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| E M BarbeauSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Integrating occupational health, safety and worksite health promotion: opportunities for research and practiceG Sorensen
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community-Based Research, USA
Med Lav 97:240-57. 2006....
Coverage of smoking cessation treatment by union health and welfare fundsE M Barbeau
Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 91:1412-5. 2001..This study determined the level of insurance coverage for smoking cessation treatment and factors associated with coverage among health and welfare funds affiliated with a large labor union...- A new channel for health promotion: building trade unionsElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, SM268, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Health Promot 19:297-303. 2005..We conducted qualitative and quantitative research to understand the meaning and function of union membership in workers' lives and applied this information to health promotion intervention design... - From strange bedfellows to natural allies: the shifting allegiance of fire service organisations in the push for federal fire-safe cigarette legislationE M Barbeau
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Tob Control 14:338-45. 2005..Although the technology needed to make fire-safe cigarettes has been available for many years, progress has been slow on legislative and regulatory fronts to require the tobacco industry to manufacture fire-safe cigarettes... 
Recruiting small manufacturing worksites that employ multiethnic, low-wage workforces into a cancer prevention research trialElizabeth M Barbeau
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 1:A04. 2004..Worksites, including those that employ multiethnic, low-wage workforces, represent a strategic venue for reaching populations at risk for developing cancer...- Tobacco advertising in communities: associations with race and classElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Prev Med 40:16-22. 2005..Because of this disparity, the National Cancer Institute has called for studies of targeted tobacco marketing to clarify mechanisms contributing to higher tobacco use among low-income Americans and other high-risk populations... - Results of a union-based smoking cessation intervention for apprentice iron workers (United States)Elizabeth M Barbeau
Centre for Community Based, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:53-61. 2006..Effective smoking cessation interventions among blue-collar workers are needed to address growing class-based disparities... - Smoking, social class, and gender: what can public health learn from the tobacco industry about disparities in smoking?E M Barbeau
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, 44 Binney Street, SM268, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Tob Control 13:115-20. 2004..To discover how the tobacco industry considers social class and gender in its efforts to market cigarettes in the USA, particularly to socially disadvantaged young women... - Working class matters: socioeconomic disadvantage, race/ethnicity, gender, and smoking in NHIS 2000Elizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 94:269-78. 2004..We sought to describe the burden of smoking on the US population, using diverse socioeconomic measures... - Methods for recruiting white, black, and hispanic working-class women and men to a study of physical and social hazards at work: the United for Health studyElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Health Serv 37:127-44. 2007.... - A decade of work on organized labor and tobacco control: reflections on research and coalition building in the United StatesElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Public Health Policy 28:118-35. 2007.... - Process evaluation results from the Healthy Directions-Small Business studyMary K Hunt
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:90-107. 2007..Future studies need to examine characteristics associated with participation and nonparticipation of both managers and nonmanagers to increase the likelihood of participation and ultimately improve health behavior... 
Alcohol disorders among Asian Americans: associations with unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, and ethnic identification (the national Latino and Asian Americans study, 2002-2003)D H Chae
University of California, San Francisco, Center for Health and Community, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:973-9. 2008..To examine history of alcohol abuse/dependence disorder in relation to unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, and ethnic identification among Asian Americans...- Tools for health: the efficacy of a tailored intervention targeted for construction laborersGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, SM258, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:51-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to test a behavioral intervention among construction laborers... - Occupational, social, and relationship hazards and psychological distress among low-income workers: implications of the 'inverse hazard law'Nancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 717, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:260-72. 2011.... - The association of workplace hazards and smoking in a U.S. multiethnic working-class populationCassandra A Okechukwu
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, San Francisco, CA 94709 0844, USA
Public Health Rep 125:225-33. 2010..g., dust, chemicals, noise, and ergonomic strain) and social (e.g., abuse, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination) workplace hazards in a sample of U.S. multiethnic working-class adults... - The influence of social context on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption: results of the healthy directions studiesGlorian Sorensen
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1216-27. 2007..We also observed differences between our intervention sites. Social context can play an important role in promoting changes in fruit and vegetable consumption... - MassBuilt: effectiveness of an apprenticeship site-based smoking cessation intervention for unionized building trades workersCassandra A Okechukwu
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, 3333 California St, Suite 465, San Francisco, CA 94709 0844, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:887-94. 2009..Blue-collar workers are difficult to reach and less likely to successfully quit smoking. The objective of this study was to test a training site-based smoking cessation intervention... - The inverse hazard law: blood pressure, sexual harassment, racial discrimination, workplace abuse and occupational exposures in US low-income black, white and Latino workersNancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Soc Sci Med 67:1970-81. 2008..As clarified by the "inverse hazard law," to understand health inequities, research is needed that contrasts exposures and health status population-wide, not just among those most inequitably exposed... - Effects of individual and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence: a population-based study of women in IndiaLeland K Ackerson
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge Building, 7th flr, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
Am J Public Health 98:507-14. 2008..We examined the role of women's education and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence (IPV)... - Unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, ethnic identification, and smoking among Asian Americans in the National Latino and Asian American StudyDavid H Chae
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Public Health 98:485-92. 2008..We investigated whether ethnic identification moderated either association... - Geography of underweight and overweight among women in India: a multilevel analysis of 3204 neighborhoods in 26 statesLeland K Ackerson
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
Econ Hum Biol 6:264-80. 2008..These findings suggest that interventions to address the double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition in India must take into account state and neighborhood characteristics in order to be successful... - Implications of discrimination based on sexuality, gender, and race/ethnicity for psychological distress among working-class sexual minorities: the United for Health Study, 2003-2004David H Chae
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, USA
Int J Health Serv 40:589-608. 2010..Findings also highlight the importance of addressing discrimination in ameliorating problematic mental health outcomes among working-class sexual minorities... - Prevention strategies in industrial hygiene: a critical literature reviewCora R Roelofs
Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 01854, USA
AIHA J (Fairfax, Va) 64:62-7. 2003..Intervention effectiveness was not consistently evaluated in these articles. In response to these findings, recommendations are made to improve the evaluation and promotion of effective prevention and control strategies... - Reducing occupation-based disparities related to tobacco: roles for occupational health and organized laborElizabeth M Barbeau
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 46:170-9. 2004..Tobacco exacts a disproportionate toll on individuals employed in working class occupations, due to higher prevalence of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke among these workers compared to others... - Class matters: U.S. versus U.K. measures of occupational disparities in access to health services and health status in the 2000 U.S. National Health Interview SurveyNancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Health Serv 35:213-36. 2005.... - Experiences of discrimination: validity and reliability of a self-report measure for population health research on racism and healthNancy Krieger
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:1576-96. 2005.... - Social hazards on the job: workplace abuse, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination--a study of Black, Latino, and White low-income women and men workers in the United StatesNancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Health Serv 36:51-85. 2006..Together, these findings imply that the lived--and combined-experiences of class, race, and gender inequities and their attendant assaults on human dignity are highly germane to analyses of workers' health... - Social influences, social context, and health behaviors among working-class, multi-ethnic adultsKaren M Emmons
Harvard School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community Based Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Educ Behav 34:315-34. 2007..By examining how key social influence and contextual mediating variables relate to health behaviors, we can learn more about the types of interventions that might be needed to promote sustained health behavior change in this population... - Exposure to domestic violence associated with adult smoking in India: a population based studyLeland K Ackerson
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
Tob Control 16:378-83. 2007..To investigate the relation between domestic violence and tobacco use among adults in India... - Work-to-family spillover and fruit and vegetable consumption among construction laborersCarol M Devine
Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, 377 MVR, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:175-82. 2007..We conducted a survey to understand how worker, job, and family characteristics were related to negative work-to-family spillover and how spillover was related to fruit and vegetable consumption to inform intervention design... - R.J. Reynolds' targeting of African Americans: 1988-2000Edith D Balbach
Community Health Program, Tufts University, 112 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Am J Public Health 93:822-7. 2003..The purpose of this study was to describe RJ Reynolds (RJR) Tobacco Company's strategy for targeting African Americans, as revealed in tobacco industry documents and magazine advertisements... - Smoke-free airlines and the role of organized labor: a case studyJocelyn Pan
Community Health Program, Tufts University, 112 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Am J Public Health 95:398-404. 2005..This case illustrates the potential for successful partnerships between unions and tobacco control policy advocates when developing smoke-free worksite policies... - Political coalitions for mutual advantage: the case of the Tobacco Institute's Labor Management CommitteeEdith D Balbach
Community Health Program, Tufts University, 112 Packard Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Am J Public Health 95:985-93. 2005..While public health advocates missed an opportunity to partner with unions on the issue of smoke-free worksites during the era studied, they can use a similar strategy to form coalitions with unions... - Political coalitions and working women: how the tobacco industry built a relationship with the Coalition of Labor Union WomenEdith D Balbach
Community Health Program, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:27-32. 2006.... - Racial and ethnic disparities in smoking-cessation interventions: analysis of the 2005 National Health Interview SurveyVilma E Cokkinides
Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30303 1002, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:404-12. 2008.... - The impact of tobacco use and secondhand smoke on hospitality workersMichael Siegel
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, TW2 Boston, MA 02118, USA
Clin Occup Environ Med 5:31-42, viii. 2006..Occupational clinicians can play a significant role in protecting the health of hospitality workers by supporting laws to create smoke-free workplaces, including bars and restaurants, and promoting smoking cessation in these worksites... - Methods and baseline characteristics of two group-randomized trials with multiracial and multiethnic working-class samplesAnne M Stoddard
New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen St, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A10. 2005..This paper reports the results of the sample selection and survey methods for two group-randomized intervention studies... - Social disparities in the burden of occupational exposures: results of a cross-sectional studyMargaret M Quinn
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:861-75. 2007.... - Cessation among smokers of "light" cigarettes: results from the 2000 national health interview surveyHilary A Tindle
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1498-504. 2006..However, the availability of light cigarettes may deter smoking cessation...
Research Grants
- Physical/social hazards--jobs, race, gender and healthElizabeth Barbeau; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Smoking Cessation Intervention with Building Trade UnionElizabeth Barbeau; Fiscal Year: 2006..If shown to be effective, this intervention could be readily disseminated to a national network of building trade union apprenticeship programs, which collectively train approximately 183,000 apprentices each year. ..