effect of intervention on the implementation of an incident reporting system in Isfahan steel company

Occupational injuries are a public health problem, estimated to kill more than 300,000 workers worldwide every year and to cause many more cases of disability. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a training intervention on the implementation of an incident reporting system, perceived management commitment to safety and employees motivation to report incidents in Isfahan Steel Company. A quasi experimental research with case [185] and control [209] groups with measurements before the implementation of the incident reporting system and one year later was used to evaluate the effect of training intervention on the implementation of the incident reporting system, motivation to report incidents and perceived management commitment to safety. The results showed that the implementation of the incident reporting system was more successful in case group than the control group especially on reporting NM's, MI's. In case group, perceived line management commitment to safety and employees motivation to report NM's, MI's significantly increased after the training intervention. Training intervention could promote implementation of the incident reporting system as a key factor of management support. Although the study shows some encouraging results concerning the reporting NM's, MI's, further studies are needed to evaluate whether the introduction of an incident reporting system with feedback has an effect on the number of major incidents

[Design and determine validity and reliability of safety locus of control scale in Isfahan steel company workers]

The degree to which a person perceives that the outcomes of the situations they experience are under their personal control is a psychological variable known as Locus of Control [LOC]. Safety LOC is the construct that specifically address the internal and external LOC in industrial domain. Previous research suggest that safety locus of control can be assessed and used to predict safe behaviors. The main aim of this study was designing, validating, and determining the reliability of safety locus of control scale. Four hundred workers of Isfahan Steel Company participated in this study. The reliability coefficients were calculated in two different methods: test-retest and Cronbach alpha. In order to survey validity of the scale we used three methods including face validity, content validity and construct validity. We established the content validity of the Persian translation by translating [and then back-translating] each item from the English version into the Persian version. Exploratory principal components analysis yielded a three-factor structure that explaining a considerable proportion of the total variance [63.5]. Moreover the fit indices of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis turn out were sufficient to support three-factor structure. In addition, the reliability results were acceptable, too. In most studies, designing, validating and determining the reliability of scales are time consuming and costly and if there are valid and reliable scales in different topics, could avoid repetitious works in researches. The results showed that the reliability and validity of Safety Locus of Control was acceptable and respectable and is suggested as an applicable scale for industrial psychology and safety studies in Iran

[Body image dissatisfaction and body mass index in adolescent girls]

Background and Aim: Adolescence is an important stage of life accompanied by deep physical and psychological changes frequently leading to body image dissatisfaction. Body image dissatisfaction, found to predict the formation of eating disturbances, psychiatric disturbances and low self- esteem. The present study examined the body image dissatisfaction and body mass index in adolescent girls

Method and Materials: This cross- sectional study was conducted in Isfahan city in 2006. Three hundred and eighty four[384] high school girls were selected through cluster- randomized sampling. Data were collected using demograghic and body image satisfaction questionnaires. Anthropometric measurements including weight and height were taken by one person and were analysed by SPSS soft ware using descriptive tests, one- way ANOVA and independent t- tests

Findings: By using the reference data of BMI for age, the overall prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among Isfahan high school girls were 7.03%, 9.1% and 1.03% respectively. There was a significant association between body image dissatisfaction and body mass index among the high school girls[P = 0.012]

Conclusion: Compared to most other cities in our country, the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity are lower in Isfahan girls aged 14-18 years but many girls exhibit dissatisfaction with their body image. There was a significant correlation between lower satisfaction with body image and higher body mass index. These findings indicate the importance of Planning for prevention and treatment of body image dissatisfaction