@article{ref1,
title="The impact of social and organizational factors on workers' use of personal protective equipment: a multilevel approach",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2005",
author="Torp, Steffen and Grøgaard, Jens B. and Moen, Bente E. and Bråtveit, Magne",
volume="47",
number="8",
pages="829-837",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: On the basis of the job demands-control-support model by Karasek and Theorell, we investigated how social and organizational factors influence workers' use of personal protective equipment (PPE). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among 1420 workers in 203 motor vehicle-repair garages. Multilevel modeling was performed to account for the hierarchical structure of the data. RESULTS: Social and management support correlated positively with PPE use at the worker level. Low demands measured at the garage level and having a health and safety management system at the garage also correlated with active use of PPE. An interaction effect between social support and garage-level demands was observed. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to health information and provision of PPE, focusing on social and organizational factors seems necessary to get more workers to comply with the instructions on PPE use.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}