objectives: an effective safety management requires paying attention to human factors. one of the most important methods for achievement to accident prevention is using safety climate or safety culture. moreover, some studies suggest that in most organizations behavior contributes to 86-96% of all injuries. this cross-sectional study was performed on the functional units’ workers of khuzestan p...

BACKGROUND In China, increasing attention has been devoted to the patient safety culture within health administrative departments and healthcare organizations. However, no official version of a patient safety culture assessment tool has been published or is widely used, and little is known about the status of the safety culture in Chinese hospitals. The aims of this study were to examine the re...

Limited research has explored pesticide injury prevention among American Indian farmers. In a five-year agricultural intervention, a university-community partnership, including the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, New Mexico State University, Shiprock Area Cooperative Extension Service, and Navajo Nation communities, used a culturally relevant model to introduce and maintain safe us...

BACKGROUND Patient safety culture concerns leader and staff interaction, attitudes, routines, awareness and practices that impinge on the risk of patient-adverse events. Due to their complex multiple diseases, nursing home patients are at particularly high risk of adverse events. Studies have found an association between patient safety culture and the risk of adverse events. This study aimed to...

Global changes in eating attitudes were examined prospectively across pregnancy and 4 months postpartum in a sample of 90 women. In addition, specific changes in dieting behavior and weight/shape satisfaction were assessed at 4 months postpartum for concurrent and retrospective time points. Measures included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and weight/shape satisfaction in pregnancy and at 4 mon...

Purpose: The knowledge, attitudes and practice among inhabitants of Mto wa Mbu Division was examined to provide objective information on sparganosis infection. Hence, the study was carried out. Methods: The study was conducted among the inhabitants of Mto wa Mbu Division, Monduli District, Tanzania from January to April 2012. Inhabitants were informed about the objective of the study and invite...

Safety attitude reflects employee beliefs and feelings about safety policies measures. attitudes have a significant influence on behaviour. Flight attendants play vital role in in-flight services. It is known that most fatal accidents involving commercial aircraft are caused by failures communication teamwork among flight attendants. This study aims to find out whether there differentiation bet...

This study explores the precursors of employees' safety behaviors based on a dual-process model, which suggests that human behaviors are determined by both controlled and automatic cognitive processes. Employees' responses to a self-reported survey on safety attitudes capture their controlled cognitive process, while the automatic association concerning safety measured by an Implicit Associatio...