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

[Modification of reasoned action theory and comparison with the original version by path analysis for substance abuse prevention among adolescents]

Objective of present study was assessing the competence of self efficacy to development of theory of Reasoned Action [TRA] and comparison with original version by path analysis for substance abuse prevention among adolescents. In this analytic study, 433 randomly selected adolescents [range of age 15-19] from Tehran participated in study. The study design was based on the theory of Reasoned Action and other self efficacy methods. Validity and reliability of the study questionnaire was assessed. Then the collected data were analyzed by using path analysis method The results indicated that the reasoned action developed by self efficacy, has a better fitness [RMSEA=0.043-df / chi[2]=1.77-P-value=0.1829] compare to the original [RMSEA=0.128-df / chi[2]=7.96-P-value=0.00479] in path analysis. In this study self efficacy become effective construct for fitness of model and powerful predictors for intention [beta=0.35] and behavior [beta=0.20]. The model covered 36% of intention variance and 28% of behavior variance. The reasoned action was developed by self efficacy and increased its prediction

[Assessment of substance abuse behaviors in adolescents: integration of self-control into extended parallel process model]

An effective preventive health education program on drug abuse can be delivered by applyingbehavior change theories in a complementary fashion. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of integrating self-control into Extended ParallelProcess Model in drug substance abuse behaviors. A sample of 189 governmental high school studentsparticipated in this survey. Information was collected individually by completing researcher designedquestionnaire and a urinary rapid immuno-chromatography test for opium and marijuana.The results of the study show that 6.9% of students used drugs [especially opium and marijuana] andalso peer pressure was determinant factor for using drugs. Moreover the EPPM theoretical variables of perceivedseverity and perceived self-efficacy with self-control are predictive factors to behavior intention againstsubstance abuse. In this manner, self-control had a significant effect on protective motivation and perceivedefficacy. Low self- control was a predictive factor of drug abuse and low self-control students had drug abuseexperience.The results of this study suggest that an integration of self-control into EPPM can be effective inexpressing and designing primary preventive programs against drug abuse, and assessing abused behavior anddeviance behaviors among adolescent population, especially risk seekers