无意中从工作场所带到家中的有毒污染物,被称为带回家或准职业暴露,经常被认为是由于不卫生的工人行为引起的问题。本文通过(i)调查带回家的污染物的历史以及如何研究它们,将带回家的暴露概念化为公共健康危害,(ii)认为对问题的生态社会观点对于有效预防至关重要,(三)总结导致人口面临风险的关键结构脆弱性,(四)讨论未来研究和预防工作的需要。本文将带回家的暴露重新定义为许多慢性途径之一,这些途径会导致工人之间持续的健康差异,他们的家人,和社区。包括工作在社区健康中的作用将增加对铅和农药等污染物的预防工作的全面性,这些污染物会导致环境差异。
Toxic contaminants inadvertently brought from the workplace to the home, known as take-home or paraoccupational exposures, have often been framed as a problem that arises due to unsanitary worker behavior. This review article conceptualizes take-home exposures as a public health hazard by (i) investigating the history of take-home contaminants and how they have been studied, (ii) arguing that an ecosocial view of the problem is essential for effective prevention, (iii) summarizing key structural vulnerabilities that lead populations to be at risk, and (iv) discussing future research and prevention effort needs. This article reframes take-home exposures as one of many chronic pathways that contributes to persistent health disparities among workers, their families, and communities. Including the role of work in community health will increase the comprehensiveness of prevention efforts for contaminants such as lead and pesticides that contribute to environmental disparities.