The “Salon Safety Quiz” for pre-/post-evaluation assessment when training young cosmetology workers in public secondary schools

Apostolico, Alexsandra A.; Shendell, Derek G.; Lewis, Amy; Kelly, Sarah; Murtha, Alison T.; Houlroyd, Jenny L.

doi:10.1016/j.jchas.2014.09.013

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“…The crude and adjusted odds ratios revealed that sociodemographic variables did not predict the Nail cosmeticians' knowledge about exposure to cosmetics-related hazardous chemicals. Although not seen in this study, nail cosmeticians greatly improve their knowledge and benefit from being trained on the safe handling of the chemicals they use [2, 5, 35, 42–44]. The training would also need to be delivered in the workers local language [2, 35].…”

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Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda

Ssempebwa

Ndejjo

Neebye

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Globally, nail salons represent a fast expanding industry and often with low-income cosmeticians. In general, cosmeticians have limited access to safety information about the hazardous materials they handle, which would potentially enable them to minimize workplace exposures. The problem is much pronounced in low- and middle-income countries due to weaknesses in regulation of the industry. We investigated determinants of exposures to hazardous materials among nail cosmeticians in Kampala District, Uganda. We employed a cross-sectional study design among a random sample of 243 participants. The sociodemographic characteristics, education and training status, knowledge about routes of exposure to hazardous chemicals, and personal protective material use of cosmeticians were assessed through face-to-face interviews. Most cosmeticians were aged 18–34 years, and more males were engaged in this work than females. Also, 82.7% believed inhalation was the major exposure route for the chemicals they handled. Participants who had attained secondary-level education and above were over three times more likely to wear masks (AOR = 3.19, 95% CI 1.58–6.41) and gloves (AOR = 3.48, 95% CI 1.55–7.81) and over two times more likely to use aprons (AOR = 2.50, 95% CI 1.18–5.32). Participants who had ever received safety training on hazardous chemicals were more likely to wear all four personal protective equipment: masks (AOR = 3.21, 95% CI 1.61–6.42), gloves (AOR = 4.23, 95% CI 2.05–8.75), goggles (AOR = 4.14, 95% CI 1.25–13.65), and aprons (AOR = 2.73, 95% CI 1.25–5.96). Participants who had spent more than two years in the nail cosmetics business were more likely to wear masks (AOR = 3.37, 95% CI 1.64–6.95). With the increasing demand for nail cosmetics, and many people in urban areas of low-income countries engaging in this industry, there is need for training and better workplace policies to promote a healthier urban workforce dealing in cosmetics.

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Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda

Ssempebwa

Ndejjo

Neebye

et al. 2019

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…This method has been adopted by several studies. [19][20][21] Prior to the CFD course, all 16 students completed at least one precursor course in fluid mechanics and at least one mathematics course covering vector calculus. They were administered the same questionnaire (Table 2) at the beginning of the CFD course (timeline in Figure 9) to gauge their response to the presumably traditional teaching encountered previously in the mentioned precursor courses.…”

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Synectics model applied in basic theory of computational fluid dynamics

Sande

Sharma

2019

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education

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Computational fluid dynamics is taught in many universities and is a trending elective option among engineering students. Although analyzing computational fluid dynamics simulations is exciting enough, the theory is equation intensive, sometimes very abstract and also difficult to visualize for the novice. A creative thinking based approach termed synectics, which involves analogies, was therefore applied in classroom teaching to increase student comfort with the equations. For this purpose six analogies encompassing basic computational fluid dynamics concepts were developed along with pictorial representations, and are presented in this work. These analogies were integrated into classroom teaching via synectics procedures. Student feedback was positive and reflected higher engagement with the course compared to when the metaphoric activity was not implemented. This work attempts to demonstrate the feasibility and value of applying creative techniques, even when teaching a highly structured and equation oriented course such as computational fluid dynamics.

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Indoor air quality and reported health symptoms among hair dressers in salons in Ibadan, Nigeria

Ana¹,

Alli²,

Uhiara³

et al. 2019

J. Chem. Health Saf.

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The “Salon Safety Quiz” for pre-/post-evaluation assessment when training young cosmetology workers in public secondary schools

Cited by 3 publications

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Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda

Determinants of Exposures to Hazardous Materials among Nail Cosmeticians in the Kampala City, Uganda

Synectics model applied in basic theory of computational fluid dynamics

Indoor air quality and reported health symptoms among hair dressers in salons in Ibadan, Nigeria

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