208769 Union RAP: Industry-wide research-action projects to win health and safety improvements

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM

Tobi Mae Lippin, MEd , New Perspectives Consulting Group, Inc., Durham, NC
Jon Geenen , United Steelworkers, Menasha, WI
Leeann Anderson , United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh, PA
Allan Yoder , Local 2-01033, United Steelworkers, Three Rivers, MI
James Frederick, MS , Health, Safety and Environment Department, USW, Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas H. McQuiston, DrPH , USW Tony Mazzocchi Center for Health, Safety and Environmental Education, Chapel Hill, NC
Kristin Bradley-Bull, MPH , New Perspectives Consulting Group, Inc., Durham, NC
  
We offer details of our community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach (Research-Action Project or "RAP") that engages workers and others in all research stages. RAP elements include: strategically constructed teams with knowledge of the industry and health and safety and with skills in research, participatory facilitation, and training; reciprocal training on these knowledge and skill areas; iterative processes of large and small group work; use of technology; and facilitator-developed tools and intermediate products.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the 5 central components to the RAP approach: team roles based on expertise; reciprocal training; iterative processes of large and small group work; strategic use of technology; and facilitator-developed tools and intermediate products. 2. Assess key considerations for replicating all or part of this model such as overall design and team member resources.

Keywords: Occupational Safety, Participatory Action Research

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Previous occupational health and safety research Published similar studies and presented @ APHA
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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