Project Objectives

The specific aims of our project are to:

1. Develop and maintain a community-based partnership committed to improving construction safety and health in Lawrence, Massachusetts, an area with a largely Hispanic immigrant workforce and contractors with varying levels of knowledge and resources.
2. Apply a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to adapt organizational and technical interventions for fall prevention and silica exposure prevention in the construction worksites.
3. Implement the interventions developed and evaluate their effectiveness at reducing fall hazards and silica exposure.
4. Diffuse and disseminate effective interventions through the Lawrence area, and eventually nationwide.
5. Institutionalize a community-university-employer-labor partnership that combines the skills and resources of all members to protect the health of vulnerable workers over the long term.
6. Evaluate the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) process and collaborative approach.