Premium
Evaluating a training‐for‐action job health and safety program
Author(s) -
Brown Marianne Parker,
NguyenScott Nga
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700220512
Subject(s) - medicine , chart , training (meteorology) , action (physics) , medical education , occupational safety and health , action plan , plan (archaeology) , work (physics) , program evaluation , on the job training , applied psychology , nursing , psychology , management , engineering , mechanical engineering , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , internship , meteorology , political science , economics , history , archaeology , public administration , pathology
This paper describes an action research evaluation method developed to assess a worker training program which encourages trainees to use knowledge acquired to correct health and safety problems in their workplaces. The project teaches trainees from the same workplace to identify problem areas collectively using a tool called a Risk Chart and then to prioritize problems to work on with the aid of an Action Plan. Follow‐up trainee interviews are conducted to determine what impact the training has on trainees. The methodology is presented and preliminary results are discussed, with particular emphasis on the advantages and limitations of this method.