Digital video for improved training and risk communication in occupational hygiene [Poster]
2005 (Engelska)Ingår i: IOHA 6th International Conference, Pilansberg, South Africa, 2005Konferensbidrag, Publicerat paper (Övrigt vetenskapligt) Published
Abstract [en]
Video technology has been utilized for the production of training films focusing on occupational
hygiene topics for at least two decades. These films have mainly been produced in a traditional
way with some basic story told, illustrated with video pictures and accompanied by a speaker
voice. The introduction video exposure monitoring technologies as PIMEX have made it possible
to develop the use of video by adding additional information to the video picture about, at the
same time occurring exposure to e.g. air contaminants. This technology has meant an important
advance what concerns improved understanding of the link between occupational exposure and
the situation in the work place and worker behaviour. The improved possibility to involve the
worker and supervisors in the search for effective control measures is perhaps the most important
characteristic. This technology is now used in several countries and the experiences from its use
prompts for continued development and widened use.
The development of video technology, especially digital video and the possibilities to do professional
editing in standard computers implies a fantastic possibility and challenge for the occupational
hygienist. Digital video cameras, computers with video editing as standard and possibilities
to produce ready products on built in CD or DVD burners are now common products on the
consumer market which implies that the price level has gone down drastically. With those tools is
it therefore possible now to produce advanced reports and especially effective, visualized training
materials. This way of using the technology is already in use in different countries for production
of exposure study reports as CD-ROMs including text as well as video illustrations. At the Swedish
Institute for Working Life has training videos using visualization methods as PIMEX been
produced for many years. In recent year has this production been developed in many ways to
make a wider and more effective distribution of knowledge possible? One example is the production
of an extensive training material focusing on control of occupational exposure to dust. This
product is also produced in html-code, which means that it can be used in most standard computers
and that it is prepared for distribution on Internet. The duplication of such a product is not
expensive and the possibility to distribute via Internet makes a wide knowledge spread possible.
Other examples have focused on hazard control in wood industry and the organisation of a
systematic work environment management system.
The today available technology based on digital video and computer technology has made it
possible for non-professional video producers to produce and distribute training material which
are much more effective to get the message across. This possibility may be compared to the
introduction of word processing technology which today makes it possible for any hygienist to
write professionally looking reports. It is now time for occupational hygienists to utilize the new
possibilities for production of effective training tools.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Pilansberg, South Africa, 2005.
Nyckelord [en]
digital video, CD-ROM, training, visualisation
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:du-2733OAI: oai:dalea.du.se:2733DiVA, id: diva2:521736
Konferens
IOHA 6th International Conference , Pilansberg, South Africa, 19-23 September, 2005, 2005
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