@article{ref1,
title="Preparing teens to stay safe and healthy on the job: a multilevel evaluation of the Talking Safety curriculum for middle schools and high schools",
journal="Prevention science",
year="2019",
author="Guerin, Rebecca J. and Okun, Andrea H. and Barile, John P. and Emshoff, James G. and Ediger, Michelle D. and Baker, Devin S.",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="510-520",
abstract="US adolescents experience a higher rate of largely preventable job-related injuries compared with adults. Safety education is considered critical to the prevention of these incidents. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a foundational curriculum from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Talking Safety, to change adolescents' workplace safety and health knowledge, attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention to engage in workplace safety actions. The study also examines the impact of teacher fidelity of curriculum implementation on student outcomes. A multilevel evaluation, based on a modified theory of planned behavior, was conducted in 2016 with 1748 eighth-graders in Miami-Dade, Florida. Post-intervention, students had statistically significant increases (p < .05) in mean scores across outcomes: workplace safety knowledge (34%), attitude (5%), subjective norm (7%), self-efficacy (7%), and behavioral intention (7%). Consistent with theory, gains in attitude (b = 0.25, p < .001), subjective norm (b = 0.07, p < .01), and self-efficacy (b = 0.55, p < .001) were associated with gains in behavioral intention. Higher levels of implementation fidelity were associated with significant gains across outcome measures: knowledge (b = 0.60, p < .001), attitude (b = 0.08, p < .01), subjective norm (b = 0.04, p < .001), self-efficacy (b = 0.07, p < .01) and behavioral intention (b = 0.07, p < .01). <br><br>FINDINGS demonstrate the effectiveness of Talking Safety, delivered with fidelity, at positively changing measured outcomes, and provide support for using this curriculum as an essential component of any school-based, injury prevention program for young workers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1389-4986",
doi="10.1007/s11121-019-01008-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01008-2"
}