Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) can be a significant determining factor between an accident and safety on construction sites. Anecdotal evidence suggests that wearing the correct personal protection at all times is extremely important in reducing accidents and should be given high priority. According to recent statistics by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), only 64% work...

BACKGROUND Worksite health promotion programs (WHPPs) offer an attractive opportunity to improve the lifestyle of employees. Nevertheless, broad scale and successful implementation of WHPPs in daily practice often fails. In the present study, called BRAVO@Work, a 7-step implementation strategy was used to develop, implement and embed a WHPP in two different worksites with a focus on multiple li...

OBJECTIVE To describe variation in Tobacco Institute (TI) lobbying expenditures across states and test whether these expenditures vary in relationship to measures of tobacco control activity at the state level. INDEPENDENT VARIABLE Data for this study came from the TI's State Activities Division (SAD) annual budgets for the years 1991-97, excluding 1993. These data include budgetary informati...

Purpose Realist evaluation seeks to answer the question of “what works for whom in which circumstances?” through developing and testing middle range theories (MRTs). MRTs are programme that outline how certain mechanisms an intervention work a specific context bring about outcomes. In this paper, authors tested initial MRT mechanism participation. The used evidence from participatory organisati...

BACKGROUND Worksite health promotion (WHP) initiatives are increasingly seen as having potential for large-scale health gains. While health insurance premiums are directly linked to workplaces in the USA, other countries with universal health coverage, have less incentive to implement WHP programs. Size of the business is an important consideration with small worksites less likely to implement ...