Gaming simulation as health and safety training for home health care workers

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• Personal Author:
  Chen R ; Darragh AR ; Hittle BA ; Lavender S ; Polivka B ; Sommerich CM ; Stredney DL ; Wills CE ; Chen R ; Darragh AR ; Hittle BA ; Lavender S ; Polivka B ; Sommerich CM ; Stredney DL ; Wills CE
• Description:
  Background: The demand for home health care services is rapidly increasing and is driving a need for additional trained home health care professionals (HHPs). HHPs need effective training for managing personal health and safety hazards encountered when providing health care services in the home environment. The purpose of this article was to describe the process used for developing and evaluating an interactive virtual simulation training system (VSTS) to educate HHP. Sample: Sixty-eight HHPs, including nurses, home health aides, occupational and physical therapists, administrators, and health and safety educators, participated in the study. Methods: A mixed methods design that included an interdisciplinary, participatory design methodology was used to develop a VSTS to train HHP to identify and manage health and safety hazards in the home using a gaming simulation learning approach. Results: This approach has yielded a training package that includes modules addressing electrical and fire hazards; environmental hazards; and lift, slip, and trip hazards routinely encountered by HHP. Conclusions: Participatory methods are a useful and effective way to design a VSTS that is interactive, engaging, and informative. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Home Care Services Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Clinical Simulation Computerized Simulation Health And Safety Training Home Health Care Home Health Care Workers Occupational Health Safety Measures Simulation Methods Training Virtual Reality Virtual Simulation

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• ISSN:
  1876-1399
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  328-335
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048092
• Citation:
  Clin Simul Nurs 2016 Aug; 12(8):328-335
• Contact Point Address:
  Amy R. Darragh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
• Email:
  darragh.6@osu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Louisville
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20130901
• Source Full Name:
  Clinical Simulation in Nursing
• End Date:
  20171231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:778455a7564d50c0aa511d113481ee798106ab3e700ab1c35755760bbca1000eac7d2c9fc29094eedb29a6b8ba5969afd6841249134d9dd4c46965e91477d268
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202956/cdc_202956_DS1.pdf
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