Track: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Abstract

The Philippine education system specifically for grade school students require a high number volume of books, and other educational items e.g. notebooks that are required to bring every day to class. The findings of this research suggest that the actual and current strollers for the school children produce a lot of stress, strain and long-term gradual health deterioration. Stroller type was highly correlated with high level of strain, stress and decrease in children output productivity. Considering the preliminary findings of this study, the parents and the teachers should evaluate, decrease the volume of books and school materials, and if not possible, produce a more ergonomic design for the stroller or bag of the school children. The findings of this study recommend the need to change and standardize stroller bag designs using the evaluation from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Lifting Equation.