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ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)

Reducing hazardous cleaning product use: a collaborative effort.

Elise Pechter, Lenore S Azaroff, Isabel López, Marcy Goldstein-Gelb

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Article in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Labor unions: a public health institution.American journal of public health · 2015
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  6. Interventions: advancing the state of the art.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elise PechterMassachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 6th Floor, 250 Washington St., Boston, MA 02108, USA. Elise.Pechter@state.ma.us
Lenore S Azaroff
Isabel López
Marcy Goldstein-Gelb

Funding

Expanded Occupational Health Surveillance in MassachusettsU60OH008490 · OH · MASSACHUSETTS STATE DEPT OF PUB HEALTH · PI SPARER-FINE, EMILY HELEN · 2005 to 2025
$14.3M
ACL HHS U60OH008490NIOSH CDC HHS U60/OH008490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Workplace hazards affecting vulnerable populations of low-wage and immigrant workers present a special challenge to the practice of occupational health. Unions, Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) groups, and other organizations have developed worker-led approaches to promoting safety. Public health practitioners can provide support for these efforts. This article describes a successful multiyear project led by immigrant cleaning workers with their union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615, and with support from the Massachusetts COSH (MassCOSH) to address exposure to hazardous chemicals. After the union had identified key issues and built a strategy, the union and MassCOSH invited staff from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) to provide technical information about health effects and preventive measures. Results included eliminating the most hazardous chemicals, reducing the number of products used, banning mixing products, and improving safety training. OHSP's history of public health practice regarding cleaning products enabled staff to respond promptly. MassCOSH's staff expertise and commitment to immigrant workers allowed it to play a vital role.

Indexed as

Community-Institutional RelationsEmigrants and ImmigrantsHazardous SubstancesHousehold ProductsHumansLabor UnionsOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureOrganizational Case StudiesSafetyState GovernmentVulnerable PopulationsHazardous Substances

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PMID19618806
PMCPMC2708656

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