Journal article
Situational Pressures that Influence Firefighters' Decision Making about Personal Protective Equipment: A Qualitative Analysis
American journal of health behavior, v 40(5), pp 555-567
Sep 2016
PMID: 27561858
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Abstract
Firefighters are exposed to hazardous conditions as a result of their occupation and often understand the dangers of these toxic exposures; yet, it remains unclear why some refrain from wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in dangerous situations. We were intrigued by the gap between demonstrated safety knowledge and lack of connection to observed or self-reported safety behaviors, an issue about which there is limited consensus among scholars.
In a national study of fire service safety climate, 123 firefighters across 12 fire departments participated in 62 interviews and 10 focus groups.
Firefighter identity, goal seduction, and situation aversion were the strongest factors of PPE non-compliance, whereas PPE empowerment and individual will promoted PPE use within a fire department.
Understanding situations where PPE use is both practiced and neglected is imperative to improving fire service safety culture. Peer-pressure and leading by example at the peer and organizational levels appear to be essential considerations firefighters undertake when choosing whether or not to engage in safety behavior.
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- Title
- Situational Pressures that Influence Firefighters' Decision Making about Personal Protective Equipment: A Qualitative Analysis
- Creators
- Michael A Maglio - Drexel University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Philadelphia, PA, USACliff Scott - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Organizational Science and Communication Studies, Charlotte, NC, USAAndrea L Davis - Drexel University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Philadelphia, PA, USAJoseph Allen - University of Nebraska at Omaha, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Omaha, NE, USAJennifer A Taylor - Drexel University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jat65@drexel.edu
- Publication Details
- American journal of health behavior, v 40(5), pp 555-567
- Publisher
- United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000401124700002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84983670539
- Other Identifier
- 991014878644104721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health