Enhancing the Usability of a Mobile App for Process Evaluation in a Participatory Ergonomics Healthcare Intervention

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• Personal Author:
  Chen G ; Chin W ; Gore R ; Kurowski A ; Punnett, Laura
• Description:
  Ergonomics is comprised of a scientific discipline and professional practice. Broadly speaking, these two components are often referred to as research and practice, and the individual members sometimes identify as researchers or practitioners. Some subset of ergonomists conduct both research and practice. Since the early days of the field, there has been a certain amount of tension between research and practice. Although such tension is not specific to the ergonomics field, ergonomics is uniquely positioned to analyze the interface between researchers and practitioners to optimize the interaction between these two groups of stakeholders. Ergonomists have varied experience and education, and perhaps too little attention has been focused on understanding both the capabilities and limitations of ergonomists. More specific attention to understanding the needs of users of ergonomics research is proposed as another avenue to reduce the research-practice tension. Similarly, the organizational needs and expectations of consumers of ergonomics services will lead to research being better able to result in tools and assessments that will help ergonomists fulfill the needs of their customers. An example from the U.S. mining industry will be used in this paper to illustrate how understanding the eventual application context of ergonomics and its end users can create relevant and easy-to-use ergonomics tools. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mobile Applications Cell Phones Equipment Design Health Care Workers Intervention Effectiveness Mobile Equipment Usability Testing User-experience Design
• ISBN:
  9783319960708
• ISSN:
  2194-5357
• Publisher:
  Springer
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  824
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063314
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018): Volume VII: Ergonomics in Design, Design for All, Activity Theories for Work Analysis and Design, Affective Design, (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). Bagnara S, Tartaglia R, Albolino S, Alexander T, Fujita Y, eds. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018 Aug; 824:523-530
• Email:
  winnie_chin@student.uml.edu
• Editor(s):
  Bagnara S; Tartaglia R; Albolino S; Alexander T; Fujita Y
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018): Volume III: Musculoskeletal Disorders, (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing)
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:66c571642f45d09bc8e1744d21bb6e61f60aef71fa2cf83301497b3979061393e5f7e0f41739061bc2186f6a813e280a6405254e63bc077382368b2c794d9fd5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226395/cdc_226395_DS1.pdf
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