Education of Garment Workers: Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

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• Personal Author:
  Burgel BJ ; Chan J ; Lashuay N ; Pun JC
• Description:
  This educational intervention was designed as part of a garment worker occupational health and safety initiative, with the goal to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms in this monolingual Cantonese speaking population. Using risk communication and the Chinese concepts of yin and yang, the class curriculum was designed to be participatory. It focused on linking symptoms to high risk work activities; explaining the nature of musculoskeletal injury; and encouraging compliance with self care measures of ice, stretching, and early symptom reporting. A total of 21 women completed the Healthy Work Classes, with an increase in perceived levels of energy measured after each class. Additionally, contingency contracting for both individual and workplace change was piloted. This curriculum was revised to become a "train the trainer" program, with training of garment worker leaders and the goal to disseminate this prevention based curriculum to garment workers in the Oakland, California community. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Demographic-characteristics Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Health-hazards Injury-prevention Medical-surveys Medical-treatment Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-psychology Occupational-sociology Occupations Physiological-effects Physiological-response Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  338-343
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037254
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2004 Aug; 52(8):338-343
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6d84a5a6192c2ae8500ad8b704d44c9bba82fda525dd6172f21f03691fcdef84b5f1c4450d0b2b2e399eab1e13a8eb885c9eb81f44cdbdcae656751a9ac2ca87
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188372/cdc_188372_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 813.82 KB ]