Factors affecting high school teacher adoption, sustainability, and fidelity to the “Youth@Work: Talking Safety” curriculum

BACKGROUND: Our objective was to identify individual- and organizational-level factors that affect high school teacher adoption, sustainability, and fidelity to the occupational safety and health curriculum, "[email protected]/* */: Talking Safety." METHODS: We analyzed survey data collected from 104 high school teachers across the US who were trained in the curriculum since 2004. Linear and Cox regression were used to examine bivariate associations between individual and organizational-level factors and the outcomes of interest. RESULTS: Except for perceived complexity, all individual-level factors (acceptance, enthusiasm, teaching methods fit, and self-efficacy) were associated with one or more outcomes of interest (P-values ranged from CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with the literature, individual-level factors influenced teacher adoption and, to a lesser extent, sustainability, and fidelity to the [email protected]/* */: Talking Safety curriculum and should be considered in attempts to promote the curriculum's use in high schools. Am. J. Ind. Med. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Language: en