Lippin T M, Eckman A, Calkin K R, McQuiston T H
New Perspectives Consulting Group Inc., 2018 Woodrow Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2000 Dec;38(6):697-706. doi: 10.1002/1097-0274(200012)38:6<697::aid-ajim9>3.0.co;2-t.
Empowerment-based health and safety training programs posit that training workers to take action on health and safety issues is key to improving work environments. This article assesses how two union-led, empowerment-based hazardous materials training programs impacted health and safety workplace conditions across four industrial sectors.
A cross-sectional telephone interview survey was conducted with 362 workers and managers, six to twelve months following training.
Participants reported increased attempts and successes in advocating for workplace health and safety changes, as well as individual changes in awareness and work practices. The training also appeared to influence two organizational factors key to worker-initiated changes in the workplace: manager support and union involvement.
Empowerment-based training approaches appear to be effective in fostering workers' ability to initiate change in the workplace. Future evaluations should further refine training evaluation measures of workplace change processes, and consider them in the unique contexts in which they operate.
基于赋权的健康与安全培训项目认为，培训工人就健康与安全问题采取行动是改善工作环境的关键。本文评估了两个由工会主导、基于赋权的危险材料培训项目如何影响四个工业部门的健康与安全工作场所条件。
在培训后的六至十二个月，对362名工人和管理人员进行了横断面电话访谈调查。
参与者报告称，在倡导工作场所健康与安全变革方面的尝试和成功有所增加，以及在意识和工作实践方面的个人变化。培训似乎还影响了两个对工人发起工作场所变革至关重要的组织因素：管理层支持和工会参与。
基于赋权的培训方法似乎能有效培养工人在工作场所发起变革的能力。未来的评估应进一步完善工作场所变革过程的培训评估措施，并在其运作的独特背景下加以考虑。
