Building a strong foundation for occupational health and safety: Action research in the workplace

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 614-624

  Daltuva, Judith A ^a   King, Katherine R ^a   Williams, Melina K ^a   Robins, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b M6007 SPH II   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Empowerment; Joint union management collaboration; Occupational health and safety; Participatory

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; EMPOWERMENT; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PROCESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROBLEM SOLVING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BEHAVIOR; BIOENGINEERING; CAR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMOBILES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67650473496     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20711     Document Type: Article

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