Promoting adoption of fall prevention measures among Latino workers and residential contractors: Formative research findings

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 870-879

  Teran, Suzanne ^a   Blecker, Hillary ^b   Scruggs, Kelsie ^b   García Hernández, Javier ^a   Rahke, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health (PhilaPOSH)   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Falls in construction; Latino immigrant workers; Small residential; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FALLING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; PHILADELPHIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84936986423     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22480     Document Type: Article

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