Factors affecting teachers adoption of Youth at Work Talking Safety curriculum

影响教师采用“工作中青年谈论安全”课程的因素

• 批准号: 8045853
• 负责人: Kimberly Jean Rauscher
• 金额: $ 5.98万
• 依托单位: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8045853
• 关键词: Factors; affecting; teachers; adoption; Youth

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This diffusion research study is an investigation of the barriers and facilitators faced by high school teachers in adopting and sustaining a youth-oriented occupational safety and health (OSH) curriculum. Over 200,000 teens are injured on the job annually and one dies every five days from a work injury. Having safety training can help prevent these injuries yet studies consistently show that many teens do not receive such training from their employers. Recognizing this gap, NIOSH scholars have called for increased efforts at integrating OSH information into high school curricula, suggesting it is an effective way to transfer knowledge and raise OSH awareness among youth. A review of the OSH dissemination/translation literature provides little or no evidence on how best to do this. The proposed study aims to fill this gap. The NIOSH sponsored curriculum, Youth @ Work: Talking Safety (Talking Safety), is the most current and thorough program available in the US to provide youth with the fundamental skills and knowledge they need to help keep themselves safe at work. The activities have been extensively pilot tested, and in 2004, the curriculum was evaluated in sixteen schools in ten states and found to be effective in producing knowledge gains and behavior change. While efforts to incorporate OSH topics into high school curricula are ongoing, there are no published data available on the success or sustainability of these efforts. With the ever increasing and often conflicting demands placed on teachers, the viability of their implementing an OSH curriculum in their classrooms, in a sustainable way and with fidelity, remains a question. Through telephone interviews with a sample of 338 high school teachers trained in the Talking Safety curriculum, we will achieve the following specific aims: 1) Determine whether teachers trained in Talking Safety have adopted the curriculum (i.e., have ever used it in their classrooms) and if so, describe their level of sustainability (i.e. continued use) and fidelity to the curriculum activities and materials; 2) Describe the barriers faced by teachers in adopting the curriculum, sustaining its use, and doing so with fidelity, and their suggested strategies for overcoming these barriers; and 3) Identify the individual-, classroom-, and institutional-level factors associated with teachers': a) initial adoption, b) sustained adoption, and c) fidelity to the curriculum activities and materials. The ultimate goal of this project is to learn how future efforts to translate the Talking Safety curriculum into high schools can be successfully achieved through understanding the everyday realities and challenges commonly faced by teachers. This research focuses on two National Occupational Research Agenda priorities: traumatic injury and young workers as a special population at risk. In accordance with NIOSH's Research to Practice initiative, this study will be the first to offer recommendations for translation of an OSH curriculum into the high school classroom, thereby helping to move prevention strategies into action and ultimately contribute to a reduction in adolescent occupational injuries. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This diffusion research project will examine factors influencing the adoption and sustainability of a youth- focused occupational health and safety curriculum by high school teachers. It will be the first to provide recommendations for translation of this type of curriculum into high school classrooms, thus helping to move prevention strategies into action and ultimately contribute to a reduction in adolescent occupational injuries.

描述（由申请人提供）：这项扩散研究调查了高中教师在采用和维持面向青年的职业安全与健康 (OSH) 课程时所面临的障碍和促进因素。每年有超过 200,000 名青少年在工作中受伤，每五天就有 1 名青少年因工伤死亡。进行安全培训有助于防止这些伤害，但研究一致表明，许多青少年没有接受雇主提供的此类培训。认识到这一差距，NIOSH 学者呼吁加大力度将职业安全与卫生信息纳入高中课程，认为这是在年轻人中传播知识和提高职业安全与健康意识的有效途径。对职业安全与卫生传播/翻译文献的回顾很少或根本没有提供关于如何最好地做到这一点的证据。拟议的研究旨在填补这一空白。 NIOSH 赞助的课程“Youth @ Work：谈论安全”（Talking Safety）是美国最新、最全面的计划，旨在为年轻人提供他们所需的基本技能和知识，以帮助他们在工作中保持安全。这些活动经过了广泛的试点测试，2004 年，该课程在十个州的十六所学校进行了评估，结果发现该课程在产生知识增长和行为改变方面有效。虽然将职业安全与卫生主题纳入高中课程的努力仍在进行中，但目前还没有关于这些努力的成功或可持续性的公开数据。随着对教师的要求不断增加且常常相互冲突，他们在课堂上以可持续的方式和忠实地实施职业安全与卫生课程的可行性仍然是一个问题。通过对接受过“谈话安全”课程培训的 338 名高中教师进行电话访谈，我们将实现以下具体目标： 1) 确定接受过“谈话安全”课程培训的教师是否采用了该课程（即曾经在课堂上使用过该课程），如果是，请描述他们的可持续性（即继续使用）水平以及对课程活动和材料的忠实程度； 2) 描述教师在采用课程、维持课程使用和忠实执行课程时所面临的障碍，以及他们建议的克服这些障碍的策略； 3) 确定与教师以下方面相关的个人、课堂和机构层面的因素：a) 最初采用，b) 持续采用，c) 对课程活动和材料的忠诚度。该项目的最终目标是了解未来如何通过了解教师普遍面临的日常现实和挑战，成功地将谈话安全课程转化为高中。这项研究重点关注国家职业研究议程的两个优先事项：创伤性伤害和年轻工人作为特殊危险人群。根据 NIOSH 的研究实践计划，这项研究将首次为将职业安全与卫生课程转化为高中课堂提供建议，从而帮助将预防策略付诸行动，并最终有助于减少青少年职业伤害。 公共卫生相关性：该扩散研究项目将研究影响高中教师采用和可持续性以青年为中心的职业健康和安全课程的因素。它将首次为将此类课程转化为高中课堂提供建议，从而有助于将预防策略付诸行动，并最终有助于减少青少年职业伤害。