2018 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium: Advancing worker safety in the 21st century through research and practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 145-147
Author(s):  
Dawn N. Castillo ◽  
Christine R. Schuler ◽  
Cammie Chaumont Menéndez ◽  
Sydney Webb ◽  
Sergey Sinelnikov
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Injury Research

scholarly journals Linking Incidents in Long-Term Care Facilities to Worker Activities

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 457-466
Author(s):  
Rose McCloskey ◽  
Cindy Donovan ◽  
Alicia Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The Impact

This article reports on a study examining staff activities being performed when incidents were reported to have occurred. The risk for injury among health care providers who engage in patient handling activities is widely acknowledged. For those working in long-term care, the risk of occupational injury is particularly high. Although injuries and injury prevention have been widely studied, the work has generally focused on incident rates and the impact of specific assistive devices on worker safety. The purpose of this study was to examine reported staff incidents in relation to staff activities. A multicenter cross-sectional exploratory study used retrospective data from reported staff incidents (2010, 2011, and 2012) and prospective data from 360 hours of staff observations in five long-term care facilities during 2013. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. A total of 898 staff incidents were reviewed from the facilities. Incidents were most likely to occur in resident rooms. Resident aides were more likely to be engaged in high-risk activities than other care providers. Times when staff incidents were reported to have occurred were not associated with periods of high staff-to-resident contact. Safe handling during low and moderate risk activities should be promoted. Education on what constitutes a reportable incident and strategies to ensure compliance with reporting policies and procedures may be needed to ensure accuracy and completeness of incident data.

Instrumenten om Personeel te Selecteren in de 21ste Eeuw:

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Lievens ◽  
Britt De Soete
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Situational Judgment Tests ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Integrity Tests ◽  
Contemporary Practice ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Key Questions

Instruments for Personnel Selection in the 21st Century: Research and Practice Instruments for Personnel Selection in the 21st Century: Research and Practice This article presents an evidence-based overview of innovative selection techniques that were developed in the last years to provide an answer to key questions concerning the contemporary practice of selection. In addition, we aim to point out gaps in the current knowledge about these novel techniques to guide future research. The article shows that innovative selection instruments such as conditional reasoning tests, integrity tests, and implicit association tests might offer opportunities to measure value-based competencies, and maladaptive traits. Furthermore, contextualized personality questionnaires, business-related intelligence tests, situational judgment tests, and so-called serious games enable organizations to improve their image, which creates branding opportunities to promote the company as an attractive employer. Finally, we conclude by stating that practitioners and researchers face numerous selection challenges. Examples are the selection of a diverse as well as competent workforce and the reliable and valid implementation of unproctored Internet testing.

Applying developmental science in the 21st century: International scholarship for our times

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lerner ◽  
Celia B. Fisher ◽  
Richard A. Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Developmental Research ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Old Adults ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Developmental Science

Applied developmental science (ADS) is scholarship that seeks to advance the integration of developmental research with actions that promote positive development and/or enhance the life chances of vulnerable children, youth, young and old adults, and their families. The ADS perspective challenges the validity of decontextualised knowledge and the legitimacy of isolating scholarship from the pressing human problems of our world. This orientation emphasises the importance of scholar/university-community partnerships as an essential means of fostering bidirectional relationships between research and practice, wherein developmental research both guides and is guided by the outcomes of social interventions.

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