The contribution of focus groups in the evaluation of hearing conservation program (HCP) effectiveness

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-106

  Prince, Mary M ^a,b   Colligan, Michael J ^a,c   Stephenson, Carol Merry ^a,c   Bischorr, B J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Surveillance   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Crowe Chizek and Company LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing conservation; Hearing loss; Noise; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC NOISE; EMPLOYMENT; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HEARING CONSERVATION; HEARING LOSS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1342347330     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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