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Integration of sex and gender in interventions by students in ergonomics

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Laberge, Marie ; Chadoin, Martin ; Inigo, Marion ; Messing, Karen ; Lefrançois, Mélanie ; Sultan-Taïeb, Hélène ; Chatigny, Céline ; Riel, Jessica ; Webb, Jena ; Fillion, Myriam ; Vaillancourt, Cathy ; Bellemare, Marie

Ergonomics

2022

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1-15

ergonomics ; gender ; training

Ergonomics and work environment

https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2022.2048898

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"This article aims to analyse the integration of sex and gender (s/g) by ergonomics students during their internship at the master's degree level, following training sessions on s/g issues in the workplace. This exploratory research used a descriptive mixed-methods design, encompassing evaluation of students' intention to use the content from the training (n = 13 students), and a multiple case study (n = 5 ergonomics interventions). The results show that while students found the training relevant, they only minimally integrated s/g in their interventions and when they did, it was primarily from an anthropometric and physiological perspective. In addition to discussing the training format limitations, the article discusses barriers to this integration: combining learning about s/g issues with learning about activity analysis is challenging; employers' and workers' organisations may be reluctant to approach s/g issues; and it is difficult for an ergonomist to integrate these issues when the employer's request does not specify it."

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