To identify the most pervasive environmental exposures driving disparities today associated with historical redlining in Detroit.

Effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and overcommitment at work have been associated poorer mental health. However, nonlinear nonadditive effects not investigated previously.The association between effort, reward, with odds of health was examined among a sample 68 formal United States waste workers (87% male). Traditional, logistic regression Bayesian Kernel machine (BKMR) modeling conducted. Models controlled for age, education level, race, gender, union status, physical status.The traditional,...

The informal recycling of electronic waste ("e-waste") is a lucrative business for workers in low- and middle-income countries across the globe. Workers dismantle e-waste to recover valuable materials that can be sold income. However, expose themselves surrounding environment hazardous agents during process, including toxic metals like lead (Pb). To assess which tools, tasks, job characteristics result higher concentrations urine blood levels among workers, ten random samples 2 min video...

Background: Solid waste workers are exposed to a plethora of occupational hazards and may also experience work-related stress. Our study had three specific hypotheses: (1) effort–reward imbalance (ERI) with high self-reported effort but low reward, (2) unionized greater ERI, (3) higher income have lower ERI. Methods: Waste from solid sites in Michigan participated this cross-sectional study. We characterized perceived work stress using the short-version ERI questionnaire. Descriptive...

This study: (i) assessed the relationship between noise exposure and injury risk, comprehensively adjusting for individual factors, psychosocial stressors, organizational influences; (ii) determined relative importance of on injuries; (iii) estimated lowest observed adverse effect level (LOAEL) risk to determine threshold considered hazardous (iv) quantified fraction injuries that could be attributed exposure.In this cross-sectional study at 10 US surface mine sites, traditional mixed...

AbstractAbstractIn the United States, majority of waste workers work with solid waste. In operations, collection, sorting, and disposal can lead to elevated biohazard exposures (e.g., bioaerosols, bloodborne other pathogens, human animal excreta). This cross-sectional pilot study aimed characterize worker perception exposures, as well preparedness available resources access personal protective equipment, level training) address potential exposures. Three sites were surveyed: (1) a...

Abstract Background Mining is a significant economic force in the United States but has historically had among highest nonfatal injury rates across all industries. Several factors, including workplace hazards and psychosocial stressors, may increase fatality risk. one of noisiest industries; however, association between risk noise exposure not been evaluated this industry. In ecological study, we assessed fatal occupational miners. Methods Federal US mining accident, injury, illness data...

Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there be psychosocial factors also contribute their overall perceptions organizational health. However, attitudes regarding the aforementioned among solid workers' have not been assessed. This descriptive, cross-sectional pilot study operationalized INPUTS Survey determine health and other work. Percentage mean responses each domain presented in accordance with survey manual. Pearson's...

Abstract Background U.S. construction workers experience high rates of injury that can lead to chronic pain. This pilot study examined nonpharmacological (without medication prescribed by healthcare provider) and pharmacological (e.g., prescription opioids) pain management approaches used workers. Methods A convenience sample was surveyed, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH) Construction Sector Program. Differences familiarity use approaches,...

Ignoring workplace exposures that occur beyond the local residential context in place-based risk indices like CDC's Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) likely misclassifies community exposure by under-counting risks and obscuring true drivers of racial/ethnic health disparities. To investigate this hypothesis, we developed several indicators occupational examined their relationships with race/ethnicity, SVI, inequities. We used publicly available job matrices employment estimates from United...

Recently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released an updated version of NIOSH Industry Occupation Computerized Coding System (NIOCCS), which uses supervised machine learning to assign industry occupational codes based on provided free-text information. However, no efforts have been made externally verify quality assigned job titles when algorithm is with inputs varying quality. This study sought evaluate whether NIOCCS was sufficiently robust low-quality...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Noise exposure is ubiquitous in the US and has been associated with various health outcomes. Chronic occupational noise of an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) ≥85 A-weighted decibels (dBA) leads to permanent noise-induced hearing loss, which major social impacts may cost $100 billion annually lost wages alone. It estimated that tens millions workers are exposed hazardous levels noise. Understanding potential environmental injustices distribution across communities...

Abstract Background: Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there be psychosocial factors also contribute their overall perceptions health. However, attitudes regarding solid workers’ environment and organizational health have not been assessed. Methods: This cross-sectional pilot study operationalized the INPUTS™ Survey was determine other work. Percentage mean responses each domain presented in accordance with survey manual....

Background and Aim: The Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s drew maps of cities across US that labeled neighborhoods by mortgage risk. This historical practice, commonly called "redlining", deemed "hazardous" with color red. policy denied loans to minority persons seeking homes White/affluent neighborhoods, segregating these areas race ethnicity. legacy de jure segregation shaped today influenced their environmental exposures, a form racism. aim this study was identify most...

Background and Aim: Maps of >200 US cities, including 11 in Michigan, were drawn by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) 1930s to classify neighborhoods mortgage risk. The HOLC used descriptions, grades, colors define as "best-A-green", "still desirable-B-blue", "definitely declining-C-yellow", "hazardous-D-red". This practice "redlining" systematically segregated denying loans minority populations predominately-white neighborhoods. These policies continue shape today; however, our...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Systematic racial/ethnic segregation via historical redlining has been identified as a potential contributor to environmental injustices in the US today, particularly air pollution. However, no studies have examined how effect of current-day modified this association. This study hypothesized modification on current levels pollution (i.e., PM2.5 and diesel PM) across USA. METHODS: Current-day demographics were estimated for USA census tracts using EPA EJSCREEN....