A systematic review of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety training

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-208

  Robson, Lynda S ^a   Stephenson, Carol M ^b   Schulte, Paul A ^b   Amick III, Benjamin C ^a,c   Irvin, Emma L ^a   Eggerth, Donald E ^b   Chan, Stella ^d   Bielecky, Amber R ^a   Wang, Anna M ^a   Heidotting, Terri L ^e   Peters, Robert H ^b   Clarke, Judith A ^a   Cullen, Kimberley ^a   Rotunda, Cathy J ^b   Grubb, Paula L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Evaluation; Intervention; OHS; OHS training; Prevention; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHY; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING; VALUATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKER;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TEACHING; WORKPLACE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860777929     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3259     Document Type: Review

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