TY - JOUR T1 - The effect of an educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior to improve safety climate TT - بررسی تاثیر مداخله آموزشی بر اساس تئوری رفتار برنامه ریزی شده در بهبود جو ایمنی JF - IOH JO - IOH VL - 9 IS - 4 UR - http://ioh.iums.ac.ir/article-1-489-en.html Y1 - 2013 SP - 30 EP - 40 KW - education KW - theory of planned behavior KW - occupational accident KW - safety climate N2 -  Background and aim: Annually, occupational accidents have a major impact on workers health and Impose large costs on employers. The current study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of the theory of planned behavior-based intervention to improve workers safety climate in industrial city of Qazvin in the first half of 2010.   Methods : A number of 75 workers in each of the control and intervention groups participated in a quasi experimental study. With respect to the fact that the changes of safety climate usually take place in the long term, and for the longer follow-up of participants, data were collected through self-report questionnaires in three different time intervals including initial followed by , 3 and 6 months after the intervention . The intervention consisted of four training courses with 8-15 trainees in each group and its duration was 45-69 minutes. The data were entered into SPSS 16.0 software and were analyzed using statistical tests.   Results : The score of Management commitment was significantly increased in the three and six month evaluation in intervention group (p< 0.001). Also, results showed a significant increase in other dimensions such as safety communication, secure environment , responsibility, risk perception , safety climate (P M3 ER -