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Street corner hazard surveillance and health intervention among Chicago day laborers.

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Day laborers in Chicago are often hired for hazardous jobs and have little access to basic health care. In this study, the researchers offered tetanus vaccinations and blood lead tests to workers waiting on street corners, who then completed a survey on hazardous job tasks (N = 92). All participants were male, 97% were foreign-born, and 93% had performed demolition and rehabilitation, window removal and installation, or paint removal in the previous month. Most were not current with tetanus immunization. The geometric mean blood lead level was 3.8 mug/dL. Nonparametric statistical analysis showed a significant association (p < .05) between blood lead level and country of origin. The results demonstrate the feasibility of hazard surveillance and health intervention at street corner hiring sites.

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Buchanan SN、Evens A、Buckley C、Friedman L

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Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 835 S. Wolcott, MC, Suite E-144, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. sbucha3@uic.edu

2008

Archives of environmental health

Archives of environmental health

ISSN:0003-9896
年,卷(期):2008.63(1)