Occupational Hazards and Risks Faced by Chinese Immigrant Restaurant Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Salazar MK ; Tsai JH
• Description:
  Historically, Chinese immigrants to the United States have worked in restaurants to support their families. Hazards and risks associated with this population's work in restaurants are underrepresented in the literature. This ethnographic study used interviews, participant-observations, and follow-up focus sessions with 18 immigrants from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to identify potential physical, biological, enviromechanical, chemical, and psychosocial hazards that they face. Psychosocial hazards were most often mentioned by the participants; biological hazards were not identified in the data. Practice and research implications for addressing health disparities in this population are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Environmental-contamination Environmental-exposure Environmental-hazards Environmental-physiology Environmental-stress Mechanical-properties Physical-stress Psychological-adaptation Psychological-factors Psychological-stress Psychology Qualitative-analysis Sociological-factors Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0160-6379
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  30
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032198
• Citation:
  Fam Community Health 2007 Apr-Jun; 30(Suppl 2):S71-S79
• Contact Point Address:
  Jenny Hsin-Chun Tsai, PhD, ARNP, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195
• Email:
  jennyt@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington School of Nursing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030901
• Source Full Name:
  Family & Community Health
• Supplement:
  2
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dbc55fd277a3a94f849216b9e83593d571fbf6f16cfb15cd46961d31033540eacd23e5e25f0362e86d71e808bb880f9a0178f112e973afb438b37803c9a77e67
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186237/cdc_186237_DS1.pdf
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