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Personick, Martin E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1991
Eating and drinking places reported large numbers of workplace injuries and illnesses, primarily to teenagers and women who comprise most of the industry's work force. Sprains, cuts, and burns were leading work disabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dining Facilities, Diseases, Females
Shaw, Richard – American School & University, 1999
Addresses workplace safety needs and tips for helping an organization achieve a high level of safety. Tips include showing administration commitment, establishing retribution-free reporting of safety problems and violations, rewarding excellent safety effort, and allowing no compromises in following safety procedures. (GR)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Occupational Safety and Health, Public Schools, Safety Education
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Kramer, Desre M.; Cole, Donald C.; Leithwood, Kenneth – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2004
In workplace health interventions, engaging management and union decision makers is considered important for the success of the project, yet little research has described the process of making this happen. A case study of a knowledge-transfer process is presented to describe the practices and processes adopted by a knowledge broker who engaged…
Descriptors: Intervention, Foreign Countries, Occupational Safety and Health, Transfer of Training
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Sanchez, Tony R. – Social Studies, 2006
Most agree that the event now simply known as 9/11 proved to be a turning point in U.S. history. Nothing will ever be the same again politically, legally, and socially. Besides being the most devastating workplace disaster to occur in New York City and the nation, it was a moment that defined a generation and rivals similar generation-defining…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Simulation, United States History
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2008
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of this newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Structural Elements (Construction)
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed.; Turner, Debra, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2008
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Head Injuries
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Saaranen, Terhi; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Turunen, Hannele; Naumanen, Paula – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This article reports on school staff's and occupational health nurses' development project (2001-2004), which aimed to promote school staff's occupational wellbeing by activities to maintain the ability to work in 12 comprehensive schools in Finland. The effects of the project were evaluated based on a follow-up study questionnaire presented to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nurses, Followup Studies, Occupational Safety and Health
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Beaudet, Joanne; Rasch, John – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1988
Investigated relationship of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores to employment status and time since injury among persons with acute low back pain. Work status was unrelated to BDI scores. Participants 5 to 6 months post-injury scored higher than participants l month post-injury; participants working 5 to 6 months post-injury scored higher than…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Employment, Injuries, Males
Alberta Advanced Education, 2005
The graduate of the Tilesetter apprenticeship program is a certified journeyperson who will be able to: (1) know the principles of sound and safe construction; (2) know the characteristics and proper use of tilesetting materials; (3) read blueprints, shop drawings and calculate quantities of materials; (4) be proficient in the safe use and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Building Trades, Apprenticeships, Course Descriptions
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Gilbert, Gay F. – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1983
Describes a program developed by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses to provide its members with self-instructional continuing education programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Continuing Education, Learning Modules, Nurses
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Ruben, George – Monthly Labor Review, 1990
Some problems that plague negotiators throughout the decade continue into the next and are joined by issues such as the rising cost of health insurance, family care, and health and safety concerns. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance, Occupational Safety and Health
Romero, Ana Teresa – Labour Education, 1993
Analyzes the practices of multinationals in the sphere of occupational safety and health and poses the question of safety and health and industrial risks in terms of environmental problems. Indicates that the future of safety and health may hinge on the adaptation and implementation of recommendations of International Labour Organisation members.…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Global Approach, Occupational Safety and Health, Unions
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Dodge, R. Bruce – Education + Training, 1998
Evidence from the occupational safety and health field suggests that much unintentional learning takes place in the workplace that is not a result of conscious decisions and lacks critical reflection. Such learning may have negative consequences. Action can be taken to identify and mitigate the effects of unintentional learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Incidental Learning, Intention, Occupational Safety and Health
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McMahan, Shari; Sturz, Dominick – Journal of Education for Business, 2006
America's workforce is aging, with over 20% of the workforce expected to be aged 55 and over by the year 2015, an increase of nearly 50% through 2014. As people age, their resistance to harmful exposures is reduced. Injury data suggest that although elderly workers are less likely to be hurt seriously enough to lose worktime, they often take twice…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Aging (Individuals), Physiology, Job Performance
Vojtecky, Michael A. – Health Education Quarterly, 1988
Until individuals with special training in health education enter the field of occupational safety and health, it is unlikely that education will achieve its potential as a method for combatting occupational illness and injury. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Health Education, Occupational Safety and Health
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