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Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers
Young workers (under 25-years-old) are at risk of workplace injuries due to inexperience, high-risk health behaviors, and a lack of knowledge about workplace hazards. Training based on Total Worker Health(®) (TWH) principles can improve their knowledge of and ability to identify hazards associated w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30781514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040577 |
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author | Aryal, Ashamsa Parish, Megan Rohlman, Diane S. |
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description | Young workers (under 25-years-old) are at risk of workplace injuries due to inexperience, high-risk health behaviors, and a lack of knowledge about workplace hazards. Training based on Total Worker Health(®) (TWH) principles can improve their knowledge of and ability to identify hazards associated with work organization and environment. In this study, we assessed changes to knowledge and behavior following an online safety and health training between two groups by collecting information on the demographic characteristics, knowledge, and self-reported behaviors of workplace health and safety at three different points in time. The participants’ age ranged from 15 to 24 years. Age adjusted results exhibited a significant increase in knowledge immediately after completing the training, although knowledge decreased in both groups in the follow-up. Amazon Marketplace Mechanical Turk (MTurk) participants demonstrated a greater increase in knowledge, with a significantly higher score compared to the baseline, indicating retention of knowledge three months after completing the training. The majority of participants in both groups reported that they liked the Promoting U through Safety and Health (PUSH) training for improving health and safety and that the training should be provided before starting a job. Participants also said that the training was interactive, informative and humorous. The participants reported that the PUSH training prepared them to identify and control hazards in their workplace and to communicate well with the supervisors and coworkers about their rights. Training programs based on TWH improves the safety, health and well-being of young workers. |
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spelling | pubmed-64067522019-03-21 Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers Aryal, Ashamsa Parish, Megan Rohlman, Diane S. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Young workers (under 25-years-old) are at risk of workplace injuries due to inexperience, high-risk health behaviors, and a lack of knowledge about workplace hazards. Training based on Total Worker Health(®) (TWH) principles can improve their knowledge of and ability to identify hazards associated with work organization and environment. In this study, we assessed changes to knowledge and behavior following an online safety and health training between two groups by collecting information on the demographic characteristics, knowledge, and self-reported behaviors of workplace health and safety at three different points in time. The participants’ age ranged from 15 to 24 years. Age adjusted results exhibited a significant increase in knowledge immediately after completing the training, although knowledge decreased in both groups in the follow-up. Amazon Marketplace Mechanical Turk (MTurk) participants demonstrated a greater increase in knowledge, with a significantly higher score compared to the baseline, indicating retention of knowledge three months after completing the training. The majority of participants in both groups reported that they liked the Promoting U through Safety and Health (PUSH) training for improving health and safety and that the training should be provided before starting a job. Participants also said that the training was interactive, informative and humorous. The participants reported that the PUSH training prepared them to identify and control hazards in their workplace and to communicate well with the supervisors and coworkers about their rights. Training programs based on TWH improves the safety, health and well-being of young workers. MDPI 2019-02-16 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6406752/ /pubmed/30781514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040577 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Aryal, Ashamsa Parish, Megan Rohlman, Diane S. Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers |
title | Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers |
title_full | Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers |
title_fullStr | Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers |
title_full_unstemmed | Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers |
title_short | Generalizability of Total Worker Health(®) Online Training for Young Workers |
title_sort | generalizability of total worker health(®) online training for young workers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30781514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040577 |
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