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abstract: 'Technical Education Curricula for Health and Safety (TECHS) is a
research collaboration between safety and health professionals and
vocational instructors in three Minnesota colleges. Curriculum
materials, including full and refresher modules with of classroom
presentations, lab activities, homework, and quizzes, were developed for
auto body collision technology (ABCT) and machine tool technology (MTT)
programs. Curricula were implemented during the 2015-2018 academic
years. Graduates'' safety-related knowledge, skills, work practices, and
workplace safety climate were assessed 1 year postgraduation using an
electronic survey. Responses were received from 71 ABCT and 115 MTT
graduates. Classroom presentations were used consistently throughout the
study. Instructors cited a lack of time as the main barrier to using
other materials (lab activities, homework, and quizzes). Graduates with
TECHS instruction had significantly greater safety-related knowledge
overall (both trades) as well as in two topic areas: eye and respiratory
protection (ABCT) and hearing protection and machine guarding (MTT). Our
data confirm that nearly all graduates consistently engage in practices
such as use of safety glasses, hearing protection, and respirators, use
of machine guards, material handling strategies. At 1 year
postgraduation, MTT graduates'' work practices related to machine
guarding improved significantly. Graduates with TECHS instruction had
improved in about half of the work practices, but statistical
significance was not achieved. Graduates'' self-reported work practices
were not significantly correlated with their knowledge or skills. Work
practices variability was best explained by graduates'' attitudes toward
safety rules and their rating of the workplace safety climate. TECHS
findings confirm that classroom instruction alone has little impact on
graduates'' work practices. We propose institutions formalize their
commitment to safety and health education by ear-marking teaching time
for this subject and providing assistance to instructors to facilitate
curricula integration. Instructors would benefit from learning more
about trade-specific safety and health, and adult education teaching
methods. Additional research is needed to understand how students''
attitudes toward safety change during vocational college attendance and
the first year of employment in the trade, explore implementation
supports and barriers at institutional and instructor levels, and assess
educational effectiveness beyond the end of the academic program. The
entire curricula are available on the study website
www.votechsafety.net.'
affiliation: 'Bejan, A (Corresponding Author), HealthPartners Inst, Minneapolis, MN
55440 USA.
Bejan, Anca; Xi, Min; Parker, David L., HealthPartners Inst, Minneapolis, MN 55440
USA.'
author: Bejan, Anca and Xi, Min and Parker, David L.
author-email: anca.x.bejan@healthpartners.com
author_list:
- family: Bejan
given: Anca
- family: Xi
given: Min
- family: Parker
given: David L.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxz092
eissn: 2398-7316
files: []
issn: 2398-7308
journal: ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
keywords: 'auto body collision; machine manufacturing; safety and health; technical
college; vocational education; young workers'
keywords-plus: 'OCCUPATIONAL-SAFETY; WORKPLACE SAFETY; CLIMATE; WORKERS; PREVENTION;
EMPLOYEES; ATTITUDES; INJURIES; STUDENTS; YOUTH'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '63'
orcid-numbers: Bejan, Anca/0000-0002-7702-0494
pages: 185-201
papis_id: c061f7edfd6e9c242a6438917e7f23b5
ref: Bejan2020outcomessafety
times-cited: '4'
title: 'Outcomes of a Safety and Health Educational Intervention in Auto Body and
Machine Tool Technologies Vocational College Programs: The Technical Education Curricula
for Health and Safety (TECHS) Study'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000573409300008
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '19'
volume: '64'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2020'