Celeste Monforton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6058680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Celeste Monforton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Celeste |
| FAMILY NAME | Monforton |
| SIGNATURE | MONFORTON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2888-0460 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hazardous work exposures and working conditions and the risk of serious injury among Latino day laborers in Houston, Texas (2014–2021)
Introduction: Latino day laborers (LDLs) are frequently exposed to workplace hazards that increase their risk of an injury. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative influence of worker and workplace characteristics on serious injuries reported by LDLs at four different time points. We examined the influence of demographic characteristics, hazardous chemical exposures and working conditions using data from four cross-sectional surveys …
Development and refinement of a corner-based injury prevention programme for Latino day labourers
Objective: Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being evaluated as part of a cluster randomised trial in which health promotion is taken directly to the '…
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AffiliationsCeleste Monforton is a professorial lecturer with the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC
An Impact Evaluation of a Federal Mine Safety Training Regulation on Injury Rates Among US Stone, Sand, and Gravel Mine Workers
Objectives. We evaluated the impact of a safety training regulation, implemented by the US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in 1999, on injury rates at stone, sand, and gravel mining operations. Methods. We applied a time-series design and analyses with quarterly counts of nonfatal injuries and employment hours from 7998 surface aggregate mines from 1995 through 2006. Covariates included standard industrial class…
Weight of the Evidence or Wait for the Evidence? Protecting Underground Miners From Diesel Particulate Matter
A coalition of mine operators has used a variety of tactics to obstruct scientific inquiry and impede public health action designed to protect underground miners from diesel particulate matter. These workers are exposed to the highest level of diesel particulate matter compared with any other occupational group. This case study profiles a decade-long saga of the Methane Awareness Resource Group Diesel Coalition to impede epidemiological studies o…
Manufacturing Uncertainty
Opponents of public health and environmental regulations often try to “manufacture uncertainty” by questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulations are based. Though most identified with the tobacco industry, this strategy has also been used by producers of other hazardous products. Its proponents use the label “junk science” to ridicule research that threatens powerful interests. This strategy of manufacturing uncertainty…
Industry Attacks on Science
I applaud Rosenstock and Lee for their article “Attacks on Science: The Risk to Evidence-Based Policy.”1 The authors describe tactics used by a variety of interests to undermine public health initiatives and suggest that the scientific community understand these threats and devise institutional responses to them. They illustrate the need for action by recounting the measures used by an industry group to delay the National Institute for Occupation…
Manufacturing Uncertainty
Opponents of public health and environmental regulations often try to “manufacture uncertainty” by questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulations are based. Though most identified with the tobacco industry, this strategy has also been used by producers of other hazardous products. Its proponents use the label “junk science” to ridicule research that threatens powerful interests. This strategy of manufacturing uncertainty…
Weight of the Evidence or Wait for the Evidence? Protecting Underground Miners From Diesel Particulate Matter
A coalition of mine operators has used a variety of tactics to obstruct scientific inquiry and impede public health action designed to protect underground miners from diesel particulate matter. These workers are exposed to the highest level of diesel particulate matter compared with any other occupational group. This case study profiles a decade-long saga of the Methane Awareness Resource Group Diesel Coalition to impede epidemiological studies o…
Industry Attacks on Science
I applaud Rosenstock and Lee for their article “Attacks on Science: The Risk to Evidence-Based Policy.”1 The authors describe tactics used by a variety of interests to undermine public health initiatives and suggest that the scientific community understand these threats and devise institutional responses to them. They illustrate the need for action by recounting the measures used by an industry group to delay the National Institute for Occupation…
Manufacturing Uncertainty
Opponents of public health and environmental regulations often try to “manufacture uncertainty” by questioning the validity of scientific evidence on which the regulations are based. Though most identified with the tobacco industry, this strategy has also been used by producers of other hazardous products. Its proponents use the label “junk science” to ridicule research that threatens powerful interests. This strategy of manufacturing uncertainty…
Weight of the Evidence or Wait for the Evidence? Protecting Underground Miners From Diesel Particulate Matter
A coalition of mine operators has used a variety of tactics to obstruct scientific inquiry and impede public health action designed to protect underground miners from diesel particulate matter. These workers are exposed to the highest level of diesel particulate matter compared with any other occupational group. This case study profiles a decade-long saga of the Methane Awareness Resource Group Diesel Coalition to impede epidemiological studies o…
An Impact Evaluation of a Federal Mine Safety Training Regulation on Injury Rates Among US Stone, Sand, and Gravel Mine Workers
Objectives. We evaluated the impact of a safety training regulation, implemented by the US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in 1999, on injury rates at stone, sand, and gravel mining operations. Methods. We applied a time-series design and analyses with quarterly counts of nonfatal injuries and employment hours from 7998 surface aggregate mines from 1995 through 2006. Covariates included standard industrial class…
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AffiliationsCeleste Monforton is a professorial lecturer with the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Monforton Comments
Development and refinement of a corner-based injury prevention programme for Latino day labourers
Objective: Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being evaluated as part of a cluster randomised trial in which health promotion is taken directly to the '…
Hazardous work exposures and working conditions and the risk of serious injury among Latino day laborers in Houston, Texas (2014–2021)
Introduction: Latino day laborers (LDLs) are frequently exposed to workplace hazards that increase their risk of an injury. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative influence of worker and workplace characteristics on serious injuries reported by LDLs at four different time points. We examined the influence of demographic characteristics, hazardous chemical exposures and working conditions using data from four cross-sectional surveys …
Medicine (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Occupational safety and health (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agriculture and Farm Safety (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Occupational Health and Safety Research (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (2 works)