Introductory note to part 2 of the intervention research workshop: Case studies in occupational health and safety
✍ Scribed by Linda M. Goldenhar; Paul K. Henneberger; Bradley S. Joseph; Anthony LaMontagne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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✦ Synopsis
In the following papers, authors conducting intervention research in the agricultural, manufacturing, health care, or construction industries present case studies to exemplify a number of methodological issues that are of concern during the preintervention planning and post-intervention follow-up phase of research projects. Below we have briefly reviewed the papers within the context of each industry.
The agricultural sector has been identified as one of the main areas for targeting prevention-intervention projects. This is due to the high risk of injury and illness among farmers and the difficulty applying occupational safety and health control measures. The desire to conduct intervention research with farmers is clearly there, but how to do it efficiently and effectively remains, in many ways, a mystery.
Ferguson and Scharf present a case study of swine confinement workers. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using different data collection techniques, specifically qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Murphy, Kiernan, and Chapman also present important dilemmas which exist when attempting to develop and implement educational types of interventions in the agricultural arena. These authors argue that typical farm safety and health education programs might not be very effective in reducing farm work injury risk. They then present a number of options which may provide greater potential for longterm risk reduction.
The manufacturing sector clearly provides another arena within which prevention-focused interventions and evaluations are needed. By its very nature, the industrial