Interactive Training Versus Reading to Teach Respiratory Protection

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• Personal Author:
  Ammerman TA ; Ange WK ; Eckerman DA ; Fercho HL ; Lundeen CA ; Steele A
• Description:
  A tenet of behavioral education is that interactive training produces superior retention compared with reading. However, this has not often been directly tested and never with practical occupational information in working adults. Adults from diverse occupational backgrounds learned the principles of proper respiratory protection presented (a) in a book, (b) on a computer monitor, (c) through interactive computerized training consisting of textual information and illustrative pictures followed by quizzes and feedback, or (d) passively viewing the information and quizzes in Condition c on a computer monitor. Interactive training produced significantly more correct test answers at immediate posttraining, 1 week, and 2 months. This study demonstrated the superiority of interactive training for teaching occupational safety and health information in working adults. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Computer-software Safety-practices Safety-research Training
• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  313-323
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029502
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2002 Oct; 7(4):313-323
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health & Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010401
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20050331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3ab5329883bdf68ba1f3016c9a0486adc88dfac179aaaa7d699f7ded6d41f7a28ace3cfd831c3262cff1d973ad804501057b2773ef92c82c9e6b75038d300358
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190460/cdc_190460_DS1.pdf
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