德克萨斯州埃尔帕索县弱势小企业主中的COVID-19风险评估
Sadie H Conway1, Denise Vasquez, Kristina D Mena
1From the Smith Scientific LLC, Houston, TX (S.H.C.); UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, El Paso, Texas (D.V., K.D.M., L.D.B.); Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute, Houston, Texas (D.V., J.R.); Scientific Innovation & Business Performance LLC, Little Rock, Arkansas S.K.); and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas (J.R.).
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
|September 25, 2024
概括
社区卫生工作者为高风险地区的小企业提供了定制的COVID-19风险评估. 对文化敏感的外展活动确定了危险,并为弱势工人改进了缓解策略.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 传染病控制和控制传染病
- 基于社区的参与式研究
背景情况:
- 美国的高风险地区面临着严重的COVID-19传播挑战.
- 小企业中脆弱的工人需要量身定制的风险评估和缓解策略.
研究的目的:
- 提供可操作的,特定于工作场所的COVID-19风险评估.
- 为高风险环境中的弱势工人制定缓解策略.
主要方法:
- 四名双语社区卫生工作者 (CHW) 招聘了小企业 (≤20名员工).
- 与雇主和员工进行了现场传染病风险评估调查.
- 专注于高风险地区的行业.
主要成果:
- 102家企业参与了调查,95%的企业是西班牙裔企业,96%的企业被认为具有高或非常高的COVID-19传播风险.
- 所有企业都实施了一些减少传输的做法.
- 近50%的人缺乏17个确定的风险减轻控制中的13个.
结论:
- 医疗保健工作者通过定制的,文化敏感的宣传,有效地识别和教育企业的危险.
- 以CHW为主导的方法有可能转移到类似的社区进行传染病控制.
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