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Human Factors in Injury Control

Old Dominion University

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bporter{at}odu.edu.

	Abstract

A person’s interaction with the environment represents a system for research and focus. Human factors is a discipline dedicated to studying this system. The authors provide a summary of how the field human factors informs and enhances injury control programs. They introduce perception, cognition, and environmental design components that should be considered; review automation and workload issues; and discuss best practice recommendations for increasing safe product use as well. Finally, the authors offer lessons learned from human factors approaches to safety at large and suggest future areas of study. Specifically, they note that investigating behavioral adaptation is important to extend intervention effects. They also note that human factors approaches have been used extensively in occupational and transportation areas but can be applied to other areas of injury control that are worth exploring.

First published on October 13, 2009
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 2009, doi:10.1177/1559827609348679


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