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8444625

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
An educational program designed to reduce low back injuries was modeled after several well-known back schools and taught to postal workers in a randomized trial of about 4,000 workers. Physical therapists taught 3 hours of class sessions, including knowledge, skills, and individual work station assessment, to small groups of workers and supervisors, with reinforcement every 6 months afterward. At 2 1/2 years, a random sample of 209 workers was surveyed for program impact on intermediate outcomes. We observed increased knowledge among experimental unit workers, but no significant improvements in behaviors associated with back health or in proportion of workers with tired backs. Experimental unit workers who had received training by the time of the survey were less likely to report helping/reinforcement for healthy behaviors than controls or untrained experimental unit workers. The program might have led trained workers to perceive a lack of support and reinforcement for back safety among coworkers and supervisors by sensitizing them to what is possible and raising expectations. There appeared to be group social effects in the dissemination of knowledge and perhaps of helpful behaviors; however, it is apparent that worker social support for change in health behaviors is a complex phenomenon that cannot always be relied upon to enhance program goals.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0195-8402
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Teaching and social support: effects on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors to prevent low back injuries in industry.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial