An intervention strategy to minimize negative health effects from VDT operations is to incorporate a systems perspective and apply systems analysis methodologies. Two systems components, user control and training programs, and their relationship within the VDT environment, are examined in this paper. Two exemplary case studies of organizations that have systematically designed, implemented, evaluated and incorporated VDT ergonomic training programs in conjunction with user control are presented.
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