More than training: Community-based participatory research to reduce injuries among hispanic construction workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 827-837

  Forst, Linda ^a   Ahonen, Emily ^b   Zanoni, Joseph ^a   Holloway Beth, Alfreda ^a   Oschner, Michele ^c   Kimmel, Louis ^d   Martino, Carmen ^c   Rodriguez, Eric ^e   Kader, Adam ^f   Ringholm, Elisa ^e   Sokas, Rosemary ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Labor Partnerships   (United States)

^e Latino Union   (United States)

^f ARISE   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and safety; Hispanic workers; Immigrant workers; Mixed methods; Occupational health; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HISPANIC WORKERS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT WORKERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; HISPANIC WORKERS; IMMIGRANT WORKERS; MIXED METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRAINING;

ADULT; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84880697406     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22187     Document Type: Article

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