Safety and health information: improving online access and delivery

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• Personal Author:
  Betit, Eileen ; Garber S ; Lippy B ; Watters M
• Description:
  In 2000, Center for Construction Research and Training launched the electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH) as a free online source of research and training information on the topic of construction safety and health. By 2010, it had grown to contain nearly 2,000 items, with more than 30,000 unique visitors each month, including safety and health professionals, researchers, workers, contractors and trainers. The site's content had also diversified. As the site's user base became more diverse and the content expanded, the site became more difficult to navigate. Although eLCOSH continued to be widely used, an evaluation of its use and usability, user comments and informal testing revealed several limitations to user experience and, as a result, the site's value. The study team conducted various tests to determine what items to emphasize on the new home page and how best to place them. The study team modified the search results display, adding a feature to allow users to filter their search results by one or more of the categories and subcategories of interest -- hazards, trades, job sites, media and documents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communications Media Computers Construction Industry Education Electrical Equipment And Supplies Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Communication-systems Computer-software Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Data-processing Electronic-devices Health-sciences Information-processing Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Medical-sciences Occupational-medicine Safety-education Training Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0099-0027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  59-65
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046585
• Citation:
  Prof Saf 2014 May; 59(5):59-65
• Email:
  sgarber@comcast.net
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Professional Safety
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:69b65977721ce93a284cc40fc3905010566062acfde70658f9c18685389f4fcf9d5ed9126704f45a09e78b9089109011a0218ba36a17c1c8034d7934ec00ec34
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201596/cdc_201596_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 544.07 KB ]