Factors affecting teachers adoption of Youth at Work Talking Safety curriculum

描述(由申请人提供)：这项扩散研究研究是对高中教师在采用和维持面向青年的职业安全与健康(OSH)课程方面所面临的障碍和促进者的调查。每年有超过20万青少年因工受伤，每五天就有一人死于工伤。进行安全培训有助于预防这些伤害，但研究一直表明，许多青少年并没有从雇主那里接受过此类培训。认识到这一差距，NIOSH学者呼吁加大努力，将OSH信息整合到高中课程中，表明这是在年轻人中传递知识和提高OSH意识的有效方式。回顾OSH传播/翻译文献，很少或根本没有证据表明如何最好地做到这一点。这项拟议的研究旨在填补这一空白。NIOSH赞助的课程，青年@工作：谈论安全(Talking Safe)，是美国最新、最全面的课程，旨在为年轻人提供帮助他们在工作中确保安全所需的基本技能和知识。这些活动已经进行了广泛的试点测试，2004年，在10个州的16所学校对课程进行了评估，发现它在获得知识和改变行为方面是有效的。虽然将职业安全和健康主题纳入高中课程的努力正在进行中，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，而且往往是相互冲突的，他们在课堂上以可持续的方式和忠诚地实施OSH课程的可行性仍然是一个问题。通过对338名接受过Talking Safe课程培训的高中教师的电话访谈，我们将实现以下具体目标：1)确定接受过Talking Safe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，描述他们的可持续性水平(即继续使用)以及对课程活动和材料的忠诚度；2)描述教师在采用该课程、持续使用该课程以及忠实地使用该课程时所面临的障碍，以及他们为克服这些障碍而提出的策略；3)确定与教师的个人、课堂和机构层面相关的因素：a)最初采用，b)持续采用，以及c)对课程活动和材料的忠诚度。这个项目的最终目标是学习如何通过了解教师普遍面临的日常现实和挑战，成功地实现未来将对话安全课程转化为高中课程的努力。这项研究集中在两个国家职业研究议程的优先事项：创伤和青年工人作为一个特殊的危险人群。根据NIOSH的研究实践倡议，这项研究将第一次提出将OSH课程转化为高中课堂的建议，从而帮助将预防战略付诸实施，并最终有助于减少青少年职业伤害。 公共卫生相关性：这一传播研究项目将审查影响高中教师采用和持续采用以青年为重点的职业健康和安全课程的因素。它将第一次为将这类课程转化为高中课堂提供建议，从而帮助将预防战略付诸实施，并最终有助于减少青少年职业伤害。

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.