The impact of language and culture diversity in occupational safety.

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• Personal Author:
  Acree Conlon H ; Burns C ; De Jesus-Rivas M
• Description:
  Occupational health nursing plays a critical part in improving the safety of foreign labor workers. The development and implementation of safety training programs do not always regularly take into account language barriers, low literacy levels, or cultural elements. This oversight can lead to more injuries and fatalities among this group. Despite established health and safety training programs, a significant number of non-native English speakers are injured or killed in preventable, occupation-related accidents. Introducing safety programs that use alternative teaching strategies such as pictograms, illustrations, and hands-on training opportunities will assist in addressing challenges for non-English laborers. Occupational health nursing has an opportunity to provide guidance on this subject and assist businesses in creating a safer and more productive work environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Emigration And Immigration Health Personnel Health Promotion Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Diversity; Health Education; Health Literacy; Immigrant; Occupational Health And Safety Programs; Occupational Injuries; Workforce Diversity; Nursing; Safety; Workers; Training; Safety Programs; Injuries; Fatalities; Health Programs; Accidents; Immigrant Workers;
• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24-27
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065038
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2016 Jan; 64(1):24-27
• Contact Point Address:
  Mayra De Jesus-Rivas, RN, BSN, College of Nursing, MDC 22, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612
• Email:
  mdejesu7@health.usf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f341044b721a65de3423c80ae66a3899f6b15429bc426647ef482dc2354b0f060c20c4eb8079491db71148acfa2c911dcb2b85ee0c0b1c9fb94cc6732eeb588
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249307/cdc_249307_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 77.27 KB ]