Dissemination and Evaluation of an Opioid Hazard Awareness Training for Stone, Sand, and Gravel Miners.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 10 2023
01 10 2023
Historique:
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
25
7
2023
entrez:
25
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In response to elevated risk factors, an opioid hazard awareness training for the sand, stone, and gravel mining sector was developed and embedded in annual safety training. After positive results from a prior study among Massachusetts workers, a revised training was disseminated across the United States. Two hundred post-training surveys were obtained and compared with results from the Massachusetts cohort. Participants' knowledge about opioid-based medications, confidence in talking to a doctor about opioids and/or to a coworker about their own use of opioids, and ability to refer struggling coworkers to resources improved. Massachusetts respondents had slightly more favorable responses. Both cohorts had strong positive views of the training. These results highlight the feasibility and effectiveness of opioid hazard prevention training for a high-risk worker population.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37488773
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002929
pii: 00043764-202310000-00016
doi:
Substances chimiques
Sand
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Analgesics, Opioid
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e636-e639Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: None declared.
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