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- Title
Situational Pressures that Influence Firefighters' Decision Making about Personal Protective Equipment: A Qualitative Analysis.
- Authors
Maglio, Michael A.; Scott, Cliff; Davis, Andrea L.; Allen, Joseph; Taylor, Jennifer A.
- Abstract
The article presents a qualitative analysis of the situational pressures that influence firefighters' decision making with respect to personal protective equipment (PPE), and it mentions how the research reveals that firefighter identity, goal seduction, and situation aversion were the strongest factors of PPE non-compliance among the U.S. firefighters that were studied. A gap between demonstrated safety knowledge and lack of connection to self-reported safety behaviors is also assessed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FIRE fighter equipment; PROTECTIVE clothing; DECISION making; SITUATIONAL awareness; NONCOMPLIANCE; SAFETY; INFLUENCE; KNOWLEDGE gap theory; PSYCHOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL safety; ATTITUDE testing; LEGAL compliance; CORPORATE culture; FOCUS groups; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; PROFESSIONS; QUALITATIVE research; FIRE fighters; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; JUDGMENT sampling; EQUIPMENT &; supplies; STANDARDS
- Publication
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2016, Vol 40, Issue 5, p555
- ISSN
1087-3244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5993/AJHB.40.5.2