Suzanne Teran, MPH

Suzanne Teran, MPH

Biography

Suzanne has been working at LOHP for 15 years, with a focus on immigrant workers and Spanish-language training. She enjoys the “mix” that LOHP provides, by being able to work with workers in various industries – including construction, domestic work, day labor, agriculture, electroplating – and also the variety in the type of work she carries out – including direct training, “training of trainers,” building the capacity of organizations that can reach workers, delving into new areas such as social marketing and evaluation, and linking the work to policy.

Projects/Areas of Expertise 

Domestic Workers; Working Immigrant Safety & Health Coalition (WISH); Heat Illness Prevention

Publications

1. Teran S, Blecker H, Scruggs K, Garcia Hernandez J, Rahke B. 2015. Promoting Adoption of Fall Prevention Measures Among Latino Workers and Residential Contractors: Formative Research Findings. Am J Ind Med. Epub ahead of print May 26.

2. Boatman L, Chapman D, Teran S. 2015. Creating the Climate for Making Ergonomic Changes. CPWR report. 81 pgs.

3. Teran S, Strochlic R, Chang C. 2013. California Heat Illness Prevention Campaign 2012: Final Performance and Evaluation Report. Produced for the California Department of Industrial Relations.

4. Pinedo M, Castañeda X, Teran S. 2011. Occupational Health and Safety among Latinos in the United States (Policy Brief). Health Initiative of the Americas, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

5. Teran S, Strochlic R, Bush D, Baker R, Meyer J. 2008. Reaching teen farm workers with health and safety information: An evaluation of a high school ESL curriculum. J Agric Saf Health.14(2):147-62.

6. Teran, S., Baker, R., El-Askari, E. 2007. Immigrant Workers in U.S. Construction: Sharing Lessons Learned in Our Unions. Silver Spring, Maryland: Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR).

7. Teran, S., Baker, R., Sum, J. 2002. Improving health and safety conditions for California’s immigrant workers: Report and recommendations of the California Working Immigrant Safety and Health Coalition. Berkeley, CA: Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California.

8. Bradman A, Harnly M, Draper W, Siedel S, Teran S, Wakeham D, Neutra R. 1997. Pesticide Exposures to Children from California’s Central Valley: Results of a Pilot Study. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 7:217-34.