Shrestha Pramen P, Menzel Nancy N
aHoward R. Hughes College of Engineering Construction Management Under the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Work. 2014;49(3):517-22. doi: 10.3233/WOR-131728.
Hispanic (Latino) construction workers experience disparities in occupational death and injury rates in the United States. The cultural value of respect for those in authority may hinder these workers from requesting safe working conditions from supervisors.
To evaluate whether Hispanic construction workers in Las Vegas, Nevada found assertiveness training more useful than non-Hispanic trainees and whether or not they practiced this behavior at work after the training.
An assertiveness training simulation was part of fall prevention classes offered to area construction workers. Eight weeks after the training, participants were interviewed by telephone about class topics they found most useful and whether or not they had made any subsequent behavior changes at work.
More than half of the 760 fall prevention trainees completed telephone interviews. A smaller proportion of Hispanic trainees found assertiveness training to be useful (11%) than non-Hispanics (28%) (p⩽ 0.001). Only 2% of both groups identified practicing assertiveness at work.
A large proportion of Hispanic trainees valued other knowledge more highly. They may weigh job security as more important than speaking up about safety issues, which might threaten their employment. Interventions to improve safety should focus instead on improving work safety climate and engineering controls.
在美国，西班牙裔（拉丁裔）建筑工人在职业死亡和受伤率方面存在差异。尊重权威的文化价值观可能会阻碍这些工人向主管要求安全的工作条件。
评估内华达州拉斯维加斯的西班牙裔建筑工人是否比非西班牙裔学员认为自信训练更有用，以及他们在培训后是否在工作中践行了这种行为。
自信训练模拟是为该地区建筑工人提供的预防跌倒课程的一部分。培训八周后，通过电话采访参与者，了解他们认为最有用的课程主题以及他们在工作中是否有任何后续行为改变。
760名预防跌倒学员中超过一半完成了电话采访。认为自信训练有用的西班牙裔学员比例（11%）低于非西班牙裔学员（28%）（p≤0.001）。两组中只有2%的人表示在工作中践行了自信。
很大一部分西班牙裔学员更看重其他知识。他们可能认为工作安全比直言安全问题更重要，因为直言安全问题可能会威胁到他们的工作。改善安全的干预措施应转而侧重于改善工作安全氛围和工程控制。
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