published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / abstract / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 10, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. Mihail Popescu. Includes bibliographical references.

Commercial fishers are employed in one of the most dangerous jobs in Canada. Additionally, they tend both not to report work injuries and to deny and trivialize risks their job entails. This study focuses on fishers' subjective interpretation of their work environment. Its purposes were to examine fishers' attributed causes of accidents and to derive implications for prevention education. The researcher employed a qualitative methodology and interviewed 12 professional fishers who worked on the British Columbia coast. The interviews focused on fishers' descriptions of accidents and their attributed causes. Attribution theory was operationalized to provide a conceptual framework through which to analyze the 12 transcripts. The researcher transcribed the interviews, then highlighted and analyzed excerpts depicting the fishers' attributed causes of accidents. Three strategies were employed to examine the trustworthiness of the researcher's judgements regarding the transcripts and final interpretation of the data. The strategies were: use of a research partner (consistency), conducting a participant review (credibility), and comparison with another study (triangulation). The participants of this study attributed multiple causes to a given accident and their explanations were complex. The study found 22 categories of causes of accidents. The attributed causes from 9 of the 12 participants were distributed in all quadrants of attributions on the orienting framework (external/stable, external/unstable, internal/stable and internal/unstable). Five or more participants attributed the following as causes in their accidents: Economic Pressures, Luck or Fate, Weather Conditions Expected, Fatigue, and Stress. This study's results suggest that the techno-rational approach of existing traditional training programs, that concentrate on causes located mainly in the external/stable quadrant, does not concur with fishers' attributed causes of accidents. The study indicates that prevention education program content should be broadened to address the full spectrum of fishers' attributed causes of accidents. Through the utilization of fishers' attributed causes of accidents, prevention education programs could assist fishers to focus on their perceptions of occupational hazards and risks, and address questions of past risk taking and future risk assessment. From these insights fishers can review what can be done to control or eliminate a particular risk.

Th. doct.--Méd.--Lyon I, 1999. / INRETS-LÉAT = Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité-Laboratoire d'épidémiologie appliquée à la sécurité des transports. Bibliogr. p. 149-151. Résumé.

Commercial fishers are employed in one of the most dangerous jobs in Canada. Additionally, they tend both not to report work injuries and to deny and trivialize risks their job entails. This study focuses on fishers' subjective interpretation of their work environment. Its purposes were to examine fishers' attributed causes of accidents and to derive implications for prevention education. The researcher employed a qualitative methodology and interviewed 12 professional fishers who worked on the British Columbia coast. The interviews focused on fishers' descriptions of accidents and their attributed causes. Attribution theory was operationalized to provide a conceptual framework through which to analyze the 12 transcripts. The researcher transcribed the interviews, then highlighted and analyzed excerpts depicting the fishers' attributed causes of accidents. Three strategies were employed to examine the trustworthiness of the researcher's judgements regarding the transcripts and final interpretation of the data. The strategies were: use of a research partner (consistency), conducting a participant review (credibility), and comparison with another study (triangulation). The participants of this study attributed multiple causes to a given accident and their explanations were complex. The study found 22 categories of causes of accidents. The attributed causes from 9 of the 12 participants were distributed in all quadrants of attributions on the orienting framework (external/stable, external/unstable, internal/stable and internal/unstable). Five or more participants attributed the following as causes in their accidents: Economic Pressures, Luck or Fate, Weather Conditions Expected, Fatigue, and Stress. This study's results suggest that the techno-rational approach of existing traditional training programs, that concentrate on causes located mainly in the external/stable quadrant, does not concur with fishers' attributed causes of accidents. The study indicates that prevention education program content should be broadened to address the full spectrum of fishers' attributed causes of accidents. Through the utilization of fishers' attributed causes of accidents, prevention education programs could assist fishers to focus on their perceptions of occupational hazards and risks, and address questions of past risk taking and future risk assessment. From these insights fishers can review what can be done to control or eliminate a particular risk. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D. (Public Health)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / Background: The number of occupational injuries in manufacturing industries continues to rise despite safety regulations. Occupational injuries range from the spine, hands, head, lungs, eyes, skeleton and skin. Negligence, improper use of Personal Protective Equipment, lack of experience and age are some of the factors leading to occupational injuries. Even though there are measures to prevent these occupational injuries, the number of injuries amongst manufacturing industries keeps rising and the causes need to be identified. Objective(s): The purpose of the study was to develop a training programme for manufacturing industries in the Polokwane municipality. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used for the study. Five categories of manufacturing industries were visited where 22 participants were interviewed using a voice recorder until data saturation was reached. There were 4 managers, 6 supervisors and 12 general workers. Member checking was done to verify and clarify transcribed information. Field notes were also taken for non-verbal responses. Data were analysed using Tesch’s and Clarke and Braun open coding method following the eight steps. Results: The findings of the study indicated that hazards in the physical work environment of manufacturing industries in the Polokwane municipality contributed to most occupational accidents. It was also found that negligence, incorrect provision of PPE by management, improper use of PPE by workers, and lack of safety training were also contributors to workplace accidents. Commitment to health and safety by industries management was also found to be lacking and played a role in some occupational accidents in the manufacturing industries. Conclusions: The study concludes that lack of health and safety training, negligence, and commitment by those in management compromised the health and safety of workers

Thesis (Ph.D.)--George Mason University, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 29, 2007). Thesis director: Roger R. Stough. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy. Vita: p. 154. Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-153). Also issued in print.

Falls in the elderly Canadian population pose a serious health problem; they are the leading cause of accidental death in persons aged 65 and older. The most common serious injuries associated with falling are hip fractures; more than 19,000 Canadians sustain a hip fracture yearly as a result of a fall. A review of the literature reveals that most of the studies on falling have been conducted in institutional settings. Community-based studies have identified the risk factors associated with falling to assist in case-finding and fall prevention. However, qualitative studies of falling for elderly community-dwelling individuals are non-existent. The purpose of this study is to describe the meaning of falling for elderly community-dwelling individuals. The phenomenological approach to qualitative methodology was used for this study. This approach seeks to describe human experience as it is lived. Individuals 65 years of age or older were contacted through a Long Term Care Unit. Eight women became informants, participating in repeated interviews guided by open-ended questions. From the content analysis of the data, three major categories of data that were common to the participants were identified and developed. The three categories represent levels of perception in relation to falling, which together represent the entire meaning of falling. At the first level, participants interpreted the various aspects of their falls. The second level describes the reactions to falling. The third level describes how participants coped with falling in the context of coping with aging. These findings revealed that falling was viewed as a symbol of aging and therefore, the emotional reaction to falling occurred in the context of growing old. Furthermore, it was found that coping with falling occurred in the broader context of coping with aging. The implications for nursing practise, education, and research were identified in light of the research findings. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Nursing, School of / Graduate

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 1er mai 2023) / Contexte En 2016, des médecins ont fait un signalement à la santé publique d'une région du Québec en raison d'une compétition de motocross où cinq enfants se sont blessés. L'INSPQ a reçu le mandat d'étudier le risque de blessures reliées à la pratique de motocross au Québec et de le comparer à d'autres sports. Ce mémoire a été réalisé dans le cadre de ce mandat. Objectifs Mesurer puis comparer les taux d'incidence de blessures lors de compétitions de motocross et de ski alpin au Québec selon l'âge (<16 ans, ≥16 ans) entre 2015 et 2019. Méthodologie Les cas de blessés ont été déterminés en comptabilisant les participants évacués en ambulance lors de compétitions. L'exposition a été déterminée à l'aide de relevés de résultats de compétitions, par nombre de départs et par unité de temps. Les taux d'incidence de blessés évacués ont été déterminés en utilisant les départs et le temps comme mesures d'exposition, puis comparés à l'aide de ratios de taux d'incidence. Résultats En mesurant l'exposition par nombre de départs, le taux d'incidence d'évacuation en ambulance est plus élevé dans les compétitions de motocross que dans celles de ski alpin chez les <16 ans et les ≥16 ans (ratios des taux d'incidence : <16 ans = 18,01 [IC95 % : 6,87-47,19], ≥ 16 ans = 5,67 [IC95 % : 2,60-12,37]). En mesurant l'exposition par unité de temps, il n'y a pas de différence statistiquement significative. Discussion Cette étude démontre un taux d'incidence d'évacuation en ambulance plus important en compétitions de motocross qu'en ski alpin lorsque l'exposition est mesurée par nombre de départs, mais non statistiquement différent lorsque l'exposition est mesurée par unité de temps. Les plus longues manches du motocross sont inhérentes à la discipline et cette plus longue durée d'exposition par manche augmente le risque de blessures. / Background In 2016, emergency physicians notified a regional public health bureau in Quebec, Canada, about a motocross competition where 5 children were hurt. The Quebec National Institute of public health (INSPQ) was mandated to study the injuries risks related to motocross practice in Quebec and compare it to other sports. This master's thesis is a part of that mandate. Objectives Quantify and compare incidence rates of injuries in motocross and alpine skiing competitions in Quebec according to age (<16 y/o., ≥16 y/o) between 2015 and 2019. Methods Injured cases were measured by ambulance evacuation reports in competitions. Exposures were measured with the competitions results sheets, by measuring the number of departures and the time spent in competitions. Incidence rates of ambulance-evacuated injured participants were calculated, by the number of departures and the time spent in competitions, and compared using incidence rate ratios. Results When measuring the incidence rate ratio with the exposure by the number of departures, the risk of being injured and evacuated by ambulance is higher in motocross competitions than alpine skiing competitions in both <16 y/o and ≥16 y/o groups (incidence rate ratios: <16 y/o = 18.01 [IC95%: 6.87-47.19]), ≥16 y/o = 5.67 [IC95%:2.60-12.37]. When measuring the incidence rate ratio with the exposure by the time spent in competitions, there is no statistically significant difference between motocross and alpine skiing competitions. Discussion Ambulance evacuation incidence rates are statistically higher in motocross competitions than alpine skiing competitions when measuring the exposures by the number of departures, but not statistically different when measuring the exposure by the time spent in competitions. The longer duration of the motocross rounds compared to the alpine skiing rounds is inherent to the discipline and this longer round duration increase the risk of injuries.