Evaluation of a worksite injury and illness prevention program: Do the effects of the REACH OUT training program reach the employees?
该研究评估了REACH OUT培训计划对加州小企业工作场所伤害与疾病预防的合规效果，发现企业合规提升后员工健康知识增加、健康结果改善。
In this article the authors report the findings of a 2-year study evaluating the effectiveness of REACH OUT, a train-the-trainer program developed to assist small businesses comply with California legislation, Senate Bill 198 (1989), requiring employers to implement a worksite Injury and Illness Prevention Program.Data from a case study sample of 8 companies, drawn from 151 Southern California small businesses participating in the larger study, are reported.Diagnostic walk-throughs were performed, and employee surveys collected at the case study companies approximately 2 months before the treatment group received the intervention and again 1 year later.Results indicate that greater corporate compliance led to employees' perceptions of increased health and safety meetings and training sessions, which led to greater employee health and safety knowledge and improved employee health outcomes.In 1989, the state of California passed Senate Bill 198, the most comprehensive health and safety legislation since the passage of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.Senate Bill 198 requires businesses not only to report and evaluate accidents but also to promote actively health and disease prevention.The legislation specifically requires California employers to establish, implement, and maintain a worksite Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP).An effective IIPP includes several key elements: (a) identification of the person responsible for implementing the program, (b) identification and evaluation of workplace hazards, (c) correction of unsafe conditions and work practices, (d) a training program to instruct employees in both general and job-specific safe work practices, (e) communication between employers and employees on health and safety matters, (f) procedures for ensuring that employees comply with safe work