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Teresa Scherzer

Researcher at University of California, San Francisco

Publications -  16
Citations -  635

Teresa Scherzer is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Workers' compensation & Occupational injury. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 16 publications receiving 575 citations.

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Physical workload, work intensification, and prevalence of pain in low wage workers: results from a participatory research project with hotel room cleaners in Las Vegas.

TL;DR: Most room cleaners experience severe back or neck pain, and severe pain showed strong associations with physical workload, work intensification, and ergonomic problems.
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Work-Related Pain and Injury and Barriers to Workers’ Compensation Among Las Vegas Hotel Room Cleaners

TL;DR: The reasons for underreporting and the extent of claim denial warrant further investigation, and implications for worker health and the precise quantification of shifting costs to workers also should be addressed.
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Psychosocial work environment of hospital workers: Validation of a comprehensive assessment scale

TL;DR: High levels of demands at work and low levels of work organization and problematic interpersonal relations at work were associated with lower self-rated mental health in a sample of Danish hospital workers.
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Water consumption beliefs and practices in a rural Latino community: implications for fluoridation

TL;DR: Perceptions about water quality and safety have important implications for adequate fluoride exposure among vulnerable populations, and technical reports of water safety have not only to be believed and trusted but matched or superseded by experience before meaningful change will occur in people's water consumption habits.
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Women's perceptions of neighborhood resources and hazards related to diet, physical activity, and smoking: focus group results from economically distinct neighborhoods in a mid-sized U.S. city.

TL;DR: This qualitative, exploratory study illustrates how resources and hazards in one's neighborhood cannot be viewed as having solely one dimension—each may influence health behaviors both positively and negatively.