Agile Development of Innovative, Interactive Hazard Recognition and Mitigation Tools/Learning E-platforms for Workers Involved in Disaster Rescue and Recovery
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Summary
The goal of this study is to assess Pocket Ark (PA), which is a mobile e-learning and assessment platform for use by flood remediation workers in the field. The purpose of the mobile application is to provide workers with real-time data to assist with making safe decisions during the planning phase in the flooded zone and provide a communications platform to improve logistics between operational bases and workers during and after the deployment to the flooded zone. Pocket Ark incorporates an action planner, scenario-based PPE training content, assessments (both knowledge and health-risk), personal security protection, and resource location features for workers involved in disaster rescue and recovery. Individual construction worker's readiness to be safely deployed to flooded and post-flood environments will be assessed.
Description
Enrolled participants will be asked to complete: 1) basic demographic and occupational health information; 2) a simulated wage contract with an employer; 3) a pre-behavioral capability test; and 4) a post flood disaster scenario, which is based on an actual flooding event that has occurred. Participants will be asked questions regarding their response to different challenges he/she might encounter in a post flood construction event and then the correct answer will be provided for learning. Information will be largely graphical, and workers can take the module over the course of several days. E…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Reconstruction workers * Affiliated members of the worker advocacy organization * Professional experience working in the construction industry * Have a 3- year or newer version cell phone capable of accessing the internet * Has not completed a Resilience Force training in the last 2 years Exclusion Criteria: * inability to complete requested activities * lack of cell phone connectivity
Interventions
- BehavioralPocket Ark
Pocket Ark (PA) is a mobile e-learning and assessment platform for use by flood remediation workers in the field. The purpose of this mobile application is to provide workers with real-time data to assist with making safe decisions during the planning phase in the flooded zone and provide a communications platform to improve logistics between operational bases and workers during and after the deployment to the flooded zone. Pocket Ark incorporates an action planner, scenario-based PPE training content, assessments (both knowledge and health-risk), personal security protection, and resource location features for workers involved in disaster rescue and recovery. Individual construction worker's readiness to be safely deployed to flooded and post-flood environments will be assessed.
Location
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHouston, Texas