In the study, I explored how to achieve sustained road-traffic accidents reduction in Zimbabwe. Road traffic accidents are indiscriminant and each year hundreds of people lose their lives in road traffic accidents in Zimbabwe. A mixed methods research approach was used to conduct the study. The study was therefore done in two phases. Phase 1 was a quantitative survey using questionnaires, and phase 2 was a qualitative case study using semi-structured interviews. A sample of 500 road-users drawn at random from internet databases formed the respondents for the quantitative phase of the inquiry. A further 20 snowball selected participants, formed the qualitative inquiry group. The key findings from the study were that effective intervention planning, timely measurement, adequate resourcing, and inclusive organization development interventions were the key drivers of successful road safety programmes. Additionally, critical interventions for sustainable road traffic safety in Zimbabwe included; community consultation and involvement in road traffic safety strategy formulation and implementation, mainstreaming road traffic safety education in the schools’ curricula, behavioral changes, financial, and engineering interventions. / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)

Para a qualificação do processo de implantação do protocolo de quedas de uma instituição hospitalar, houve a necessidade de escutar a equipe de enfermagem em relação à como percebe o protocolo, suas qualidades, dificuldades e desafios. Estudo qualitativo descritivo desenvolvido num hospital público federal de Porto Alegre/RS, com o objetivo de descrever a opinião da equipe de enfermagem sobre o uso do protocolo de prevenção de quedas. A coleta das informações ocorreu em junho de 2015, por meio de questionário aberto, através de pergunta descritiva, tendo um total de 26 participantes. As informações foram submetidas à análise de conteúdo, resultando nas categorias temáticas “A importância do protocolo”, “A melhor maneira de prevenir quedas”, “Pontos a serem melhorados no protocolo” e “Pontos fortes do protocolo”, sendo a categoria temática “Pontos a serem melhorados no protocolo” a mais evidenciada, tendo sido abordada por todos os participantes do estudo. Os profissionais trouxeram que percebem o protocolo como importante, mas que precisa ser adaptado ao contexto institucional e ao contexto dos diferentes setores, expandindo a responsabilidade da realização do mesmo para além da equipe de enfermagem. Os resultados possibilitam inferir que para ampliar a qualidade da assistência através da cultura de segurança do paciente e da otimização da prevenção de quedas nos ambientes hospitalares, torna-se importante a participação dos profissionais na implantação dos protocolos. / To qualify the process of implementation of accidental falls protocol from an institutional hospital, there was the necessity to listen to the nursing staff, concerning how they perceive the protocol, its qualities, difficulties and challenges. This is a qualitative and descriptive study, which was developed at a public hospital in Porto Alegre/RS. It aimed to describe the nursing team’s opinion about using the protocol falls prevention. Data collection was carried out in June 2015 through opened questionnaire and descriptive questions, from which 26 persons participated. Data was submitted to content analysis, from which resulted thematic categories: “The protocol importance”, “The best way to prevent accidental falls”, “Protocol: things to be improved” and “Protocol: real strength”, being the thematic category “Protocol: things to be improved” the most evidenced, which was also approached by all participants. Professional brought up that they notice the protocol as important, but it has to be adapted to the institutional context and to the different sectors’ context either, expanding the responsibility to beyond the nursing staff. The results enabled to infer that the participation of professionals to implementing the protocols is important, in order to extend the quality of assistance through the culture of patient’s safety and optimization of fall prevention in hospitals. / Para la cualificación del proceso de implantación del protocolo de caídas de un hospital, hubo la necesidad de escuchar el equipo de enfermería en relación a como se lo percibe el protocolo, sus calidades, dificultades y desafíos. Estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, desarrollado en un hospital público federal de Porto Alegre/RS. El objetivo del estudio fue describir la opinión del equipo de enfermería sobre el uso del protocolo de prevención de caídas. La recolecta de datos fue llevado a cabo en junio de 2015, por medio de cuestionario abierto, a través de pregunta descriptiva, teniendo un total de 26 participantes. Las informaciones fueron sometidas al análisis de contenido, resultando en las categorías temáticas “La importancia del protocolo”, “La mejor manera de prevenir caídas”, “Puntos a serien mejorados en el protocolo” y “Puntos fuertes del protocolo”, siendo la categoría temática “Puntos a serien mejorados en el protocolo” la más evidenciada, teniendo sido abordada por todos los participantes de estudio. Los profesionales trajeran que perciben el protocolo como importante, más que precisa ser adaptado al contexto institucional y al contexto de los distintos sectores, expandiendo la responsabilidad de la realización del mismo para además del equipo de enfermería. Los resultados posibilitan inferir que para ampliar la calidad de la asistencia a través de la cultura de seguridad del paciente y de la optimización de la prevención de caídas en los hospitales, se torna importante la participación de los profesionales en la implementación de los protocolos.

This student thesis deals with problems of the causes of road accidents and injury in the Czech Republic, and with the possibilities of their elimination. The human is the most dangerous factor of the transportation system. This resulted in the analysis of the causes of road accidents. The safety of the human factor depends on the experience of the driver, appreciating of danger, attention paid to the driving of vehicle, and on the stress of the road-traffic. The basis of the effective accident prevention are traffic safety precautions.

Para a qualificação do processo de implantação do protocolo de quedas de uma instituição hospitalar, houve a necessidade de escutar a equipe de enfermagem em relação à como percebe o protocolo, suas qualidades, dificuldades e desafios. Estudo qualitativo descritivo desenvolvido num hospital público federal de Porto Alegre/RS, com o objetivo de descrever a opinião da equipe de enfermagem sobre o uso do protocolo de prevenção de quedas. A coleta das informações ocorreu em junho de 2015, por meio de questionário aberto, através de pergunta descritiva, tendo um total de 26 participantes. As informações foram submetidas à análise de conteúdo, resultando nas categorias temáticas “A importância do protocolo”, “A melhor maneira de prevenir quedas”, “Pontos a serem melhorados no protocolo” e “Pontos fortes do protocolo”, sendo a categoria temática “Pontos a serem melhorados no protocolo” a mais evidenciada, tendo sido abordada por todos os participantes do estudo. Os profissionais trouxeram que percebem o protocolo como importante, mas que precisa ser adaptado ao contexto institucional e ao contexto dos diferentes setores, expandindo a responsabilidade da realização do mesmo para além da equipe de enfermagem. Os resultados possibilitam inferir que para ampliar a qualidade da assistência através da cultura de segurança do paciente e da otimização da prevenção de quedas nos ambientes hospitalares, torna-se importante a participação dos profissionais na implantação dos protocolos. / To qualify the process of implementation of accidental falls protocol from an institutional hospital, there was the necessity to listen to the nursing staff, concerning how they perceive the protocol, its qualities, difficulties and challenges. This is a qualitative and descriptive study, which was developed at a public hospital in Porto Alegre/RS. It aimed to describe the nursing team’s opinion about using the protocol falls prevention. Data collection was carried out in June 2015 through opened questionnaire and descriptive questions, from which 26 persons participated. Data was submitted to content analysis, from which resulted thematic categories: “The protocol importance”, “The best way to prevent accidental falls”, “Protocol: things to be improved” and “Protocol: real strength”, being the thematic category “Protocol: things to be improved” the most evidenced, which was also approached by all participants. Professional brought up that they notice the protocol as important, but it has to be adapted to the institutional context and to the different sectors’ context either, expanding the responsibility to beyond the nursing staff. The results enabled to infer that the participation of professionals to implementing the protocols is important, in order to extend the quality of assistance through the culture of patient’s safety and optimization of fall prevention in hospitals. / Para la cualificación del proceso de implantación del protocolo de caídas de un hospital, hubo la necesidad de escuchar el equipo de enfermería en relación a como se lo percibe el protocolo, sus calidades, dificultades y desafíos. Estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, desarrollado en un hospital público federal de Porto Alegre/RS. El objetivo del estudio fue describir la opinión del equipo de enfermería sobre el uso del protocolo de prevención de caídas. La recolecta de datos fue llevado a cabo en junio de 2015, por medio de cuestionario abierto, a través de pregunta descriptiva, teniendo un total de 26 participantes. Las informaciones fueron sometidas al análisis de contenido, resultando en las categorías temáticas “La importancia del protocolo”, “La mejor manera de prevenir caídas”, “Puntos a serien mejorados en el protocolo” y “Puntos fuertes del protocolo”, siendo la categoría temática “Puntos a serien mejorados en el protocolo” la más evidenciada, teniendo sido abordada por todos los participantes de estudio. Los profesionales trajeran que perciben el protocolo como importante, más que precisa ser adaptado al contexto institucional y al contexto de los distintos sectores, expandiendo la responsabilidad de la realización del mismo para además del equipo de enfermería. Los resultados posibilitan inferir que para ampliar la calidad de la asistencia a través de la cultura de seguridad del paciente y de la optimización de la prevención de caídas en los hospitales, se torna importante la participación de los profesionales en la implementación de los protocolos.

This research, done as part of the mechanical engineering program at Linnaeus University in partnership with Rottne Industri AB, aims to improve safety in forest industri. It focuses on designing a user-friendly emergency exit system for harvester cabins. Driven by strict safety rules and societal expectations, the goal is to craft an exit that allows quick evacuation during emergencies and fits well with forest machinery safety standards.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-239) / The primary aim of the study was to develop a psychosocial assessment tool for determining willingness to participate in child-centred safety promotion interventions, specifically in a low-income community in South Africa. The secondary aim was to determine the factors associated with willingness to participate. The study employed a mixed methods approach to develop the measure, and included content validation, item writing and initial validation processes. Nominal Group Technique discussions were conducted with various role-players in the relevant communities to inform the development of the instrument, while participatory methodologies were utilised to conceptualise the instrument in relation to psycho-social factors associated with intervention participation, with these categorised according to core dimensions. A Delphi method utilising an expert panel reviewed items for relevance, difficulty and ambiguity, with items subsequently amended or removed. Item selection procedures were conducted on the English version of the instrument and these results were applied to the Afrikaans version. A pilot study was conducted as part of the initial validation in order to test the items and format the questionnaire. The instrument was then administered to Afrikaans speaking individuals in a community in the Western Cape. Iterative exploratory factor analysis was conducted at both the item and scale levels to select and reassign items and scales in order to determine the final composition of the questionnaire. The findings indicate that the instrument measures seven factors, namely incentives; priorities and community needs; perceived benefits; social approval; accessibility and values; altruistic capital; and community cohesion. These factors are explained in terms of the Process-Person-Context-Time model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour, considered within a participatory framework. The study findings indicate that the seven factors represent salient dimensions of the construct willingness to participate in interventions. The questionnaire and its subscales displayed acceptable to good reliability, with Cronbach’s α ranging from 0.55 to 0.80. Since willingness precedes actual participation, it is argued that insight into the factors that relate to willingness to participate provides an avenue for motivating actual participation. / Psychology / Ph. D. (Psychology)

A pesquisa aborda as percepções do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção como instrumento normativo para o alcance da sustentabilidade no meio ambiente do trabalho. Buscar a sustentabilidade no plano das relações de trabalho conduz à garantia de um ambiente laboral digno às presentes e futuras gerações de trabalhadores. Diante disso, a pesquisa atinge seus objetivos ao expor uma análise histórico-sociológica da transição do trabalho como formação biológico-evolutiva do ser humano à necessidade biológico-social pelo trabalho, abordando o meio ambiente do trabalho e as significativas transformações dos processos produtivos. Outrossim, a pesquisa demonstra a relevância do princípio da precaução para a construção de um meio ambiente do trabalho seguro, saudável e, sobretudo, sustentável, bem como aponta o Fator Acidentário de Prevenção (FAP) como instrumento normativo para a sustentabilidade do ambiente laboral. A pesquisa tem natureza qualitativo-exploratória, tendo utilizado como técnicas de coleta de dados a observação direta e a entrevista semiestruturada para identificar a percepção de seis observadores das relações de trabalho em relação ao FAP. Além disso, a pesquisa desenvolveu-se com uma sequência metodológica dividida em três fases: fase preliminar estado da arte , onde foram analisados os referenciais teóricobibliográficos, que fundamentaram a pesquisa de campo, denominada fase de coleta de dados , e a fase analítico-conclusiva , onde ocorreu a análise e discussão dos dados coletados. A pesquisa é dotada de embasamento metodológico que permitiu retratar o contexto fático do meio ambiente do trabalho e do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção sob o olhar do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, Ministério Público do Trabalho, INSS, Justiça do Trabalho, representante da classe dos empregados e representante da classe dos empregadores. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-04T17:57:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Vinicius Borges Fortes.pdf: 1001126 bytes, checksum: c0e40811f9e71899ec7245cd545af372 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-04T17:57:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Vinicius Borges Fortes.pdf: 1001126 bytes, checksum: c0e40811f9e71899ec7245cd545af372 (MD5) / The research approaches the perceptions of Accident Prevention Factor as a normative instrument for achieving sustainability in the environment of work. Seeking sustainability in terms of labor relations leads to ensuring a decent working environment for present and future generations of workers. Given this, the research achieves its objectives by exposing a historical-sociological analysis of the transition from working as biological-evolutionary training of human beings to the need for biological and social work, approaching the environment of work and the significant transformations of production processes. Moreover, research demonstrates the relevance of the precautionary principle to build a working environment safe, healthy and above all, sustainable, and points to the Accident Prevention Factor (APF) as a regulatory tool for the sustainability of the work environment. The research has qualitative and exploratory nature, and used as data collection techniques the direct observation and semistructured interviews to identify the perception of six observers of labor relations about the APF. Moreover, the research was developed with a methodological sequence divided into three phases: preliminary phase - "state of the art", which analyzed the theoretical and bibliographic, which motivated the research field, called "phase of data collection" and "Analytical-conclusive phase" that was a discussion and analysis of data collected. The research is endowed with a methodological basis that allowed portray the factual context of the environment of work and Accident Prevention Factor under the gaze of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Labour Prosecutor, Social Security, Labour Justice, representing the class of employees and representative of the class of employers.

A pesquisa aborda as percepções do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção como instrumento normativo para o alcance da sustentabilidade no meio ambiente do trabalho. Buscar a sustentabilidade no plano das relações de trabalho conduz à garantia de um ambiente laboral digno às presentes e futuras gerações de trabalhadores. Diante disso, a pesquisa atinge seus objetivos ao expor uma análise histórico-sociológica da transição do trabalho como formação biológico-evolutiva do ser humano à necessidade biológico-social pelo trabalho, abordando o meio ambiente do trabalho e as significativas transformações dos processos produtivos. Outrossim, a pesquisa demonstra a relevância do princípio da precaução para a construção de um meio ambiente do trabalho seguro, saudável e, sobretudo, sustentável, bem como aponta o Fator Acidentário de Prevenção (FAP) como instrumento normativo para a sustentabilidade do ambiente laboral. A pesquisa tem natureza qualitativo-exploratória, tendo utilizado como técnicas de coleta de dados a observação direta e a entrevista semiestruturada para identificar a percepção de seis observadores das relações de trabalho em relação ao FAP. Além disso, a pesquisa desenvolveu-se com uma sequência metodológica dividida em três fases: fase preliminar estado da arte , onde foram analisados os referenciais teóricobibliográficos, que fundamentaram a pesquisa de campo, denominada fase de coleta de dados , e a fase analítico-conclusiva , onde ocorreu a análise e discussão dos dados coletados. A pesquisa é dotada de embasamento metodológico que permitiu retratar o contexto fático do meio ambiente do trabalho e do Fator Acidentário de Prevenção sob o olhar do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, Ministério Público do Trabalho, INSS, Justiça do Trabalho, representante da classe dos empregados e representante da classe dos empregadores. / The research approaches the perceptions of Accident Prevention Factor as a normative instrument for achieving sustainability in the environment of work. Seeking sustainability in terms of labor relations leads to ensuring a decent working environment for present and future generations of workers. Given this, the research achieves its objectives by exposing a historical-sociological analysis of the transition from working as biological-evolutionary training of human beings to the need for biological and social work, approaching the environment of work and the significant transformations of production processes. Moreover, research demonstrates the relevance of the precautionary principle to build a working environment safe, healthy and above all, sustainable, and points to the Accident Prevention Factor (APF) as a regulatory tool for the sustainability of the work environment. The research has qualitative and exploratory nature, and used as data collection techniques the direct observation and semistructured interviews to identify the perception of six observers of labor relations about the APF. Moreover, the research was developed with a methodological sequence divided into three phases: preliminary phase - "state of the art", which analyzed the theoretical and bibliographic, which motivated the research field, called "phase of data collection" and "Analytical-conclusive phase" that was a discussion and analysis of data collected. The research is endowed with a methodological basis that allowed portray the factual context of the environment of work and Accident Prevention Factor under the gaze of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Labour Prosecutor, Social Security, Labour Justice, representing the class of employees and representative of the class of employers.