A Theoretical Model for Understanding Mental Health, Substance Use, and Work Performance Among Asian Immigrants

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• Personal Author:
  Salazar MK ; Tsai JH-C
• Description:
  Mental illness and substance use disorders are prevalent among workers. Each year businesses lose billions of dollars to decreased work performance associated with these issues. This article discusses a theoretical model that depicts relationships between social discrimination, job concerns, and social support and workers' mental health problems and substance use and work performance. The focus is Asian immigrant workers, a population underrepresented in the literature. This model serves to assist occupational health nurses in the practice and research arenas better understand the complexities of mental health problems and substance use among Asian immigrant workers. Occupational health nurses are in a prime position to recognize, identify, and respond to at-risk workers. Examples of areas that might be considered by occupational health nurses when using this model are included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Substance-Related Disorders Workplace
• Keywords:
  Drug-abuse Health-care-personnel Health-services Health-standards Mental-disorders Mental-health Occupational-health Occupational-health-nursing Occupational-psychology Occupational-sociology Physiological-response Physiology Psychological-responses Racial-factors Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  425-433
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036320
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2009 Oct; 57(10):425-433
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080501
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20120430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7f6ee8c64ff1e2074c120b7ab21d2b01c7dd1ca053efa9c759095cf51ba285138d656ddd918da5d103bdc51615a783151c3cfb0dbca0cbef250248af7a7e77ed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187792/cdc_187792_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.29 MB ]