An evaluation of three corporate strategies for safety belt use promotion

✍ Scribed by John G. Cope; William F. Grossnickle; E.Scott Geller

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 848 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-4575
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(86)90008-4

✦ Synopsis

Different types of awareness sessions to promote employee safety belt use were evaluated. Across eight different employee safety meetings three dichotomous variables were manipulated: the type of presentation format (lecture vs discussion), the presence or absence of safety belt pledge cards, and the presence or absence of an incentive component. All groups showed a four-fold increase in safety belt use. Five months after the interventions, belt use was still significantly higher than baseline levels. Generalization across employees was demonstrated by a significant increase in safety belt use for those who did not attend the awareness session. The awareness session with a discussion format influenced greater increases in safety belt use than did the lecture-based sessions, but pledge cards and incentives did not increase the impact of these awareness sessions.