A qualitative investigation of factors affecting school district administrators' decision to adopt a national young worker curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Even though the majority of youth in the U.S. work, and workers under the age of 18 are seriously injured on the job at higher rates when compared to adults, most adolescents lack instruction on workplace safety and health.

Method

This qualitative study examines the extent to which selected U.S. school districts provide workplace safety and health instruction to students and explores the factors that influence districts' decision to adopt a free, foundational occupational safety and health (OSH) curriculum.

Results

Results from key informant interviews conducted with a purposive sample of 34 school administrators revealed that only a third of the districts have at least 75% of their students receive some instruction on workplace safety and health, while 1

SUBMITTER: Guerin RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8521379 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature