Treatment Fidelity Among Evaluated and Nonevaluated Workplace Safety-Belt Programs

Abstract

To explore the treatment fidelity of employee safety-belt programs, 614 companies and organizations were divided into two groups: those that had conducted an evaluation of their program ( n₁ = 183) and those that had not (n₂ = 431 ). Scores based on equally weighted program elements were computed and then analyzed by a simple multiple regression model. Present results showed that evaluation-active companies and organizations offer more extensive programs, which tend to include an expanded belt-use policy, more education activities, an incentive component, and active management support. The need for future evaluation research and program theory to identify essential program components is then discussed.

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