One-Hour Pilot Training to Prevent Workers From Taking Home Workplace Contaminants
| Autor: | Andrew Kalweit, Robert F. Herrick, Mariana Guerrero, Diana M. Ceballos, John D. Spengler, Richard Rabin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Safety Management
Medical education business.industry education Training evaluation Pilot Projects General Medicine Contamination 030210 environmental & occupational health Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Low literacy Occupational Exposure Humans Medicine Environmental Pollutants 030212 general & internal medicine Workplace business Pilot training Occupational Health Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | New Solut |
| ISSN: | 1541-3772 1048-2911 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1048291119887188 |
| Popis: | Workers can accidentally transport chemical hazards from the workplace to the home, known as “take-home exposures.” Recent take-home lead-poisoning cases highlight the need for effective prevention training. A one-hour take-home prevention training was developed in partnership with a nonprofit. The training was administered and evaluated during two training sessions with twenty-one trainees. The training was composed of a lecture and interactive activities. An illustrated poster was used with different prevention actions within a story line to reduce take-home exposures under three categories: facilities with formal health and safety programs, small businesses, and outdoor work. The effectiveness and acceptability of the training was measured by a survey and pre- and posttraining exams. The second training exam responses showed a 14 percent (84 percent to 98 percent) increase in take-home prevention knowledge. Community-based prevention training could reduce the burden of chemical exposures on vulnerable workers and their families. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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