Abstract

Mexican immigrants suffer a disproportionately large number of work-related injuries and deaths given their share of the workforce. Barriers of language, culture, and mistrust are often cited as factors that complicate efforts to reach these workers with occupational safety and health (OSH) interventions. By partnering with the Mexican government and its consulate network in the United States, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were able to assess the impact of four different information dissemination approaches (posters, passively distributed brochures, actively distributed brochures, and video kiosks) in Spanish in a five-phase study. Exit interviews conducted with Mexicans seeking consular services indicated that while nearly all respondents considered OSH to be of importance, significant differences in impact measures, such as noticing the materials and liking of content, were found when comparing the different approaches. Despite these differences, even the least effective approaches were noticed by large numbers of individuals and significantly increased their stated behavioral intentions regarding OSH. Considering all materials together, significantly more participants reported liking the materials (p < 0.001) than did not, learning something new (p < 0.01), trusting the information (p < 0.05), intending to seek out additional OSH information (p < 0.01), and intending to speak to their bosses about OSH (p < 0.05). These findings contribute to building an evidence base for moving research knowledge into practice, which is an essential, but often overlooked, element of occupational safety and health research, particularly among workers from underserved communities.

摘要

考虑到他们在劳动力中的份额，墨西哥移民遭受的工伤和死亡人数不成比例。语言、文化和不信任的障碍经常被认为是使这些工人接触到职业安全与健康 (OSH) 干预措施的努力复杂化的因素。通过与墨西哥政府及其在美国的领事馆网络合作，国家职业安全与健康研究所的研究人员能够评估四种不同的信息传播方法（海报、被动分发的小册子、主动分发的小册子和视频亭）在西班牙语中的五阶段研究。对寻求领事服务的墨西哥人进行的出境采访表明，虽然几乎所有受访者都认为职业安全与卫生很重要，在比较不同的方法时，发现了影响测量的显着差异，例如注意材料和喜欢内容。尽管存在这些差异，但即使是最不有效的方法也被大量个人注意到，并显着增加了他们在职业安全与卫生方面陈述的行为意图。综合考虑所有材料，有更多的参与者表示喜欢这些材料 (p < 0.001)、学习新事物 (p < 0.01)、信任信息 (p < 0.05)、打算寻找额外的职业安全与卫生信息 (p < 0.01) )，并打算与他们的老板谈论职业安全与卫生 (p < 0.05)。这些发现有助于建立将研究知识转化为实践的证据基础，这是必不可少但经常被忽视的，