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Hyde, Deborah Hayes. "Architectural education for building safety." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23075.

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Jonsson, Hanna. "Safety Education for Future Mining." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-75563.

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The work environment in mines have changed during the last decades. Compared to when birds were used to examine the air quality in coal mines, today’s mines strive for a zero-entry production. Which means that the persons who works at the mining company are stationed over ground - instead of under it. With digitalization and automation, companies like Boliden aim to increase a safer work environment. However, zero-entry mines are still in the future, and until future notice, existing risks and hazards need to be managed. This master thesis at Luleå University of Technology in collaboration with the Crusher and Ore Handling System (G55) department at Boliden Aitik. This master thesis aims to improve work conditions and contribute to a safer work environment by increasing awareness and knowledge regarding risks and routines at the G55 department. To accomplish this, I have during this master thesis developed an educational tool as a supplement to the current safety educations provided by SSG. This master thesis focus on providing workers with information with safety educations and motivates by lack of knowledge as a cause of accidents. Through visits, interviews and observations have been conducted to map current and future state at the G55 department and within Boliden as a company. In total ten interviews have been performed as well as several feedback occasions. Trough feedback, adjustments have been done which are beneficial in the iterative working process due its ability to go back and adjust. The current state mapping has been compared to theories in which a theoretical framework has been used as a foundation when– analyzing the current state and developing the material. Included topics in the literature gather are “Health and Safety” and “Understand and Develop training material”. These have been the foundation when discussing improvement areas and when taking decisions when I developed the education material. Since the education material is a supplement to already existing safety educations provided by SSG, training methods have been investigated. The resulting education material delivered to the G55 department resulted in a lecture based presentation material in the software PowerPoint, as well as a pamphlet with summarized information from the lecture material. The lecture training method was chosen due to its advantage of containing personal contact between new workers and existing staff. This makes the introduction material complement current safety education which are performed as a data-based training method and misses personal contact. Delivered material contains information that is consider important for new workers to know before starting their employment. Further recommendations when implementing this material are to translate it to English to reach non-Swedish-speaking persons entering the department as well as keep developing the material. The discussion question if additional educations are the most efficient way to manage and correct risks depending on the classifications of existing risks. But concludes that it is an easily tool for short-term control. According to me, the mapping of the organization should be used to eliminate or separate current risks and hazards for a sustainable solution long-term. Today, I believe that an education supplement is necessary. And hopefully, the G55 department will keep develop their organization, eliminate current risks and long-term achieve a zero-accident vision.
Arbetsmiljön i gruvor har förändrats under de senaste årtiondena. Jämfört med när fåglar användes för att undersöka luftkvalitén i kolgruvorna, strävar dagens gruvor efter en noll-entrégruva (zero-entry). Det innebär att de personer som arbetar på gruvföretaget är stationerade över marken - istället för under den. Med digitalisering och automation hoppas företag som Boliden att skapa en säkrare arbetsmiljö. Noll-entrégruvor är dock fortfarande en bit bort och tillsvidare måste existerande risker hanteras. Det här examensarbetet är utfört vid Luleå tekniska universitet och gjort i samarbete med avdelningen Kross och infrakt (G55) i Aitikgruvan. Examensarbetet syftar till att förbättra arbetsförhållandena och bidra till en säkrare arbetsmiljö genom att öka medvetenheten och kunskapen kring risker och rutiner vid G55-avdelningen. Dessutom syftar det till att utveckla ett pedagogiskt verktyg som ett tillägg till SSG:s nuvarande säkerhetsutbildning som ska användas vid introduktion av nya arbetare på området. Examensarbetet fokuserar på att ge arbetstagare information med säkerhetsutbildning och motiverar genom bristande kunskap som orsak till olyckor. Under besök hos avdelningen har intervjuer och observationer genomförts för att kartlägga nuvarande och framtida tillstånd vid G55 och inom Boliden som företag. Totalt har tio intervjuer gjorts samt några feedbacktillfällen. Tack vare feedback, har justeringar gjorts som en del i den iterativa arbetsprocessen som tillåter att gå tillbaka och justera. Den nuvarande kartläggningen har jämförts med teorier där en teoretisk referensram har använts som grund vid analys av kartläggning och utveckling av materialet. Inkluderade ämnen i litteraturen är "Hälsa och säkerhet" och "Förstå och utveckla utbildningsmaterial". Dessa har varit grunden när jag diskuterat förbättringsområden och fattat beslut under utvecklandet av utbildningsmaterial. Eftersom utbildningsmaterialet kompletterar redan befintliga säkerhetsutbildningar från SSG har utbildningsmetoder undersökts. Det resulterande utbildningsmaterialet som levererades till G55 har resulterat i ett föreläsningsbaserat presentationsmaterial i PowerPoint, liksom en broschyr med sammanfattande information från föreläsningsmaterialet. Föreläsning som utbildningsmetoden valdes på grund av dess förmån att tillåta personlig kontakt mellan nya arbetstagare och befintlig personal. Detta gör att introduktionsmaterialet kompletterar nuvarande säkerhetsutbildning som utförs som en databaserad träningsmetod och saknar just personlig kontakt. Levererat material innehåller information som är viktig för nya medarbetare att veta innan de börjar sin anställning. Ytterligare rekommendationer vid implementering av detta material är att översätta det till engelska för att nå icke-svensktalande personer på avdelningen samt fortsätta att utveckla materialet. Avslutningsvis, diskuteras huruvida ytterligare utbildningar är det effektivaste sättet att hantera och korrigera risker. Slutsatsen är att det är ett verktyg för kortsiktig kontroll. På lång sikt, borde kartläggningen, enligt mig, användas för att eliminera eller skilja nuvarande risker och faror för at få hållbar lösning. Idag tror jag att ett utbildningstillägg är nödvändigt. Och förhoppningsvis kommer G55-avdelningen att fortsätta utveckla sin organisation, eliminera nuvarande risker och på lång sikt uppnå en olycksfallsvision.
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Ahmed, Maria. "Embedding patient safety into postgraduate medical education." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/14141.

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As frontline clinicians, junior doctors (trainees) are being increasingly recognised as powerful agents for change in improving patient safety. However, routine postgraduate medical education (PGME) offers little opportunity for trainees to develop the requisite knowledge and skills to advance safety improvement efforts. This thesis aims to build on the evidence base for patient safety education by developing and evaluating educational interventions informed by users, the existing literature, and educational theory. Section One (Chapters 1 to 3) sets the context for the thesis, providing an introduction to patient safety, relevant educational theory, and the role of education and engagement in improving patient safety. Subsequently, Section Two reports exploratory research to inform the development of a patient safety course for Foundation trainees – junior doctors at the very start of their careers. A systematic review reveals how the UK lags behind international efforts to deliver patient safety education for trainees, and highlights the need to address barriers to its sustainable integration into medical curricula (Chapter 4). An analysis of Foundation trainees’ portfolio entries demonstrates the feasibility of using patient safety incidents (PSIs) experienced by trainees as the basis for learning about patient safety (Chapter 5). Drawing on these findings, Section Three reports the development and evaluation of ‘Lessons Learnt: Building a Safer Foundation’. This is a novel patient safety programme designed to formalise the opportunity for all 1000+ trainees across a Foundation School to learn from PSIs in a structured, facilitated forum. The development and delivery of the programme is first described (Chapter 6), followed by empirical studies to develop senior faculty (Chapter 7), and to evaluate the impact of the programme on trainees’ learning both qualitatively (Chapter 8) and quantitatively (Chapter 9). In Section Four, a different approach is taken to explore non-technical skills (NTS) training for more senior trainees. A tri-continental interview study of 33 surgical team members underlines the need to improve debriefing as a core NTS in Surgery and explores the user perspective on effective debriefing in surgical training (Chapter 10). These findings are used to inform the development of the ‘SHARP 5-Step Feedback Tool for Surgery’ and to evaluate its impact through observation of 100 surgical cases (Chapter 11). A number of conclusions are drawn from the research. Patient safety education is well accepted by trainees and trainers alike, and results in improved safety competencies across knowledge, skill and behavioural domains. It is feasible to embed a large-scale patient safety programme into PGME and to engage senior doctors to support its delivery. Overall, these findings suggest that patient safety education not only improves ‘safety skills’ at an individual level, but may also promote the safety of the wider healthcare system through enhancing medical engagement in patient safety and fostering cultural change. The concluding Section (Chapter 12) summarises the findings in detail. Strengths and limitations of the research are discussed, and recommendations are drawn for accelerating the integration of patient safety education into PGME.
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Mortimer, Anthony D. "Priorities for School Safety: The Alignment between Federal and State School Safety Legislation and Safety Needs as Perceived by Education Stakeholders in Florida Private Schools for Exceptional Students." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/807.

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This study investigates the apparent threat assessment priorities of potential risks to safety in the school environment in the United States and whether stakeholders in Florida private schools that serve exceptional students agree with the priority given to specific identified potential threats. Faculty and staff, high school students, and the students’ parents and guardians at four Florida private schools for exceptional students rated their perceptions of the severity and likelihood of occurrence of nine potential threats identified in a review of federal and Florida state school safety laws and national and state government surveys of incident occurrences. Results showed that although violent potential threats such as an armed intruder, students bringing weapons to school, and physical assaults received priority attention in federal and state school safety laws, stakeholders in Florida private schools for exceptional students indicated that threats of a more personal nature—such as bullying, sexual harassment, and cyberbullying—were the most significant risks to the safety of their school environment. All three respondent subgroups, however, reported high ratings of their overall feelings of safety at their schools.
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Severns, Bryan. "Incorporating multiple teaching techniques into food safety education." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17761.

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Master of Science
Food Science Institute
Weiqun Wang
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48% of known, single-setting foodborne illness outbreaks were caused by food consumed in restaurants. The lack of food handler training and knowledge of food safety concepts is a contributing factor to the continued occurrence of foodborne illness outbreaks. This report concerns food handler training undertaken with a goal of incorporating teaching techniques other than “stand and deliver” presentations to restaurant employees in the Kansas City, Kansas Metro area. Differing messaging concepts such as discussion, role playing, and hands-on segments were used. Training took place in classroom settings as well as commercial kitchen laboratories, including a working restaurant hot-food preparation line. Participants included restaurant owners, managers, as well as front and back of the house employees. Some had completed other food safety training in the past, while others had no formal food safety training. The food safety knowledge of the participants was determined in a pre-test administered just before the training session started, with the average score being 63%. The sessions began with a slide presentation and discussion of current best practices in safe food handling, followed by two hours of kitchen lab time, in which the participants rotated through several demonstration and practice stations. Areas of emphasis during the hands-on sessions were hand washing, cooling and reheating of food, proper thermometer use, and sanitizer use. Special focus was given to mimicking a hot food preparation line where employees had to handle potentially hazardous foods such as raw hamburger, and then work with ready-to-eat foods in the same area. The participants finished the training with a multiple-choice test (a score of 75% was required for recognition of the training), followed by a discussion of the test questions. The average score after training was 76%. At all times participants were encouraged to ask questions that would address specific challenges in their respective restaurants. Participants were given a post-training course evaluation to gauge acceptance of the training. Results showed strong appreciation and preference for the hands-on segments and the inclusion of industry experts as presenters. Overall, post-test scores increased by 13.6% compared to the pre-test scores. The improvement of test scores was significant (P<0.0001) indicating that the training was successful in training restaurant managers, owners, and employees about food safety practices.
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Campbell, Baili Denise. "Fall Safety Bundle." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2797.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) report thousands of falls in hospitals each year. The CMS does not reimburse hospitals for fall related injuries, costing the hospital system organization for which this DNP project was designed millions of dollars each year. Framed within the Iowa model of evidence-based practice and using a team approach, the purpose of this project was to develop an evidence-based (EB) fall safety bundle for use by nursing staff and a curriculum to educate staff on prevention strategies. The components of the EB fall bundle kit were approved by the stakeholder committee. Evaluation of the curriculum and the pretest/posttest items was completed by three content experts. The curriculum was evaluated related to the objectives using a 'met' (2) and a 'not met' (1) response. All responses were 'met' for an average score of 2 showing the content met the objectives. Validation of the pretest/post items was conducted using a 10-item, Likert scale, ranging from 1- 'is not relevant' to 4- 'is highly relevant'. The content validation index was 1.0, showing that the test items met the objectives and content of the course. Recommendations included providing a consistent methodology to disseminate the fall safety bundle and educational curriculum across the entire healthcare system as well as adding the fall safety bundle tool kit to the hospital's intranet page for ease of access for all staff. Social change will be achieved by facilitating prevention of fall related injuries and avoiding the financial impact on the facility.
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Thatcher, Anthony University of Ballarat. "Monitoring the impact of occupational health and safety education." University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12810.

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"This research investigated whether engineers, graduating from universities more than a decade after the introduction new occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in Australia, were being equipped with the knowledge and skills to fulfil their professional, legal and moral responsibilities in relation to occupational health and safety. The study focussed on engineering students as future business leaders and designers of working environments. An instrument was designed to examine the ability of OH&S education to affect decision-making and problem solving competence in engineering students and graduates. The study found that engineering graduates in the 1990's were departing [from] their academic institutions with superficial knowledge of occupational health and safety responsibilities and accountability in the workplace. The evaluative tool identified an absence of safety management skills and knowledge within graduate and student engineer groups and an extensive urge to blame and discipline the victim or blame a government regulatory authority. The research found that although occupational health and safety professionals adopt a strategy of a safe work place rather than place emphasis on individual workers the engineers did not adopt the safe place approach and focussed on the person. It is recommended that the evaluative tool or a derivative of it should be used to evaluate the extent to which our community progresses in developing the vital OHS decision-making skills of the people who will manage and design workplaces." --p.ii.
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Thatcher, Anthony. "Monitoring the impact of occupational health and safety education." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2006. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/32754.

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"This research investigated whether engineers, graduating from universities more than a decade after the introduction new occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in Australia, were being equipped with the knowledge and skills to fulfil their professional, legal and moral responsibilities in relation to occupational health and safety. The study focussed on engineering students as future business leaders and designers of working environments. An instrument was designed to examine the ability of OH&S education to affect decision-making and problem solving competence in engineering students and graduates. The study found that engineering graduates in the 1990's were departing [from] their academic institutions with superficial knowledge of occupational health and safety responsibilities and accountability in the workplace. The evaluative tool identified an absence of safety management skills and knowledge within graduate and student engineer groups and an extensive urge to blame and discipline the victim or blame a government regulatory authority. The research found that although occupational health and safety professionals adopt a strategy of a safe work place rather than place emphasis on individual workers the engineers did not adopt the safe place approach and focussed on the person. It is recommended that the evaluative tool or a derivative of it should be used to evaluate the extent to which our community progresses in developing the vital OHS decision-making skills of the people who will manage and design workplaces." --p.ii.
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Thatcher, Anthony. "Monitoring the impact of occupational health and safety education." University of Ballarat, 2006. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/15399.

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"This research investigated whether engineers, graduating from universities more than a decade after the introduction new occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in Australia, were being equipped with the knowledge and skills to fulfil their professional, legal and moral responsibilities in relation to occupational health and safety. The study focussed on engineering students as future business leaders and designers of working environments. An instrument was designed to examine the ability of OH&S education to affect decision-making and problem solving competence in engineering students and graduates. The study found that engineering graduates in the 1990's were departing [from] their academic institutions with superficial knowledge of occupational health and safety responsibilities and accountability in the workplace. The evaluative tool identified an absence of safety management skills and knowledge within graduate and student engineer groups and an extensive urge to blame and discipline the victim or blame a government regulatory authority. The research found that although occupational health and safety professionals adopt a strategy of a safe work place rather than place emphasis on individual workers the engineers did not adopt the safe place approach and focussed on the person. It is recommended that the evaluative tool or a derivative of it should be used to evaluate the extent to which our community progresses in developing the vital OHS decision-making skills of the people who will manage and design workplaces." --p.ii.
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Li, Chi-moon. "The exploration of a safety attitude model for departmental safety representatives towards the implementation of a safety management system in an institute of tertiary education in Hong Kong." Thesis, University of Hull, 2010. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5755.

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In this dissertation, an institute of tertiary education in Hong Kong "The University" represents a leading international research university dedicated to the pursuit of new knowledge in cutting-edge fields and the education of tomorrow's leaders. In the University, the success of an effective safety management system (SMS) depends on many factors, one of which could be safety attitudes of Departmental Safety Representatives "DSRs" who have a major role in implementing SMS at the departmental level. They are employees with additional safety duties to make sure the University's safety policy, in-house rules, procedures, Code of Practice and legal requirements are adhered to. Clearly, DSRs are different from each other. Attitude, behaviour, personal beliefs, culture, competence, personality and various co-factors of individual ultimately make a difference toward the implementation of SMS. A well-designed workplace with a well established SMS does not guarantee an injury-free workplace. The problem, however, is that some DSRs involved may have different safety attitudes in implementing the SMS at work. Then, what would happen? An attempt has been made in this project to study the DSRs' safety attitudes by exploring the relationships of DSRs' introspection and various cognitive factors which may most likely influence the effectiveness of SMS implementation in the University. A comprehensive review of literature has provided a substantial ground work for the design of research instrument and the theoretical framework to develop the hypothesized "DSRs Safety Attitude Model". A self-reported six points Likert type safety attitudes survey questionnaire was developed to measure responses of the targeted group 'DSRs' safety attitudes towards the implementation of SMS that probes into the possible relationships between various cognitive factors. Constructs measured by the survey included perceptions of safety management, perceived management commitment to safety, perceptions of safety communication, perceptions of safety training, personal beliefs in accident causation, perceptions of group safety norms, perceived safety responsibility and perceived efficacy in managing safety. With respect to analyzing data, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 11.0 for Windows was employed to test validity and reliability of the survey questionnaire. Both were over recommended levels and so the survey instrument was deemed fit for use. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze relationships among constructs of the hypothesized "DSRs Safety Attitude Model". Path analyses using AMOS 5.0 suggested some theoretically justifiable modifications to the model. The hypothesized "DSRs Safety Attitude Model" was tested by examining the goodness of fit of the model. Assessment of model fit was based on multiple criteria including model-fit indexes of Chi-square (p) value, Goodness-of-fit index (GFI), Adjusted Goodness-of-Fit Index (AGFI), Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) and PCLOSE. The results of five (5) selected model fit indexes fulfilled the criteria of model acceptance; as such the "DSRs Safety Attitude Model" fits the data and fails to be rejected. The excellent fit of the data from the questionnaire to the hypothesized "DSRs Safety Attitude Model" provided further evidence of the validity and reliability to the questionnaire. The significance of the research hypotheses between the model constructs was also tested and concurred with the hypothesized model structure. It is concluded that the hypothesized "DSRs Safety Attitude Model" falls within the criteria of a "Fit but Parsimonious" model in explaining DSRs' safety attitude towards the implementation of SMS at departmental level.
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Kratochvill, Francis H. "An investigation of the safety education curriculum in the technology education teachers' program at the University of Wisconsin in Menomonie, Wisconsin." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000kratochvillf.pdf.

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Agubokwu, Vincent Okereke. "Student perceptions of safety at urban, suburban, and rural community colleges." Thesis, Morgan State University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10240156.

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The purpose of this quantitative research was to investigate student perceptions of safety at urban, suburban, and rural community colleges using three community colleges in the mid-Atlantic region. The study also examined the demographic variables (gender, race, age group, academic classification, and the geographic location). This quantitative study employed causal comparative methods to analyze data from the survey instrument on campus safety. Participants in this study were from urban, suburban, and rural community colleges in the Mid-Atlantic Region. SPSS was used to conduct the analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the demographic variables. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) were employed to test the null hypotheses at an alpha level of .05. The Kruskal Wallis was also conducted to reaffirm any significance the ANOVA test found or find significance where the ANOVA did not. The result of this study indicated that male and female students, freshmen and sophomore, and students of different races and age groups have the same perceptions of fear of crime on campus. Students from urban, suburban, and rural community colleges also perceived fear of crime the similarly. Female students were more likely than their male counterparts to perceive the likelihood of being victimized despite the geographical location. Students’ age group, racial makeup, or academic standing (freshmen and sophomore) did not differ in their perception of likelihood of being victimized. Students who were from different geographic locations had different perceptions when it came to the likelihood of being victimized on campus. Tukey Post hoc comparison suggests that suburban and rural community college students’ perceptions differed from those of urban community college students in terms of likelihood of being victimized but were not significantly different otherwise. The results of this study have contributed to the body of research on community college students’ perceptions of safety.

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Shanks, Staci. "Wright's Competency Model and Quality and Safety Competencies." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6667.

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Competent nurses are instrumental in assuring that a patient receives safe patient care of the highest quality. Patient care that lacks quality places patients at risk of poor health outcomes and results in negative financial impacts for the organization. The purpose of this staff education project was to develop nurse competency education for a facility's competency program, which merged the Wright competency model with quality and safety education for nurses' competencies. The nurse competency staff education program was evaluated by the organization's stakeholders for inclusion in the competency program. The whole-part-whole model, Knowles's adult learning theory, and Lewin's change theory were used to guide this project. Pre- and posttest data were collected from 16 organization stakeholders, including nurse managers, directors, clinical nurse specialists, nursing professional development specialists, and preceptors, who participated in an in-person education session. Data were analyzed by calculating the mean test scores and calculating the percent change. Results indicated a 32% increase in knowledge from pre- to posttest. Findings supported implementation through the nursing departments and may furthermore support implementation across other healthcare disciplines within the organization. The project promoted social change by developing and providing education to improve nurses' knowledge regarding competent practice, ensuring safe and high quality nursing practice and supporting improved patient outcomes.
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Rush, Kathryn. "An evaluation of the safety impacts of safe routes to school bicycle education programs." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18254.

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Master of Regional and Community Planning
Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Huston Gibson
Studies have shown that, since the early 1980s, the prevalence of overweight children and youth in the U.S. has tripled from approximately five to 16 percent of the population. Simultaneously, fewer and fewer children have been walking and cycling to school. Children—especially those aged 10 to 15 years—have some of the highest per capita traffic-related bicycle fatality and injury rates. While bicycle organizations, states and communities across the country have developed a variety of education programs independently and cooperatively with the National Safe Routes to School program, there is a lack of evaluation of the impact on bicycle safety, of different programs in different contexts, and of whether educational interventions reduce the risk of crashes and injuries. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Safe Routes to School programs with in-school bicycle education at reducing the crash rate and improving the safety of children and youth cyclists. The causal-comparative research design utilized bicycle mode share data collected from the National Center for Safe Routes to School for five existing programs—Boulder Valley School District Safe Routes to School, Eugene-Springfield Safe Routes to School, Safe Routes Philly, Portland Safe Routes to School, and Marin County Safe Routes to School—and crash data before and after program implementation for those respective communities. The crash assessment revealed a decreasing trend in crashes involving children and youth cyclists around treatment schools in the Eugene, OR and Philadelphia, PA program study areas, and at the aggregate level across program areas; but, this trend was not statistically significant when compared to the change in crashes around control schools in a quasi-experimental analysis. Nevertheless, the increase in students cycling to and from school reported by all but one of the programs, and the increase in exposure to crash risk as a result, indicated that the Safe Routes to School programs did not cause a decrease in the safety of student cyclists. Additional rigorous evaluations are needed utilizing randomized controlled design to maximize the reliability of reported findings and to aid decisions about where to invest resources in community-based approaches to injury prevention for cyclists.
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Phiri, Mmakaki Dorothy. "Values and attitudes of primary school learners towards traffic safety and traffic safety education / Mmakaki Dorothy Phiri." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9971.

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The main aim of the study was to determine values and attitudes of primary school learners towards traffic safety and traffic safety education. The role played by parents and teachers in developing positive values and attitudes towards traffic safety and traffic safety education was determined. It was important to find out what can be done by parents and school to teach traffic safety education to learners. Key concepts like values, attitudes, traffic, safety and. education are discussed in details in this study. A group of learners was selected from fifteen primary schools in Potchefstroom to conduct this study. The main aim was to determine their values and attitudes towards traffic safety and traffic safety education. A questionnaire was developed whereby learners, their parents and their teachers had to fill it out in order to reach the objectives of this study. From. the response of learners, it was evident that learners really value their safety and that it is important for them to be safe road users. They even showed interest in including road safety education in their school curriculum. The school and parents also showed interest in traffic safety education being included in their children's school curriculum. They even opted to help teaching their children. The response of the learners, teachers and parents was positive and this indicated how possible it can be to implement/teach traffic safety education in schools. The. study was successful and it is hoped that the teachers can use it to their own benefit and to the benefit of their learners.
Thesis (M.Ed.)--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2003
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Esbester, Mike. "'Dead on the point of safety' : occupational safety education on the Great Western Railway, c.1913-1939." Thesis, University of York, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434166.

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In February 1914, the Great Western Railway Company (GWR) observed of its occupational safety education campaign that it was ‘dead on the point of “Safety”’. This statement reveals one of the key themes explored in this thesis: the quote marks surrounding ‘safety’ unwittingly acknowledged the socially constructed nature of occupational safety. The study that follows deconstructs the techniques used by the GWR to convey its understanding of occupational safety to its employees and to the state. The techniques introduced by the GWR in 1913 were recognisably modern in nature, being reliant upon photographs and visual media to transmit ideas, and contributed to the development of the educative campaign in Britain – a subject previously neglected by historians of occupational health and safety. This focus also makes a significant contribution to the field of transport history, which has largely ignored safety in general, and employee safety in particular. Further, in exploring the political economy of safety, through the lens of one of the largest companies in Britain in the early twentieth century, this thesis contributes to business history. Despite the innovative appearance of the campaign, the understandings of ‘safety’ put forward by the GWR were traditional. These understandings were formed within a ‘culture of blame’ towards the employees, in which responsibility for occupational casualty and its prevention ultimately lay with the individual employees. The campaign sought to normalise the existence of occupational casualty, leaving an area of ‘acceptable risk’ in which the railway system could continue to operate without major changes and in which employees would be put at risk. The campaign’s definition of ‘safety’ also contained a disciplinary element, in which the GWR attempted to extend its control over the labour process. This thesis therefore interrogates the concept of ‘safety’ in terms of power relations between Company and employees. In addition, the safety campaign formed a bulwark against the external intervention in managerial autonomy threatened by the state and trades unions. The campaign became proof that the GWR and other railway companies could safeguard their employees, thereby removing the need for intervention. A similarity of outlook between regulator and regulated is observed, which ensured that the safety campaign left control of occupational safety in the hands of the GWR and other railway companies.
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Boysen, Stephanie Ann Van Dyke. "An evaluation of Aveda Corporation's environmental and safety management system (ESMS) orientation/inudction training in an ISO 14001 framework." Online version, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004boysens.pdf.

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Mitchell, Thomas. "Presentation media for occupational health and safety training : conveying the message or losing the meaning." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 1991. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/164847.

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McMaken, Cathy Jo, Karen E. Schetzina, Gayatri Jaishankar, Robin Fisher, and Jill Fair. "A Safety Hero Adventure." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5130.

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Frey, Debra L. "Child mortality: the impacts of food safety and tertiary education." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8773.

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Master of Agribusiness
Department of Agricultural Economics
John A. Fox
Child mortality is defined as the death of children under five years old. Worldwide, child mortality was about 8.1 million in 2009, of which over fifty percent is related to diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria. Food and water borne pathogens are an important cause of deaths related to diarrhea and pneumonia. Illiterate or semi-literate populations are often slow to adopt food and water safety standards. Practices such as washing of food in sewage water, which would repulse most westerners might be considered normal in some parts of the world. Understanding some of the basic science underlying food safety standards is important for the farm worker in California, the villager in Africa and the child in Afghanistan. Ultimately, food safety practices in production can affect the consumer of agricultural products no matter where they are in the world, and inadequate food safety standards can affect the producer as a result of diminished consumer confidence in their product, or lack of access to export markets. In the instance of food contamination, young children and the elderly are typically most at risk. Perhaps the most sobering consequence of inadequate food safety standards is child mortality. This thesis uses a regression model to investigate determinants of the level of child mortality. We find that income distribution and levels of tertiary education, particularly for females, are significantly correlated with child mortality rates. Estimates suggest that a one percent increase in tertiary education in the female workforce is associated with a reduction of almost seven percent in the child mortality rate in countries where the rate of female tertiary education is below fifteen percent.
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Nelson, Kevin R. "Critical analysis of XYZ Secondary School's technology education safety protocol." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003nelsonk.pdf.

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Falcone, Jaclyn Nicole. "For Pets' Sake| Is There a Need for Dog Safety Community Education?" Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10610473.

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The history of the human-canine relationship and the human-canine bond is longstanding and has grown and developed throughout the years. Today, dogs are considered part of the family and are beneficial in impacting people across the United States. Introducing the community to dog safety education may strengthen the awareness and confidence of dog lovers across the state of Florida and hopefully reduce the number of preventable dog emergencies.

This research suggested the reasons for dog ownership and the importance of protecting our beloved canines by presenting a literature review covering the evolution of the human-canine relationship, human-canine bond, positive effects of canines on humans, history of humane education to demonstrate the importance of dogs in the lives of American citizens and an overview of community education and the importance dog safety community education.

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to understand the current state of dog safety community education in Florida and to introduce the need for policies and procedures for dog safety training for adults, if needed based on the research. This topic was analyzed through a needs assessment administered through a Parks & Recreation department in south Florida and online through social media. Ten key informants were selected to interview for an in-depth understanding of their perspective on this topic. Document analysis was conducted to see if results of the needs assessment were addressed in brochures and other media locally. The participants were community members of Florida who were also dog owners. Participants were adults over the age of 18. The participants’ anonymity was protected, as no names were collected from the survey.

After carefully examining data collected from 10 interviews, document analysis, and surveys of 150 participants who are dog owners in Florida, the researcher of this study revealed factors that show substantial value that dog owners place on their dogs and interest in educational opportunities to protect their safety. The significance of this study presented additional research dispelling a misconception that dog safety education as easily accessible and available in Florida based communities. This study was also significant because it contributes to the literature by identifying the value dog owners place on their dogs, as demonstrated in both survey and document analysis.

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Redmond, Elizabeth C. "Food safety behaviour in the home : development, application and evaluation of a social marketing food safety education initiative." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/5900.

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Foodborne disease is recognised as an important public health problem, with the domestic kitchen thought to be a point of origin for many cases. Foodborne pathogens associated with a range of raw foods can contaminate the kitchen unless appropriate food safety control measures are implemented. Consumer food safety education is therefore required to improve food safety practices during food preparation, and thus reduce the risk of foodborne disease. Quantitative and qualitative research methods have been used to evaluate consumer attitudes towards food safety in the domestic kitchen and food safety education. Additionally, food safety behaviours have been assessed using an advanced observational technique incorporating CCTV and risk based scoring. This provided a quantitative assessment of the frequency, consistency and reproducibility of food safety malpractices, and enabled an evaluation of food safety intervention effectiveness. Observations showed that food safety behaviours were variable and in many cases unsafe, indicating the need for food safety education. Overall, general consumer attitudes towards food safety in the domestic kitchen and food safety education were positive, although differences in respondent demographics highlighted the need for targeted educational efforts. Research findings informed development of a social marketing initiative that aimed to improve specific food safety behaviours. Observation results showed that the majority of consumers implemented unsafe cross contamination behaviours, so improvement of such actions was determined as the behavioural objective of the initiative. An evaluation of behaviours before and after intervention suggested that a 'one-off’ social marketing strategy resulted in an initial behavioural improvement, which was not wholly maintained after 4-6 weeks. Results indicate that application of social marketing to food safety education may help to improve consumer food safety behaviours and reduce the risk of foodborne disease. Cumulatively, this thesis has improved our understanding of consumer food safety behaviour, and provided important data to inform the development of future food safety education initiatives that intend to raise awareness of food safety issues, and bring about behavioural change.
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Giles, Murray. "The application of marketing concepts to occupational health and safety in an Australian University." Thesis, The Author [Mt. Helen, Vic.] :, 1993. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/62028.

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The dissertation examines the legal, financial and social responsibilities that Universities have in complying with minimum occupational health and safety performance standards.The marketing principles and techniques identified in this project may assist Occupational Health and Safety managers to enhance the service provided.
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Jaworowski, Harriet Ling. "The relationship of organizational health and school safety to student achievement." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618851.

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Educators are compelled by federal and state legislation to investigate multiple aspects of the school organization to address factors that may increase student achievement. This study addressed this issue by investigating organizational health and school safety in urban elementary schools and their relationships to student achievement. The study explored elementary school teachers' perceptions regarding organizational health and school safety. These data were correlated to student achievement on the Virginia Standards of Learning Tests in English and mathematics for fifth grade.;The Organizational Health Inventory (OHI) for elementary schools was used to survey teachers' perceptions of institutional integrity, collegial leadership, resource influence, teacher affiliation, and academic emphasis in 24 urban elementary schools in Virginia. The School Safety Survey (SSS) gathered data on teachers' perceptions of school safety. The fifth grade Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) tests in the areas of English and mathematics were the measurement tools for student achievement. This study compared the overall health indices and the subscale scores of organizational health to school safety, achievement in English, and achievement in mathematics. It further investigated the relationship between school safety and achievement in English as well as achievement in mathematics.;The study showed that there was a strong positive relationship between organizational health and safety, organizational health and student achievement in both English and mathematics, and school safety and student achievement in both English and mathematics. Regression analysis of the subscales of organizational health revealed that academic emphasis had a strong independent effect on student achievement in English and mathematics. Correlation and regression analysis with regard to organizational health and safety indicated that organizational health had an independent effect on English, but not mathematics.
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Wuebker, Lisa J. "Safety locus of control : a construct and predictive validity study." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28847.

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Moore, Shadrich Levale. "School Safety: Students and Weapon Carrying Behavior." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2036.

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Research shows that risk factors may be useful clues for predicting students' potential for engaging in weapon-carrying behavior. Law makers on every level-federal, state, and local- deem the presence of weapons on school grounds to be a serious problem and a violation of school policy. A large, urban school system has put forth sustained and costly efforts to prevent students from carrying weapons to school; yet students continue to carry weapons to school in this district. The purpose of this study was to use archival data collected as part of the school system's everyday practice to identify risk factors for students carrying weapons to school. Bandura's social learning theory guided this quantitative ex-post facto study. Six risk factors related to students' weapon-carrying behavior were examined: gender, prior fights, suspensions, race, academic achievement, and time of school day/year. Risk factors were compared for identified weapon carriers (n = 605) and non-weapon carriers (n = 605) using chi-square tests and a logistic regression analysis. Results showed that gender, prior fights, suspensions, and race were significant risk factors for weapon carrying. Students in this district who received 5-14 suspensions had a 1 in 4 chance of being a weapon carrier. Males as well as Black students and White students were 3 times more likely to carry a weapon to school. A pattern of fighting also correlated with an increased incidence of carrying a weapon to school. These data may help this school district and other school districts like it to provide better prevention strategies and enhance policy decisions by identifying students who are at high risk of carrying a weapon on school grounds.
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Fouch, Sandra E. "To what extent does personal relevance impact behavior after attending a laboratory safety training session?" Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4781.

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Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 112 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71).
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Monphongchai, Pimrutai. "Evaluation of the effectiveness of XYZ Company safety training program." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004monphongchaip.pdf.

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Nelson, Jill M. "Analysis of construction graduate academic preparedness in the areas of safety, health, and risk control." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004nelsonj.pdf.

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Hoffman, Emily Willmore. "Evaluation of food safety education materials for persons with HIV/AIDS." Online access for everyone, 2004. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2004/e%5Fhoffman%5F050304.pdf.

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Liang, Pei-Shih. "Biosensor Development for Environmental Monitoring, Food Safety, and Secondary Education Applications." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311212.

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This dissertation develops biosensors for rapid detection of pathogens for environmental monitoring and food safety applications and utilizes the multidisciplinary and multi-application characteristics of biosensors to develop a lesson plan that can be implemented in secondary education classrooms. The detection methods evolve from particle immunoagglutination assay, PDMS optofluidic lab-on-a-chip, and spectrum analysis to smartphone and image analysis without any reagent; the potential application in secondary education also underlines the extended value of biosensors. In the first paper presented here, an optofluidic lab-on-a-chip system and subsequent sampling procedure were developed for detecting bacteria from soil samples utilizing Mie scattering detection of particle immunoagglutination assay. This system and protocol detected the presence of Escherichia coli K12 from soil particles in near real-time (10 min) with a detection limit down to 1 CFU mL⁻¹ and has the potential to be implemented in the field. We also compared the interaction between E. coli and soil particles to the two-step protein-surface interaction. In the second paper, a smartphone-utilized biosensor consisting of a near-infrared (NIR) LED (wavelength of 880 nm) and a digital camera of a smartphone was developed for detecting microbial spoilage on ground beef, without using any reagents. The method was further improved by programming a smartphone application that allows the user to position the smartphone at an optimum distance and a range of angles utilizing its internal gyro sensor to measure a series of scatter intensities against the detection angle. This handheld device can be used as a preliminary screening tool to monitor microbial contamination on meat products. In the third paper, we designed a lesson plan for secondary education classrooms using biosensors as a core and branching out to different applications and fields of study with the goal of heightening students' interest and motivation toward attaining degrees and careers in STEM fields. Results revealed that the lesson was more effective in affecting younger students than older students, and more effective in teaching about the applications of biosensors than about the techniques of biosensor development.
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Thiagarajan, Arti, Karen E. Schetzina, Gayatri Bala Jaishankar, Debra Mills, Piyush Singh, and Joseph Ikekwere. "Texting While Driving and Interest in Child Passenger Safety Education Among." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5040.

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Heatlie, Jeanne M. "Effects of Simulation on Senior Nursing Students? Patient Safety Competence| A Quantitative Study." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3728985.

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The problem addressed in this study was the need for evidence-based teaching strategies that prepare nursing students to enter practice at graduation with the competencies to provide safe patient care. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether the addition of a patient safety focused human patient simulation (PS-HPS) learning activity during the final senior semester of a nursing program in southeast Michigan changes students’ perceptions of patient safety competence learning. For the pre-test post-test quasi-experimental study, a convenience sample of 48 undergraduate senior nursing students who engaged in the simulation was compared to 50 senior nursing students from the previous semester that did not receive the intervention. The Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey (H-PEPSS) was administered to both groups of nursing students during the second week of the final semester of a baccalaureate nursing program and again at the end of the semester. For the first research question, the ANCOVA test determined that there was no significant difference in post-test classroom learning scores between the comparison and treatment groups, controlling for pre-test classroom learning H-PEPSS scores, F (1, 95) = .000, p = .983, partial eta squared = .000. For the second research question, the ANCOVA test determined that there was no significant difference in post-test clinical learning H-PEPSS scores between the comparison and treatment groups, controlling for pre-test clinical learning scores, F (1, 95) = .496, p = .483, partial eta squared = .005. Implications for nursing education practice include: (a) simulation learning may not be more effective than traditional classroom learning strategies and (b) educators should continue to explore both classroom and clinical teaching strategies to advance students’ patient safety competence learning. One recommendation is to replicate the study with other nursing students from different locations. Secondly, the simulation scenario presented in this study could be modified by other instructors to effectively facilitate students’ patient safety learning. Additionally, a mixed methods research design may yield student responses that better reflects student learning within simulation. The proposed study adds to the nursing educational research about the effectiveness of simulation for students’ patient safety competence learning.

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Woodrow, Michael. "Educating engineers for a holistic approach to fire safety." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8224.

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Problems can be solved using existing knowledge and methods derived from past experiences; and in building design, where buildings are sufficiently similar to those already built, this process can be optimised by creating standardised solutions to common problems. There is significant demand for specialist engineers who can apply these standardised solutions to established problems quickly and accurately; but novel designs generate entirely new problems for which established solutions are not always applicable. Generalist engineers working on novel designs must first define the problems before they can develop options and if necessary, create optimised solutions. Fire safety engineering (FSE) is the process of achieving fire safety in our built environment. The field requires both specialists trained in current practice and generalists skilled in creative and critical thinking. Current fire safety engineering education is mostly aimed at producing specialists, yet there is growing demand for generalists in high-end architecture, hindered by a lack of generalist education. Current education literature in FSE explains in detail what to teach, however they do not explain how to motivate students to learn what is taught; how to create the ‘need to know’ - the purpose that drives learning. The purpose can either be intrinsically motivating (i.e. the subject is interesting) or extrinsically motivating (i.e. if you don’t learn it then you will fail the exam). The former is sustained by autonomy and choice; the latter is sustained by control. Control increases the likelihood that the predicted outcome will be realised, but by definition reduces the likelihood of realising any other outcome, including potential innovation.Initially a study was created to test the effects of creating an autonomous learning environment within a traditional lecture-based ‘fundamentals’ course at the University of Edinburgh. This study, along with observations at a range of US universities led to the formation of an overarching theory of education. Ultimately, purpose is the goal students strive to achieve; autonomy creates the opportunity to think and learn independently; and structure provides the constraints that converge students towards an optimised result, supported by sound evidence and reasoning. Thus the key to generalist education was to provide purpose, autonomy and structure (PAS) in that order. The PAS concept was trialled at EPFL (Switzerland) and the participating students, with no prior knowledge of fire engineering, produced work of exceptional quality. In summary, the present study offers an observational validation that Purpose, Autonomy & Structure (PAS) can be used to effectively support the generalist way of thinking and although the examples given in this paper are related to fire safety engineering (due to the need for generalists in that field), the qualitative evidence on which the conclusions are based is not subject-specific, implying that the PAS methodology could be applied to other disciplines.
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Southard, Babette L. Mrs. "Screening the Safety Net." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1186.

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Safety net clinics across the country struggle with a lack of resources to tackle the needs presented. Screening programs set up for children and elderly have proven to be effective in triaging need, prioritizing care, and maximizing resources. These programs do not currently exist for working uninsured adults. Research was initiated to answer the question: Does the screening process improve patient care for the community clinic? During a 6-week pilot study a licensed dental hygienist performed 30 screenings in the community clinic setting. Findings were recorded and coded according to patient’s level of need identified. Pre- and posttest data for patient care factors were attained. Statistical tests showed a significant effect on patient care factors. While the evidence existed to support the implementation of screening, more research would quantify the specific impact on this population.
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Dillon-Bleich, Kimberly. "Keeping Patients Safe: The Relationships Among Structural Empowerment, Systems Thinking, Level of Education, Certification and Safety Competency." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1531351063998187.

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Nyren, Delroy E. "An investigation of teacher safety training within current teaching assignments." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002nyrend.pdf.

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Marc, Oberstar. "An analysis of supervisor perceptions in Company XYZ." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008Oberstarm.pdf.

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Gareau, Patrick J. "Development of a safety performance evaluation system to determine the effectiveness of the safety training given to plant engineering employees at 3M-Menomonie." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001gareaup.pdf.

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Chenot, Theresa Maria. "Frameworks for Patient Safety in the Nursing Curriculum." UNF Digital Commons, 2007. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/236.

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Patient safety (i.e., the degree to which patients are free from accidental injury) has received a great deal of media coverage during the past few years. Professional and regulatory agencies have indicated that patient safety education should be provided to healthcare workers to improve health outcomes. The primary purpose of this exploratory study was to gain a better understanding of the current status of patient safety awareness among pre-licensure nursing students. To this end, six research questions guided the study: 1. Will interpretable item constructs be identified when responses to the Healthcare Professional Patient Safety Assessment Curriculum Survey (HPPSACS) are intercorrelated and factor analyzed using R-technique exploratory factor analysis? 2. Will responses to items on the HPPSACS yield scores that are intemally consistent as indicated by alpha reliability coefficients? 3. What are the perceptions of nursing students about their awareness, skills, and attitudes regarding patient safety? 4. (a) To what extent is there a relationship between the demographic variables of age and gender and nursing students' perceptions of their patient safety awareness, skills, and attitudes? (b) To what extent is there a relationship between the demographic variable of race/ethnicity and nursing students' perceptions of their patient safety awareness, skills, and attitudes? 5. To what extent is there a relationship between the type of collegiate nursing program and nursing students' perceptions of their patient safety awareness, skills, and attitudes? 6. To what extent are there discernable program curriculum and instructional methodologies that have been traditionally associated with more positive nursing student perceptions of awareness, skills, and attitudes regarding patient safety? Phase I was a pilot test for reliability and construct validity for the HPPSACS. Data were factor analyzed to determine factor constructs for the purpose of identifying the key themes accounting for the variation in response across 23 survey items. Three factors with themes that were found to relate to perceptions of patient safety among a scholarly professional group of nurses were identified as comfort, error reporting, and denial. Findings in Phase II of the study indicated that there were four identifiable constructs with the study data: the themes of comfort, error reporting, denial, and culture. Older male participants had higher comfort subscale scores and lower culture subscales scores than did younger female participants. The Asian American participants were clearly distinguished from the combined set of African American and Hispanic participants on the denial and culture scores. The "other" ethnic identity was clearly distinguished from the combined set of Caucasian and Hispanic participants on the comfort and error reporting scores. The associate nursing degree programs were clearly distinguished from the combined set of the accelerated and traditional nursing degree programs. Findings in Phase III of the study indicated that all seven of the participating nursing schools included at least three of the Institute of Medicine's six core competencies, with one school exhibiting all of the core competencies.
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Harris, Jovan. "Risk Factors and Food-Borne Illness: An Analysis of Restaurant Violations in Georgia." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/585.

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Restaurant managers complete certification in food safety in order to ensure that food is handled and prepared in a manner that decreases risk factors associated with food-borne illness. However, the literature has been inconclusive concerning the connection between manager certification and the incidence of critical food-safety violations. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between the presence or absence of a certified food safety manager (CFSM) and the number of risk factors cited on food inspection reports and the food safety score. In addition, this study was designed to determine whether operation type (i.e., chain vs. independently owned) has an impact on the number of risk factors and food safety score. This study was an analysis of 2013 data from 1,547 restaurants in North, Central, and South Georgia health districts using a 2-tailed independent-sample t test. Restaurants with a CFSM had significantly more risk factors cited on food safety inspections and lower food safety scores than restaurants without a CFSM. There was also a significant difference among chain and independent restaurants. Chain restaurants had fewer risk factors cited on restaurant inspections and had higher food safety scores. In the epidemiological triangle model, breaking the chain of transmission disrupts the link among agent, host, and environment. Thus, CFSMs have the responsibility to implement food safety training programs to break the chain of transmission by identifying and correcting unsafe food practices among food workers. This study has the potential to assist managers in understanding the importance of food safety and implementing food safety training programs that decrease risk factors associated with food-borne illness. Further research is needed to explore the effectiveness of manager certification in reducing critical violations.
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Winn, Gary Lee. "An experimental analysis of static visual acuity of novice, trained and experienced motorcyclists during simulated motorcycle operation /." Connect to resource, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1219343665.

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O'Connor, Sandra. "Development and Evaluation of Food Safety Signs." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44420.

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Food borne disease continues to be a significant public health concern. The increasing awareness of food borne illness intensifies the need for proper food safety education among food handlers. The objectives of this study were to develop bilingual (English/Spanish) food safety signs, to determine their comprehensibility and most effective delivery mechanism for presentation to food handlers. The food safety concepts developed into images were: cross-contamination, proper use of thermometer to check temperatures of foods, proper cooling of foods, and do not work with food if ill. The four food safety concepts were designed into three different formats: pictures and words (English/Spanish), pictures only, and lenticular (images that shift when viewed from different angles). The food safety signs were evaluated using forty-five individuals working in the food retail industry. The participants were divided into two groups according to native language (English/ Spanish). For comprehensibility of the food safety signs, 69% responses were noted as correct. The ranking of comprehensibility of the signs was: cross-contamination (93%), thermometer (84%), cooling (64%) and not working if ill (33%). A gap in the understanding of the two lowest scoring food safety concepts (cooling and ill) calls for food safety educational programs and materials that emphasize these concepts. Correct responses for sign presentation were as follows: pictures and words with (80%), pictures only (65%) and lenticular (62%). Comparison of three different formats indicated pictures with words as the most effective presentation. The results obtained can be used as the basics for designing effective food signage for food handlers.
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Fan, Shengjie. "Food safety practices in childcare centers in Kansas." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15760.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that one in six Americans become ill,128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year due to foodborne illness. Children are at a higher risk of acquiring foodborne illness than adults for several reasons, including: an immune system that has yet to fully develop, limiting their ability to fight infections; a lack of control over the food they consume because their meals are usually provided by others; and the lack of awareness of food safety risks. Thus, it is critical to ensure that childcare center employees practice safe food handling. The purpose of this study was to explore the food safety knowledge, practices, and barriers to safe food handling practices of childcare center employees. Observations were conducted in 10 childcare centers in Manhattan, Kansas. Each childcare center was observed for two days during lunch preparation and service. Observations of foodservice employees were conducted in the kitchen using a structured observation form. Teacher observations were conducted in the classroom using detailed notes. A questionnaire was used to collect demographic, food safety training, and food safety knowledge information. SPSS (v. 20.0) was used to analyze data. Childcare center employees had high average scores on the safety knowledge assessment. The majority of employees received some type of food safety training. Time pressures, availability of equipment, and small food preparation space were found as the main barriers to implementing safe food handling. Childcare center foodservice workers and teachers were knowledgeable about handwashing and time/temperature control, but failed to utilize on the job. Results of this study will help childcare educators to develop materials to improve food safety practices and encourage owners/managers of childcare centers to enhance their food safety behaviors.
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Celaya, Jesus R. "Students' and parents' understandings of school safety in relationship to emergency crises." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280261.

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This dissertation is a qualitative case study based in teacher research that focuses on the understandings of student and parent participants about school safety in relationship to emergency crises issues. Fourteen seventh-grade Eastern Magnet Middle School students and fourteen of their parents participated in the research. The purpose of the study was to develop findings that would enhance the safety and crisis management techniques of a school in which I taught named Eastern Magnet, based on the understandings of the children and adults in the study. Additional goals of the investigation were to develop findings that could enhance crisis management at additional schools and workplaces, and to carry out a project that would expand the school safety literature base and the field of qualitative case study teacher research. Data were generated from August of 2002 to January of 2003 through interviews, interview notes, surveys, and school and district documents addressing crisis-related issues. The data were primarily analyzed through the constant comparative method. Analytic notes, participant profiles, and data tables and figures were also elements of the analytical process. The findings of this study point to the need for schools to establish procedures to effectively manage crises to maximize the safety of all children and adults within educational institutions. The research highlights aspects of Eastern Magnet's crisis management that were effective and areas that needed improvement, and it demonstrates that all individuals expect schools to promote and ensure safety. Implications are presented for students, parents/guardians, teachers, school administrators, educational policy makers, school safety theorists, and educational researchers. The investigation reveals the significance of children and adults making concerted efforts to uphold safety and to manage crises.
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Johnston, Robyn Susanne. "Process evaluation of a school- and home-based sun safety education intervention." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://portal.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2007.0014.html.

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Johnston, Robyn S. "Process evaluation of a school- and home-based sun safety education intervention." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/39.

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Effective interventions that reduce children's sun exposure are likely to reduce melanoma incidence in the longer term. However, for such interventions to have an impact they must be adequately implemented. School-based sun protection programs have been evaluated to determine their effectiveness in changing behaviours, however, few studies have assessed the implementation of such programs, or the effect of their implementation on outcomes. Kidskin was a five-year intervention trial designed to assess the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention in reducing sun exposure in children in Perth, Western Australia. This thesis describes the process evaluation of the school- and home-based educational components of Kidskin's intervention. This process evaluation incorporated data from 873 students, their parents and teachers in Years 1 to 4 at the 19 intervention schools involved in the larger Kidskin study.
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Lesedi, Kenneth Terhemen. "Integrating road traffic safety education in the teaching and learning of science and technology / by Kenneth T. Lesedi." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/841.

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The title of the study is integrating road traffic safety education in the teaching and learning of science and technology. The overall goal of this study was to develop a tool for the integration of Traffic Safety Education (TSE) in the teaching and learning of Science and Technology in School. As such, four research questions (stated in 1.2.1 to 1.2.5) were raised on critical aspects of the problem so as to direct the course of the study to provide solutions to the problem. These research questions were formulated into the aims of the study as stated in section 1.3. To attain these aims, a literature study and interviews were conducted. Through interviews and a literature study, it was found (among other things) that: • TSE has great potential for the reduction of road accidents/ collisions, and its teaching in school will prepare our learners to be safe road users. • Science and Technology has tremendous impact on traffic safety, and the three have much in common, which does provide room for them to be integrated in school curricula. • School educators are not adequately equipped to integrate TSE in the different learning areas. Consequently, an integration model called "Multilateral learning area integration model" has been developed for the integration of TSE in the learning areas of natural science and technology (see 7.2 and 7.3for details). Eleven recommendations were made in section 8.4 on the basis of the conclusions (in section 8.3) drawn from the proceedings of interviews and the literature study. These recommendations if implemented accurately, would undoubtedly contribute to solving the problem investigated in the study. This study has therefore made a valuable contribution to laying a solid foundation for Combating the problem of high road accidents/collisions on South African roads.
Thesis (Ph.D. (Education))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Hawthorne-Kanife, Rita Chinyere. "Staff Educational Program to Prevent Medication Errors." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6040.

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Medication administration errors (MAEs) may lead to adverse drug events, patient morbidity, prolonged hospital stays, and increased readmission rates, and may contribute to major financial losses for the health system. MAEs are the most common type of error occurring within the health care setting leading to an estimated 7,000 patient deaths every year. Interventions have been designed to prevent MAEs including education for nurses who administer medications; however, little effort has been made to design systematic educational programs that are based on local needs and contexts. The purpose of this project was to identify internal and external factors related to MAEs at the practice site, develop an education program tailored to the factors contributing to MAEs, and implement the program using a pretest posttest design. The Iowa model was used to guide the project. The 26 nurse participants who responded to an initial survey indicated that nurses felt distractions and interruptions during medication administration, and hesitancy to ask for help or to report medication errors increased MAE risks. After the education program, the pretest and posttest results were analyzed and revealed improvement in knowledge and confidence of medication administration (M = 3.2 pre, M = 3.7 post, p < .05). Open-ended question responses suggested a need for dedicated time for preparation and administration of medications without interruptions. Positive social change is possible as nurses become knowledgeable and confident about medication administration safety and as patients are protected from injury secondary to MAEs.
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