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1. Perspectives of peripartum people on opportunities for personal and collective action to reduce exposure to everyday chemicals: Focus groups to inform exposure report-back

Author

Oksas, Catherine, Brody, Julia Green, Brown, Phil, Boronow, Katherine E, DeMicco, Erin, Charlesworth, Annemarie, Juarez, Maribel, Geiger, Sarah, Schantz, Susan L, Woodruff, Tracey J, Morello-Frosch, Rachel, Padula, Amy M, and Outcomes, program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health

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Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Behavioral and Social Science, Clinical Research, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, Aetiology, Generic health relevance, Good Health and Well Being, Child, Environmental Exposure, Environmental Monitoring, Focus Groups, Humans, Peripartum Period, Biomonitoring, Return of results, Environmental chemicals, Exposure reduction, Environmental health literacy, Collective action, Environmental health, Health literacy, Digital health communications, per, and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Phenolic compounds, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Toxicology, Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Abstract

Participants in biomonitoring studies who receive personal exposure reports seek information to reduce exposures. Many chemical exposures are driven by systems-level policies rather than individual actions; therefore, change requires engagement in collective action. Participants' perceptions of collective action and use of report-back to support engagement remain unclear. We conducted virtual focus groups during summer 2020 in a diverse group of peripartum people from cohorts in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program (N = 18). We assessed baseline exposure and collective action experience, and report-back preferences. Participants were motivated to protect the health of their families and communities despite significant time and cognitive burdens. They requested time-conscious tactics and accessible information to enable action to reduce individual and collective exposures. Participant input informed the design of digital report-back in the cohorts. This study highlights opportunities to shift responsibility from individuals to policymakers to reduce chemical exposures at the systems level.

Published
2022

3. Structuring Lean Thinking in the Radio Access Network Area

Author

Juarez, Maribel

Subjects
Lean Service and Lean tools
Abstract

Customer’ demands, higher quality, faster and safer deliveries are some reasons for unexpected changes in the organizations. It has incremented complexity and cost. Lean production is known as a methodology to make improvements in manufacturing areas such as mentioned above and it is focused on the process of a product. But, Lean Thinking is a management strategy to make improvements in the process of a product or service and it is based on five principles. It allows having the process close to the customer eliminates tasks that do not add value and produces with low costs and high quality. However, there are some concepts ambiguous to be applied effectively to the Radio Access Network area in wireless telecom industry as a service company. Radio Access Network area transmits Radio frequency (RF) signals from the Radio Base Station (RBS) to the user equipment (UE) or mobile phone and is an area to present dynamic changes by high technology innovation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify improvements through for the Radio Access Network area. This thesis was structured to know how the five Lean principles and Lean tools can be used in the Radio Access Network area and the benefits that it could have. The study was realized through a qualitative research and five semi-structured interviews. A manager, team leaders and engineers of wireless telecom industry vendor and operators were the participants for this study. The results of major impact for Lean principles and Lean tools were VSM and Flow principles and Waste as Lean tool found for the Radio Access Network area. Project definition, resource planning and VOC were some improvements revealed for VSM principle. Furthermore, faster and optimal tools, training for engineers, knowledge in software and employee empowerment were some improvements found for Flow principle. Waste Lean tool showed some improvements found on customer’s focus, clear communication and waiting time reduction. Cross functional teams were other aspects that provided quality performance in the projects. This study seemingly is a good start for making decisions and for the high technology innovation and dynamic changes for telecom service companies.

Published
2014

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