scholarly journals Impacts of health and safety education: Comparison of worker activities before and after training

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Becker ◽  
John Morawetz
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Before And After

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety Education at Inclusive Vocational Schools in Turkey

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110672
Author(s):  
Ozan Şenkal ◽  
Resul Kanık ◽  
Mehmet Emre Sezgin ◽  
Özgül Akın Şenkal
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Knowledge Levels

The occupational health and safety education program (OHS) is an important intervention strategy to prevent injuries among young workers. This study aims to emphasize the importance of inclusive and integrated occupational safety education in an Inclusive Vocational School for students at 10th grade. In this study, we investigated the success levels and the awareness of the students before and after the education on occupational safety. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of 12-hour basic OHS education on the students’ levels of awareness and knowledge and the retention of these effects. A questionnaire comprising 10 questions and an open-ended exam comprising 20 questions that measure their knowledge level on OHS were applied to the students who had just met with the workshop environment before and after the education. As a result, OHS education delivered to students has improved the students’ awareness of OHS positively. It was observed that the knowledge levels before receiving OHS education increased according to their knowledge level after regular OHS education.

scholarly journals A research on the knowledge level and safety culture of students taking occupational health and safety course

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Zeynep F. Olcay ◽  
Sertaç Temur ◽  
Ahmet E. Sakalli
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Safety Knowledge

The safety culture plays an important role in reducing deaths and injuries in many sectors and educational institutions in developing countries. In this study, it was aimed to determine the occupational health and safety (OHS) course, which is taught as a compulsory course in Istanbul Aydın University before taking the course at the beginning of the term and after taking the course at the end of the term, the difference in occupational safety knowledge level and the level of perception of occupational safety culture. A total of 281 questionnaires were deemed valid. For the research, two different surveys were used to measure. Considering the results, there are positive differences in the knowledge level of the students before and after taking the OHS lesson. It has been determined that the safety culture does not change according to demographic information. OHS should be taught to every student in the universities.   Keywords: Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety education, Occupational health and safety lesson, Safety culture

Associations Between Workplace Violence, Mental Health, and Physical Health among Korean Workers: The Fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 216507992110238
Author(s):  
Hae Ran Kim
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Background: Workplace violence (WPV) is a global public health problem and a threat to the health of Korean workers. This study assessed the prevalence and risk factors of WPV and its association with mental and physical health among Korean workers. Methods: Data obtained for 50,205 respondents to the Fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey were utilized for this study. Verbal abuse, threats, physical violence, and sexual harassment were assessed individually and as a composite for “any WPV.” Workers were characterized by education, income, shift work status, access to a health and safety education program, work sector and overall health. Descriptive analyses and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the prevalence of WPV and its association with mental and physical health. Findings: Overall, 5.6% of workers reported experiencing one of four forms of WPV. The prevalence of verbal abuse, threats, physical violence, and sexual harassment were 4.9%, 0.7%, 0.2%, and 1.1%, respectively. Most perpetrators were customers. Prevalence of WPV was associated with lower education level, poor health status, long working hours, shift work, and no experience of health and safety education; 9.0% of service workers experienced violence. Workers who had experienced WPV were more likely to experience anxiety, sleep-related problems, depressive symptoms, back pain, headache/eye strain, and overall fatigue. Conclusions/Applications to Practice: Workplace violence is a serious occupational and public health concern in Korea. These results suggest managing WPV may improve workers’ well-being and that violence-prevention strategies, policies, and regulations should be implemented across most industries.

Model Child Care Health Policies

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
After School ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Child Care Facilities

Significantly revised and updated, the new Model Child Care Health Policies, 5th Edition is a must-have tool to foster adoption and implemenation of best practices for health and safety in group care settings for young children. These settings include early care and education as well as before and after school child care programs. These model policies are intended to ease the burden of writing site-specific health and safety policies from scratch. They cover a wide range of aspects of operation of early education and child care programs. Child care programs of any type can use Model Child Care Health Policies by selecting relevant issues for their operation and modifying the wording to make selected policies appropriate to the specific settings. These settings include early education and child care centers, small and large family child care homes, part day-programs for ill children, facilities that serve children with special needs, school-age child care facilities, and drop-in facilities. The model policies can be adapted for public, private, Head Start, and tuition-funded facilities. All of the most commonly covered health and safety topics the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies found in state regulations are included in this guide.

Farm Alarm: Coping with Stress Using Theater for Agricultural Health and Safety Education

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele A. Schermann ◽  
John M. Shutske ◽  
Ruth Rasmussen ◽  
Stacey Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Agricultural Health

scholarly journals Current Status and Challenges of Safety Education for Children, Including Those Requiring Medical Care, in Japanese General Schools: Focusing on Disasters

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Tomoko Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Safety ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
School Health ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
The Government

This paper discusses school safety mainly in relation to safety education and examines measures for the comprehensive development of systems to ensure the safety of children at school, including those requiring medical care. The number of children requiring medical care is increasing in general schools following the promotion of inclusive education. The government of Japan has established the School Health and Safety Act and Guidelines on School Curricula. Municipalities have developed education systems that cover the safety education specified in disaster preparedness plans for schools. Safety education has been promoted through problem-oriented and experience-based methods as well as other methods of learning to date. Considering the outcomes of these systems and approaches, it is expected that safety management systems in schools, especially general schools that include children requiring medical care, will also develop in combination with safety education.

scholarly journals Radiation safety education as a component of orthopedic training

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin F. Walsh ◽  
Andrew P. Thome ◽  
Kush S. Mody ◽  
Adam E.M. Eltorai ◽  
Alan H. Daniels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Orthopedic Surgeons ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Safety Intervention ◽  
Attitudes And Knowledge ◽  
Safety Knowledge

Fluoroscopy poses an occupational hazard to orthopedic surgeons. The purpose of this study was to examine resident and faculty understanding of radiation safety and to determine whether or not a radiation safety intervention would improve radiation safety knowledge. An anonymous survey was developed to assess attitudes and knowledge regarding radiation safety and exposure. It was distributed to faculty and residents at an academic orthopedic program before and after a radiation safety lecture. Pre- and post-lecture survey results were compared. 19 residents and 22 faculty members completed the pre-lecture survey while 11 residents and 17 faculty members completed the post-lecture survey. Pre-lecture survey scores were 48.3% for residents and 49.5% for faculty; post-lecture survey scores were 52.7% and 46.1% respectively. Differences between pre and post-survey scores were not significant. This study revealed low baseline radiation safety knowledge scores for both orthopedic residents and faculty. As evidence by our results, a single radiation safety information lecture did not significantly impact radiation knowledge. Radiation safety training should have a formal role in orthopedic surgery academic curricula.

scholarly journals Grinding Test on Tremolite with Fibrous and Prismatic Habit

Fibers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliviero Baietto ◽  
Mariangela Diano ◽  
Giovanna Zanetti ◽  
Paola Marini
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Grinding Process ◽  
Identification Procedure ◽  
Dimensional Parameter ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Scanning Electron

The main objective of this work is the evaluation of the morphology change in tremolite particles before and after a grinding process. The crushing action simulates anthropic alteration of the rock, such as excavation in rocks containing tremolite during a tunneling operation. The crystallization habit of these amphibolic minerals can exert hazardous effects on humans. The investigated amphibolic minerals are four tremolite samples, from the Piedmont and Aosta Valley regions, with different crystallization habits. The habits can be described as asbestiform (fibrous) for longer and thinner fibers and non-asbestiform (prismatic) for prismatic fragments, also known as “cleavage” fragments. In order to identify the morphological variation before and after the grinding, both a phase contrast optical microscope (PCOM) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM) were used. The identification procedure for fibrous and prismatic elements is related to a dimensional parameter (length–diameter ratio) defined by the Health and Safety Executive. The results highlight how mineral comminution leads to a rise of prismatic fragments and, therefore, to a potentially safer situation for worker and inhabitants.

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