Using Immersive Storytelling to Improve Engagement and Motivation During Fall Prevention Training

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• Journal Article:
  Using immersive storytelling to improve engagement and motivation during fall prevention training
• Personal Author:
  Eiris, Ricardo ; Al-Bayati, Ahmed
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Construction continues to have one of the highest rates of injuries and fatalities of any industry in the U.S. Fall accidents are the leading cause of fatalities in construction, particularly in the residential sector. Construction employers often use training programs to try to reduce falls, but current programs often produce low engagement and motivation among trainees. To improve engagement and motivation, this project developed fall hazard training for residential construction featuring immersive storytelling. A study was developed to assess how the inclusion of storytelling-driven narratives affects safety training engagement and motivation. A between-subject experimental design with two training approaches: 1) virtual human storytelling-driven narratives and 2) non-storytelling narratives - was employed to evaluate trainee engagement and motivation. Data was collected using behavioral eye-tracking metrics, a hazard identification survey, and self-efficacy and motivation questionnaires. While it was found that no significant statistical differences were detected in the cognitive and emotional dimensions of engagement and motivation, the behavioral dimension benefited how workers' attention was directed in some fall hazard scenarios. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Behavior Communication Construction Industry Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Falls; Training effectiveness; Safety education; Hazard identification; Behavior; Virtual reality
• Source:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2023 Sep; :1-24
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  29 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068874
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:81f5366983694064edd6019fca3ad60343d8ff2e6141d397ace513c80b9ffad39675db230352cb6c72b88eba667040362a3b2bba556c3739e12c47328af4a726
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/137309/cdc_137309_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.55 MB ]