Reaching 'hard to reach' workers: Evaluating approaches to disseminate worker safety information via the Mexican consular network
| Autor: | Donald E. Eggerth, Brenna M. Keller, Pietra Check, Michael A. Flynn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economic growth
media_common.quotation_subject Communication Barriers Immigration Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Emigrants and Immigrants Article United States Occupational safety and health Health equity Workforce Humans Business Mexico Dissemination Occupational Health health care economics and organizations Language media_common |
| Zdroj: | J Occup Environ Hyg |
| ISSN: | 1545-9632 1545-9624 |
| Popis: | Mexican immigrants suffer a disproportionately large number of work-related injuries and deaths given their share of the workforce. Barriers of language, culture, and mistrust are often cited as factors that complicate efforts to reach these workers with occupational safety and health (OSH) interventions. By partnering with the Mexican government and its consulate network in the United States, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were able to assess the impact of four different information dissemination approaches (posters, passively distributed brochures, actively distributed brochures, and video kiosks) in Spanish in a five-phase study. Exit interviews conducted with Mexicans seeking consular services indicated that while nearly all respondents considered OSH to be of importance, significant differences in impact measures, such as noticing the materials and liking of content, were found when comparing the different approaches. Despite these differences, even the least effective approaches were noticed by large numbers of individuals and significantly increased their stated behavioral intentions regarding OSH. Considering all materials together, significantly more participants reported liking the materials (p < 0.001) than did not, learning something new (p < 0.01), trusting the information (p < 0.05), intending to seek out additional OSH information (p < 0.01), and intending to speak to their bosses about OSH (p < 0.05). These findings contribute to building an evidence base for moving research knowledge into practice, which is an essential, but often overlooked, element of occupational safety and health research, particularly among workers from underserved communities. |
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