RT journal article
T1 OTP-PRL: an app for occupational risk prevention in policing activities
A1 Vera Jiménez, José Carlos
A1 Ferreiro González, Marta
A1 Fernández Barbero, Gerardo
A1 Álvarez Saura, José Ángel
A1 Fernández Zacarías, Francisco
A1 Ayuso Vilacides, Jesús
A2 Ingeniería Mecánica y Diseño Industrial
A2 Química Analítica
A2 Química Física
K1 Smartphone application
K1 Information and communication technologies
K1 Occupational risk prevention
K1 Police profession
K1 Android
K1 iOS
AB Background: The rapid progress in information and communication technologies has promoted the developmentof smartphone applications (apps) for a wide variety of purposes including workplace safety. However, no specificapps for occupational risk prevention in the police domain seemingly exist as yet. In this work, an app runningunder the iOS and Android operating systems was developed to help police officers become acquainted withpolicing-related occupational risks and to prevent their damaging consequences.Results: The proposed app, which uses an iterative user-centered design to avoid occupational risks in policingactivities, was assessed for performance by a group of users and experts through a System Usability Scale (SUS)questionnaire. The mean overall score for the questionnaire was 82.3. The app has backend support to facilitatecontinual improvement through contributions from users and administrators. A field test revealed increasedawareness of policing occupational risks after using the app in many users.Conclusions: A novel product that covers the needs of ORP requirements of police officers has been developed.
PB BMC
SN 1471-2458
YR 2019
FD 2019-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22176
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22176
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026