media marketing strategies, participation in community events, exploring neighborhoods in search of ongoing residential projects, and partnership with vocational training institutions and building trade associations were some of the strategies implemented during this project. We recruited 118 contractors, supervisors, and foremen from more than 50 construction firms across the Greater Lawrence area to participate in an intervention project to reduce falls and silica exposure. The CBPR approach facilitated the development and implementation of recruitment strategies that resulted in the participation of a significant number of hard-to-reach small construction contractors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Environmental Exposure Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hard-to-reach Community Based Construction Construction Workers Employees Exposure Levels Hispanic Workers Injuries Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Participant Recruitment Promotores Risk Factors Safety Programs Small Business Small Businesses Workers Compensation

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• ISSN:
  2398-7308
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  62
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052850
• Citation:
  Ann Work Expo Health 2018 Sep; 62(Suppl 1):S72-S80
• Contact Point Address:
  Luz S. Marín, Department of Safety Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1010 Oakland Avenue, Indiana, PA 15705
• Email:
  luzmarin@iup.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070801
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Work Exposures and Health
• Supplement:
  1
• End Date:
  20120730
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:74a1e1b1ce239f3ab059e0c6fffe804cf19ea298a58d136f85a005968b60cd312a74ea8b294e9250a274d7a15813f4bbcee770b003bb8d139cb7e001190559d4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215769/cdc_215769_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB ]