Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 2;18(19):10395. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910395.
Adolescents and young adults (<25 years) working in agriculture are at greater risk of injury than youth working in other industries. Supervisors play an important role in protecting these young workers who lack workplace experience and whose bodies and brains are still developing. A theoretically based approach was used to develop an online training for supervisors of young agricultural workers. The training addresses an expanded view of occupational safety that not only addresses injury prevention, but also focuses on health promotion and worker well-being using a Total Worker Health approach. A pre-post/post study design was used to evaluate the training. Questionnaires included demographics, workplace characteristics, knowledge, beliefs about protecting young workers, and supervisors' communication behaviors. One-hundred-eighty-two participants completed all parts of the efficacy trial. A post-test administered immediately after completing the training, indicated that supervisors had greater understanding of the risks to young workers and at 3-month follow-up were more likely to engage in communication behaviors to protect the safety and health of young workers. Positive changes in when, how, and under what circumstances supervisors talk about safety and health occurred. Establishing patterns of protective behaviors in the workplace can have lifelong impact, particularly among young workers.
青少年和年轻成年人（<25 岁）在农业领域工作比在其他行业工作的年轻人更容易受伤。在保护这些缺乏工作经验且身体和大脑仍在发育的年轻工人方面，主管发挥着重要作用。采用基于理论的方法为年轻农业工人的主管开发了在线培训。培训涉及对职业安全的扩展观点，不仅涉及预防伤害，还使用全面工人健康方法侧重于促进健康和工人福祉。采用前后/后(post)研究设计来评估培训。问卷包括人口统计学、工作场所特征、知识、保护年轻工人的信念以及主管的沟通行为。182 名参与者完成了疗效试验的所有部分。培训结束后立即进行的测试表明，主管对年轻工人的风险有了更深入的了解，并且在 3 个月的随访中更有可能采取沟通行为来保护年轻工人的安全和健康。主管谈论安全和健康的时间、方式和情况发生了积极的变化。在工作场所建立保护行为模式可以产生终身影响，特别是对年轻工人而言。
