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Salon Safety:

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Salon Safety:

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Adewumi-Gunn, Teniope

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Community-Engaged Approaches to Workplace Safety Interventions

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Robbins, Wendie

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UCLA

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2019

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UCLA

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2019

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In California, the salon industry represents a significant small-business sector. Working inthese salons are cosmetologists who are exposed to a wide array of occupational hazards atwork. Toxic chemicals, musculoskeletal disorders, and psychological demands in the workplace are just a few of the hazards experienced by beauty care workers. The beauty products marketed to and used by Black women have been found to contain potentially harmful ingredients.Black hair-salon workers face serious health hazards from these products they useon clients and other health hazards at their work. Knowledge on this issue, as it relates toBlack hair care professionals and potential intervention methods, is extremely limited. This dissertation includes three studies that sought to understand the occupational health statusof Black salon workers in the Los Angeles region, identify workplace intervention strategiestailored to small businesses and pilot a community-engaged intervention program aimed atreducing workplace injuries and illnesses in the salon.Based on the first study, a lack of proper health and safety training and personal protectiveequipment use within the salon worker community was found. Additionally, it wasfound that there was a willingness by stylists to learn more about workplace hazards andhow to mitigate their risks. The conclusion of this study demonstrated a need for additionalcommunity-based studies with Black salon workers on workplace health intervention methods.In the second study, it was found that the process of developing and facilitating an intervention program for small businesses required an understanding of the community beingserved, developing a relationship with the community, building partnerships, and addressingbarriers to information. From this second study the use of community partnerships andintermediates in the promotion of safety and environmental practices was highlighted asinstrumental for success.In the third study, it was found that a community-engaged approach in the developmentof a personal protective equipment use intervention program led to favorable results includingan increase of salon safety knowledge and personal protective equipment use among BlackCosmetologists.Taken together, these research studies provide clear insights into comprehensive approachesfor targeted occupational safety intervention programs aimed at underserved workergroups.

Adewumi-Gunn, Teniope

Robbins, Wendie

UCLA

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