Engaging Occupational Safety and Health Professionals in Bridging Research and Practice

Evaluation of a Participatory Workshop Program in the Danish Construction Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID15513594
AuthorsMikkel Brandt (0000-0002-1415-3097, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, corresponding author), Ninna Maria Guldager Wilstrup (National Research Centre for the Working Environment), Ninna Maria Wilstrup (National Research Centre for the Working Environment), Markus Due Jakobsen (0000-0003-1165-968X, National Research Centre for the Working Environment), Dwayne Van Eerd (0000-0002-5672-0168, Institute for Work & Health), Lars L Andersen (0000-0003-2777-8085, National Research Centre for the Working Environment), Jeppe Zielinski Nguyen Ajslev (0000-0002-5544-1538, National Research Centre for the Working Environment)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue16
Pages8498-8498
Publication date2021-08-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18168498
PMID34444248
OpenAlexW3192896651
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited37

Engaging occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals has scarcely been evaluated as a means for transferring knowledge to practice about physical workload in the construction industry. The aim of this work was to examine how participants used and incorporate research-based knowledge from a three-day training course into practice. Twenty OSH professionals from the Danish construction industry participated in a workshop-training course. Researchers presented new knowledge and results about physically demanding work. The participants selected which themes they wanted to work with and developed an action plan. Evaluation was done using surveys and phone interviews. Analysis was based on how the OSH-professionals describe themselves, organizations, and the construction industry. Participant's average scores on the level of implementation of their chosen action plans were 3 (on a response scale from 1-5, where 1 is 'to a very low degree' and 5 is 'to a very high degree') immediately after the workshop program and 2.5 at follow-up. Qualitative evaluations showed that actions had been initiated, and some progress had been made. The participants were satisfied with the workshop course and the possibility to increase their knowledge through inputs from researchers and colleges and strongly believe that they would succeed with implementing their action plans in the future

Action plan · Citizen journalism · Danish · Management · Medical education · Occupational safety and health · Participatory action research · Sociology · Work (physics · Workload · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Engineering · Human-Automation Interaction and Safety · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Safety Warnings and Signage · Occupational Therapy

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