DIFFERENT TYPES OF AWARENESS SESSIONS TO PROMOTE EMPLOYEE SAFETY BELT USE WERE EVALUATED. ACROSS EIGHT DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE SAFETY MEETINGS THREE DICHOTOMOUS VARIABLES WERE MANIPULATED: THE TYPE OF PRESENTATION FORMAT (LECTURE VS DISCUSSION), THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF SAFETY BELT PLEDGE CARDS, AND THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF AN INCENTIVE COMPONENT. ALL GROUPS SHOWED A FOUR-FOLD INCREASE IN SAFETY BELT USE. FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE INTERVENTIONS, BELT USE WAS STILL SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN BASELINE LEVELS. GENERALIZATION ACROSS EMPLOYEES WAS DEMONSTRATED BY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SAFETY BELT USE FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE AWARENESS SESSION. THE AWARENESS SESSION WITH A DISCUSSION FORMAT INFLUENCED GREATER INCREASES IN SAFETY BELT USE THAN DID THE LECTURE-BASED SESSIONS, BUT PLEDGE CARDS AND INCENTIVES DID NOT INCREASE THE IMPACT OF THESE AWARENESS SESSIONS.(Author/publisher).
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