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Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 2, 191-198 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903257368

Worker-Trainers as Evaluators: A Case Study of a Union-Based Health and Safety Education Program

Judith A. Daltuva, MSW, MA

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, jdal{at}umich.edu

Melina Williams, MPH

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Luis Vazquez, MPH

UAW International Health and Safety Department in Detroit, Michigan

Thomas G. Robins, MD, MPH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Research Center at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Jennifer A. Fernandez, MS

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

The United Automobile Workers uses worker-trainers to deliver health and safety education training to its members. The union has experimented with worker-trainers participating in program evaluation. Worker-trainers participated in the design and conduct of a telephone survey of training impact, and of an on-site survey of trainee perceptions of a large-scale program. Worker evaluators were able to analyze data and give a highly successful presentation of results to trainees at the large-scale program. The incorporation of workers as evaluators is a key step toward the goal of worker empowerment. The involvement of program participants in their program’s evaluation can enhance the quality and usefulness of work-site health and safety programs in general.

Key Words: worker-trainers • peer trainers • evaluation • health and safety training programs


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