Construction Research to Practice [r2p] Partnership Toolkit

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• Personal Author:
  Betit, Eileen ; Bunting, Jessica ; Chang C ; Scruggs K
• Description:
  Construction is one of the most dangerous industries, with high rates of injuries and illnesses. Research-based safety and health work practices and equipment are making construction work safer. However, to further reduce the risk for injuries and illnesses, there needs to be broader acceptance and use of these safety and health solutions, as well as development of new ones. In 2010, CPWR initiated a project to identify the barriers to using safer work practices and equipment, the steps needed to overcome these barriers, and ways to increase the use of solutions - in other words - move research to practice. We found that in addition to a lack of worker and contractor awareness of available research-based solutions, these solutions may not reflect industry priorities or fully incorporate workers' and contractors' knowledge and expertise. An in-depth review of new and existing construction partnerships documented the critical role partnerships can play in addressing these barriers: raising awareness of effective solutions, increasing their use, as well as creating demand for high-quality safety and health research, information, tools, programs, and practices. As a result, CPWR's research to practice initiative emphasizes the importance of using partnerships to involve "end users" - workers and contractors - at every stage, from identifying research needs to promoting action based on new findings. What is an r2p partnership? A research to practice, or r2p, partnership is a collaborative effort among stakeholders to identify and solve safety and health problems by promoting the use of available research-based solutions and identifying new research needs. Such partnerships can be organized around solving a specific problem or improving the overall safety and health practices of a particular industry segment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Injury Prevention Partnership R2p Research To Practice Initiative Safety Education
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-139
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067798
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2020 Aug; :1-139
• Contact Point Address:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Construction research to practice [r2p] partnership toolkit
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1da3d4629795ac157864ed9be6658f62146a459d25ebcf9e6380350359360e9bc027fec1feb6f8fd125b14aacf0b77acf47b750733c105eea15a160185c2d271
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230054/cdc_230054_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.77 MB ]