TRAINING FEATURES

Safety & Health
Improvement Program (SHIP)

Designed to help organizations promote employee health, safety, and work-life balance by increasing supervisor support and team effectiveness.

This evidence-based training teaches managers and supervisors how to improve work-life and safety support behaviors. The program includes:

A helpful start guide
Self-paced, online learning that takes about one hour
Two-week behavior tracking tool designed to reinforce learning
Downloadable tools and follow-up guides

“Employees were cautious at first, but now they are the ones asking supervisors if they can revisit the team effectiveness goals. They’re really enthusiastic.”

-Suzanne Kahn, Maintenance Director Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)

ABOUT THE TRAINING

Improving employee safety, health, and well-being through supervisor support and team effectiveness.

The Safety & Health Improvement Program:

Reduces stress and work-life conflict.
Increases team communication and effectiveness.
Improves employee health and safety.
Enhances work processes and practices

To learn more or discuss the program with others, we have provided the following downloadable resources

Download Overview

Download Briefing Slides

Steps in the program

There are five steps in the Sleep Support Training program. Click on the links below for more information.

1. Getting Started

The Safety & Health Improvement Program begins with a Start Guide. This guide introduces the program to your organization and provides step-by-step instructions on implementation. DOWNLOAD THE START GUIDE
2. Online Supervisor Training

The next step is the online supervisor training, an essential part of the program. ACCESS ONLINE TRAINING (60 min)
3. Supervisor Behavior Tracking

Supervisor behavior tracking is designed to help reinforce lessons learned in the training. Behavior tracking takes a few minutes a day and lasts for two weeks. Not only does this reinforce the training, it also helps track supportive supervisor patterns of interactions with employees. The Behavior Tracking Guide provides instructions and examples for tracking behaviors. Tracking can be done using the format in the tracking guide or your organization can use logs, journaling, or a behavior training phone app. It is up to you and your organization to choose the method that works best. DOWNLOAD BEHAVIOR TRACKING GUIDE
4. Follow Up

The final step is a group discussion where supervisors and their teams meet to brainstorm solutions to improve work practices, communication, and the work environment. This is an essential part of the program to ensure practices are embedded into everyday work. DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOW UP GUIDE

Hear Dr. Hammer discuss the
Safety & Health Improvement Program

(click here for transcript)

PUBLICATIONS

The evidence behind the training

EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT ON A WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH INTERVENTION

Hammer, L. B., Truxillo, D. M., Bodner, T., Pytlovany, A. C., & Richman, A. (2019). Exploration of the impact of organisational context on a workplace safety and health intervention. Work & Stress, 33(2), 192-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2018.1496159

HOME IS WHERE THE MIND IS: FAMILY INTERFERENCE WITH WORK AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN TWO HIGH RISK INDUSTRIES
Johnson, R. C., Eatough, E. M., Chang, C.-H., Hammer, L. B., & Truxillo, D. M. (2019). Home is where the mind is: Family interference with work and safety performance in two high risk industries. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110, 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.10.012

THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP ON WORKPLACE COGNITIVE FAILURE AND SAFETY

Brossoit, R. M., Crain, T. L., Leslie, J. J., Hammer, L. B., Truxillo, D. M., & Bodner, T. E. (2019). The effects of sleep on workplace cognitive failure and safety. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24, 411-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000139

DO RESOURCES MATTER FOR EMPLOYEE STRESS? IT DEPENDS HOW OLD YOU ARE
Yaldiz, L. M., Truxillo, D. M., Bodner, T., & Hammer, L. B. (2018). Do resources matter for employee stress? It depends on how old you are. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 107, 182-194. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2018.04.005

THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
Rineer, J. R., Truxillo, D.M., Bodner, T., Hammer, L.B., & Krainer, M. (2017). The Moderating Effects of Perceived Organizational Support on the Relationship between Organizational Justice and Objective Measures of Cardiovascular Health. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26:3, 399-410, DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2016.1277207.

RELATING AGE, DECISION AUTHORITY, JOB SATISFACTION, AND MENTAL HEALTH: A STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
Zaniboni, S., Truxillo, D. M., Rineer, J. R., Bodner, T. E., Hammer, L. B., & Krainer, M. (2016). Relating age, decision authority, job satisfaction, and mental health: A study of construction workers. Work, Aging and Retirement, 2, 428-435.

EFFECTS OF A WORKPLACE INTERVENTION TARGETING PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS ON SAFETY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
Hammer, L., Truxillo, D., Bodner, T., Rineer, J., Pytlovany, A., & Richman, A. (2015). Effects of a workplace intervention targeting psychosocial risk factors on safety and health outcomes: Psychosocial factors and workers health and safety. BioMed Research International, Article ID 836967, 12 pages. doi:10.1155/2015/836967.

SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELL BEING OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Bodner, T., Kraner, M., Bradford, B., Hammer, L., & Truxillo, D. (2014). Safety, health, and well-being of municipal utility and construction workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 56(7), 771-778. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000178

HAVE QUESTIONS?

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Safety & Health Improvement Program (SHIP)