Preventing Falls, Silica Exposure with Latino Construction Workers.

摘要

These were six specific aims of the project: 1. Develop and maintain a community-based partnership committed to improving construction safety and health in Lawrence, Massachusetts; 2. Apply a community-based participatory approach to adapt organizational and technical interventions for fall prevention and silica exposure prevention to the study setting; 3. Implement the interventions developed and evaluate their effectiveness at reducing silica exposure and fall hazards; 4. Diffuse effective interventions for Hispanic construction worker health through the Lawrence area; 5. Institutionalize a community-university- employer-labor partnership that combines the skillsand resources of all members to protect the health of vulnerable workersover the long term; and 6. Evaluate the community-based participatory process.