The Use of Mentoring to Promote Well-being for Female SMART Members

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Conditions studied: Harassment, Non-Sexual, Harassment, Sexual, Bullying, Workplace, Mental Stress, Work-Related Condition, Work-related Injury, Work Related Stress

In brief

Women are highly underrepresented in the construction skilled trades. In addition to facing the industry's well-known physical risks, women are subjected to discrimination, harassment, and skills under-utilization. As a result, tradeswomen have increased risk for injury, stress-related health effects, and high attrition rates from apprenticeship programs, thus perpetuating their minority status. Mentoring is a well-established technique for learning technical and personal navigation skills in new or challenging social environments. The investigators propose development and dissemination of a mentorship program through local unions of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), and evaluating its success in reducing women's injury and work stress, while improving retention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04247880

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

96

Starts

2021-03-01

Expected to finish

2024-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-16

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All mentors must be journey-level sheet metal workers that are members of the SMART (International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers) Union. All mentees and control apprentices must be apprentice-level sheet metal workers that are members of the SMART Union, and identify as woman.

You may not qualify if…

• No exclusions will be made on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, age, disability or religion for mentors, mentees, and control apprentices. No exclusions will be made on the basis of gender for mentors. For mentees and control apprentices, those that do not identify as a woman will be excluded.

Where it is running

• Phoenix Area Local 359 — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 105 — Glendora, California, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 — San Jose, California, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 9 — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 85 — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Hawaii Sheet Metal Workers Local 293 — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 73 — Hillside, Illinois, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 — Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 63 — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 — Maplewood, Minnesota, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 49 — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 28 — New York, New York, United States
• Columbus Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 — Portland, Oregon, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 67 — San Antonio, Texas, United States
• Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 66 — Everett, Washington, United States

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