| Title: | Improving the knowledge and behavior of workplace chemical exposures in Vietnamese-American nail salon workers: a randomized controlled trial |
| Author(s): | Quach T; Von Behren J; Tsoh J; Reynolds P; Fu L; Nguyen T; Le M; Nguyen TT; |
| Address: | "Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. tquach@ahschc.org. California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative/Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA, USA. tquach@ahschc.org. Asian Health Services, Administrative Offices, 101 8th Street, Suite 100, Oakland, CA, 94607, USA. tquach@ahschc.org. Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative/Asian Health Services, Oakland, CA, USA. State Compensation Insurance Fund, Safety and Health Services, Santa Ana, CA, USA" |
| Journal Title: | Int Arch Occup Environ Health |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00420-018-1343-2 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1432-1246 (Electronic) 0340-0131 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "OBJECTIVES: We assessed the efficacy of trainings with Vietnamese nail salon owners and workers on knowledge and behaviors that could reduce exposures to toxic chemicals in nail products. METHODS: We trained Vietnamese salon owners in California (n = 77) who then trained their workers (n = 200) on best practices. In a cluster randomized controlled trial, we assessed the efficacy of the training on change in knowledge and self-reported behaviors. Data were collected from 2013 to 2016 and analyzed from 2016 to 2017. RESULTS: Compared to the control group, the intervention group had significantly greater increases in knowledge about: safer nail polishes [odds ratio (OR) 3.7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.9, 7.2)]; proper ventilation methods (OR 4.2; 95% CI 2.2, 8.1); recommended glove types (OR 3.4; 95% CI 1.9, 6.3); and recommended product handling and storage (OR 4.1; 95% CI 1.7, 9.9). The intervention also increased best practices: using safer nail polishes (OR 3.6; 95% CI 1.9, 6.8); reading product labels (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.3, 5.0); and wearing long sleeves (OR 2.4; 95% CI 1.3, 4.2). CONCLUSIONS: The owner-to-worker intervention with culturally and linguistically appropriate training for salon owners who then trained workers was effective in promoting knowledge and self-reported behaviors that can reduce workplace chemical exposures" |
| Keywords: | "Adult Air Pollutants, Occupational Asian/psychology *Beauty Culture California Female Gloves, Protective Health Education/*methods Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice/*ethnology Humans Male Middle Aged Nails Occupational Exposure/*prevention & control P;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineQuach, Thu Von Behren, J Tsoh, J Reynolds, P Fu, L Nguyen, T Le, M Nguyen, T T eng 2R01ES019598/National Institutes of Health/ Randomized Controlled Trial Germany 2018/08/14 Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2018 Nov; 91(8):1041-1050. doi: 10.1007/s00420-018-1343-2. Epub 2018 Aug 11" |
