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Folami, Florence – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Musculoskeletal injuries caused by patient lifting and transfers are a concern to health care workers. The Safe Patient Handling Act calls for all health care organizations to move to mechanical assistance from previous manual methods of transfers. This research analyzed two different educational programs that addressed safe patient handling for…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Nurses, Injuries, Program Effectiveness
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Shearn, P.; Ford, Norma J.; Murphy, R. G. – Health Education Journal, 2010
Objective: The objective of this article is to identify the profile of service users of an occupational health (OH) support service and establish areas of need, and to gather client feedback on the experience of participating in the support service and perceived outcomes and the impact of the advice received. Design and Setting: We carried out…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Services, Counselor Client Relationship, Statistical Analysis
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Epstein, Michael; Marozeau, Jeremy; Cleveland, Sandra – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2010
Purpose: To estimate real-environment iPod listening levels for listeners in 4 environments to gain insight into whether average listeners receive dosages exceeding occupational noise exposure guidelines as a result of their listening habits. Method: The earbud outputs of iPods were connected directly into the inputs of a digital recorder to make…
Descriptors: Listening, Occupational Safety and Health, National Standards, Handheld Devices
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Hermann, Jaime A.; Ibarra, Guillermo V.; Hopkins, B. L. – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2010
The present research examines the effects of a complex safety program that combined Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) and traditional safety methods. The study was conducted in an automobile parts plant in Mexico. Two sister plants served as comparison. Some of the components of the safety programs addressed behaviors of managers and included methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industrial Psychology, Organizational Development, Occupational Safety and Health
Cram, Andrew; Hedberg, John G.; Gosper, Maree; Dick, Geoff – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
Contemporary theories of problem-solving highlight that expertise is domain specific, contingent on the social context and available resources, and involves knowledge, skills, attitudes, emotions and values. Developing educational activities that incorporate all of these elements is a challenge. Through case studies, this paper outlines how…
Descriptors: Expertise, Problem Solving, Social Environment, Learning Activities
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Threeton, Mark D.; Pellock, Cynthia – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2010
Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) assert they are assisting students in developing leadership, teamwork, citizenship, problem solving, communication, and academic skills for workplace success, but with limited research on their outcomes, are these empty claims? With integration of academics being a major Career and Technical…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Academic Education, Student Organizations, Competition
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Fante, Rhiannon; Gravina, Nicole; Betz, Alison; Austin, John – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2010
This study employed structural and treatment analyses to determine factors that contributed to wrist posture safety in a small pharmacy. The pharmacy was located on a university campus and participants were three female pharmacy technicians. These particular employees had experienced various repetitive-motion injuries that resulted in a total of…
Descriptors: Pharmacy, Employees, Human Posture, Human Body
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Barker, Lauren N.; Ziino, Carlo – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2010
This study aimed to produce indicators and guidelines for clinician use in determining whether individual therapy sessions for community rehabilitation services should be delivered in a home/community-based setting or centre-based setting within a flexible service delivery model. Concept mapping techniques as described by Tochrim and Kane (2005)…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation, Therapy, Guidelines, Decision Making
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Oztug, Ozhan; Cowie, Helen – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
The aim of the present research was to understand how office workers cope with back, neck and upper limb musculoskeletal disorders at work (and their implications for work). A small (N = 120) questionnaire survey collected information about potential participants' background and history of musculoskeletal disorders. These data were used to inform…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Accidents, Data Analysis
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2010
The graduate of the Cabinetmaker apprenticeship program is a certified journeyperson who will: (1)know the characteristics of wood, wood products or substitutes used in industrial woodworking; (2) be proficient with the safe use of hand tools, powered machines and equipment used in industrial woodworking; (3) read and interpret plans and…
Descriptors: Trade and Industrial Education, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Industry
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Zhuoxin, Liang – International Education Studies, 2013
The research has chosen some migrant workers of new generation from different fields in F City to investigate their current situation of vocational education. The research reveals that their education is helpful, mainly in employment, work and the methods of mentorship and further study organized by employers. The research also reveals its…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Migrant Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
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Ratzon, N.; Schejter, T.; Alon, E.; Schreuer, N. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Youth and Adolescents with Special Needs (YASN) face many challenges during transition into employment. Although most of their physical challenges are secondary, yet they call for attention since most of them are hired for blue collar jobs. Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) should be adapted to prepare them addressing the physical job-demands,…
Descriptors: Vocational Evaluation, Physical Activities, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
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Gekara, Victor Oyaro; Bloor, Michael; Sampson, Helen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
Vocational education and training (VET) concerns the cultivation and development of specific skills and competencies, in addition to broad underpinning knowledge relating to paid employment. VET assessment is, therefore, designed to determine the extent to which a trainee has effectively acquired the knowledge, skills, and competencies required by…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Occupational Safety and Health, Computer Assisted Testing, Vocational Education
Gutierrez, Janet M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Next to leisure, sport, and household activities, the most common activity resulting in medically consulted injuries and poisonings in the United States is work, with an estimated 4 million workplace related episodes reported in 2008 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009). To address the risks inherent to various occupations, risk…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Safety, Risk Management, Risk
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
This volume contains a collection of selected papers submitted to the 19th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2021. The 19th BCES Conference theme is "New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World." The book includes 40 papers written by 66 authors from 15…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Global Approach
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