Table 1.
Social Ecological Domain | Strategies | Examples |
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Individual | • Employee health is considered holistically in terms of both minimizing hazardous exposures and health promoting activities. | • Employer provides free PPE to workers • Work expectations consider limitations caused by PPE. • Employees are encouraged not to work when ill. |
Interpersonal | • Customers are oriented toward the potential product risk for worker, client and community. • Workers are encouraged to engage in walking groups. |
• In-service trainings on products and potential exposures. • Client customer contracts on product use. • Workers are encouraged to support each other. |
Organizational | • Administrative safety protocols • Engineering interventions • Increased access to health care |
• CHW-facilitated worksite assessments • Increased ventilation • Workplace health screenings • Employer negotiated health insurance |
Community | • Community-based participatory research • Community coalitions • Community campaigns • Building change agent capacity |
• Business owners and workers, family members and clients engaged in documenting and prioritizing issues • CHW ambassadors • Promoting of best practices. |
Policy | • State and National Standards • Worksite resources & enforcement |
• Ventilation standards and enforcement for nail shops • Requirements for more detailed product labeling • County funds for worksite improvements that benefit community health |