This is a by-no-means-comprehensive list of resources for studying why workers may or may not adopt protective behaviors. Many of these citations come from behavioral research.

Ajzen, I. (1988). Attitudes, personality, and behavior. Chicago, IL: The Dorsey Press.

Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 170-211.

Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (1980). Understanding attitudes and predicting social behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Alexy B 1990). Workplace health promotion and the blue collar worker. AAOHN J. 1990 Jan;38(1):12-6.

Atkin, C. K. (1981). Mass media information campaign effectiveness. Public Communication Campaigns. R. E. Rice, Paisley, W.J. Beverly Hills, Sage Publications: 265-280.

Atkin, C.K., Freimuth, V. (1989). Formative evaluation research in campaign design. In R.E. Rice and C.K. Atkin (eds). Public Communication Campaigns. 2nd edition. Sage, Newbury Park. Pp 131-150.

Atkin, C. K., Wallack, L. (1990). Mass Communication and Public Health. Newbury Park, CA, Sage Publications.

Backer, T. E., Rogers, E.M., Sopory, P. (1992). Designing Health Communication Campaigns: What Works? Newbury Park, CA, Sage Publications

Bagwell MM, Bush HA. (2000). Improving health promotion for blue-collar workers. J Nurs Care Qual. 2000 Jul;14(4):65-71.

Bandura, A. (1977a). Social Learning Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall.

Bandura, A. (1977b). "Self efficacy: Toward a uniting theory of behavioral change." Psychological Review 84: 191-215.

Bandura, A. (1986). Social Foundations of Thought and Action. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall.

Bandura, A. (2001). Social cognitive theory of Mass Communication. Media Psychology. 3:265-266.

Carter, W. B. (1990). Health behavior as a rational process: Theory of Reasoned Action and multiattribute utility theory. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. K. Glanz, Lewis, F.M., Rimer, B.K. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Cohen, A, Colligan, MJ, Berger, P. (1985). Psychology in health risk messages for workers. J Occup Med. 27(8):543-551

de Vries H, Lechner L. (2000). Motives for protective behavior against carcinogenic substances in the workplace: a pilot study among Dutch workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2000 Jan;42(1):88-95.

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Fishbein, M., Ajzen, I. (1975). Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research. Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

Flay, B.R., DiTecco, D., Schlegel, R.P. (1980). Mass Media in Health Promotion: An analysis Using an Extended Information-Processing Model. Health Education Quarterly, 7(2) pp. 127-147.

Flay, B.R. and Cook. T.D. (1981). Evaluation of mass media prevention camapigns. In Rice R. And Paisley W.J. (eds) Public Communication Campaigns. Sage, Beverly Hills.

Flay, B. R., Burton, D. (1990). Effective mass communication strategies for health campaigns. Mass Communication and Public Health. C. K. Atkin, Wallack, L. Newbury Park, CA, Sage Publications: 129-146.

Gettleman, L., Winkleby, MA. (2000). "Using focus groups to develop a heart disease prevention program for ethnically diverse, low-income women." J Community Health 25(6): 439-453.

Glanz, K., Lewis, F.M., Rimer, B.K., eds. (1990). Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Godin, G. & Kok, G. (1996). The Theory of Planned Behavior: A review of its applications to health-related behaviors. American Journal of Health Promotion, 11(2), 87-98.

Hornik, R. C. (2002). Introduction. Public Health Communication: Evidence for Behavior Change. R. C. Hornik. Mahwah, N.J., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Huerta, E.E., Macario, E. (1999). Communicating health risk to ethnic groups: Reaching Hispanics as a case study. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 25: 23-26.

Kelly RB, Zyzanski SJ, Alemagno SA.(1991). Prediction of motivation and behavior change following health promotion: role of health beliefs, social support, and self-efficacy. Soc Sci Med. 1991;32(3):311-320.

Lusk, S. L., Ronis, D. L., Kerr, M. J., and Atwood, J. R. (1994). "Test of the Health Promotion Model as a causal model of workers' use of hearing protection." Nursing Research 43: 151-157.

Lusk SL, Ronis DL, Kerr MJ. Predictors of hearing protection use among workers: implications for training programs. Hum Factors. 1995 Sep;37(3):635-40.

Lusk SL, Kerr MJ, Kauffman SA.(1998). Use of hearing protection and perceptions of noise exposure and hearing loss among construction workers. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1998 Jul;59(7):466-470.

Lusk SL, Kerr MJ, Ronis DL, Eakin BL.(1999). Applying the health promotion model to development of a worksite intervention. Am J Health Promot. 1999 Mar-Apr;13(4):219-227.

Lusk, S. L., Hong, O.S., Ronis, D.L., Eakin, B.L., Kerr, M.J., Early, M.R. (1999). "Effectiveness of an intervention to increase construction workers' use of hearing protection." Hum Factors 41(3): 487-494.

Maiman, L. and Becker, M.H. (1974). "The health belief model: Origins and correlates in psychological theory." Health Education Monographs 2(4): 336-353.

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Melamed S, Rabinowitz S, Feiner M, Weisberg E, Ribak J. (1996). Usefulness of the protection motivation theory in explaining hearing protection device use among male industrial workers. Health Psychol. 1996 May;15(3):209-215.

Miller, N.E., Dollard, J. (1941). Social Learning and Imitation. New Haven, Yale University Press.

Mirer, F. E. (1989). "Worker participation in health and safety: Lessons from joint programs in the American automobile industry." Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 50: A-598-A603.

Morton, T.A., Duck, J.M. (2001). Communication and health beliefs: Mass and interpersonal influences on perceptions of risk to self and others. Communication Research. 28(5):602-626.

Mukherjee S, O. L., Leviton L, Hilyer B. (2000). "Evaluation of worker safety and health training." Am J Ind Med 38(2): 155-163.

Oldenburg, B., Hardcastle, D.M., Kok, G. (1997). Diffusion of innovations. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice. K. Glanz, Lewis, F.M., Rimer, B. San Francisco, Jossey Bass.

Pender NJ (1987). Health promotion in nursing practice. Norwalk, Conn.: Appleton & Lange.

Perry, C. L., Baranowski, T., Parcel, G.S. (1990). How individuals, environments, and health behavior interact: Social Learning Theory. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. K. Glanz, Lewis, F.M., Rimer, B.K. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Rice, R.E., Atkin, C. (1994). Principles of successful public communication campaigns. In . Bryant and D. Zilmann (eds). Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research. Chapter 12 (pp 365-387). LEA, Hillsdale, NJ.

Rimer, B. K. (1990). Perspectives on intrapersonal theories in health education and health behavior. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. K. Glanz, Lewis, F.M., Rimer, B.K. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Rogers, E. M., Storey, J. D. (1987). Communication campaigns. Handbook of Communication Science. C. R. Berger, Chaffee, Steven H. Beverly Hills, CA, Sage Publications: 816-846.

Rosenstock, I. (1990). The health belief model: Explaining health behaviors through expectancies. Health Behavior and Health Education. K. Glanz, F. Lewis and B. Rimer. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass Publishers: 39-62.

Roter, D. L., Rudd, R. E., Keiugh, J., Robinson, B. (1987). "Worker produced health education material for the construction trades." Int Q Commun Health Educ 7: 109-120.

Smith, G. S. (2001). "Public health approaches to occupational injury prevention: Do they work?" Injury Prevention 7(3): i3.

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Snyder, L.B., Hamilton, M.A. (2002). A meta-analysis of U.S. health campaign effects on behavior: Emphasize enforcement, exposure, and new information, and beware the secular trend. Public Health Communication: Evidence for Behavior Change. R.C. Hornik. Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Swinehart, J.W. (1997). Health behavior research and communication campaigns. In D.S. Gochman. Handbook of Health Behavior Research IV: Relevance for Professionals and Issues for the Future. Chapter 18 (pp 351-373). Plenum Press, New York.

Wallerstein, N., Weinger, M (1992). "Health and safety education for worker empowerment." Am J Ind Med 22(5): 619-635.

White MC, Baker EL, Larson MB, Wolford R. (1988). The role of personal beliefs and social influences as determinants of respirator use among construction painters. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1988 Aug;14(4):239-45.

Zorn, M., Ratzan, S. (2000). Health risk communication [bibliography]. Bethesda, MD. National Library of Medicine (US); 2000 Oct. (Current bibliographies in medicine; no 2000-7). 847 citations from January 1990 through October 2000, plus selected earlier citations.

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