Occupational Health of Southeast Asian Immigrants in a US City: A Comparison of Data Sources

Details

• Personal Author:
  Azaroff LS ; Levenstein C ; Wegman, David H.
• Description:
  This study sought to characterize occupational injury and illness cases identified through 3 different sources of data on a population of immigrant workers. Participants were Cambodian and Lao workers living in Lowell, Mass. A household survey allowed comparisons between characteristics of work-related cases documented in workers' compensation wage replacement records and hospital records and characteristics of self-reported cases. The household survey captured types of cases missing from existing data, particularly illnesses self-reported to be associated with chemical exposures. Injuries and illnesses affecting the study population appeared to be significantly underrepresented in workers' compensation wage replacement data. Community-based methods can supplement available occupational health data sources. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-care Health-hazards Injuries Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Racial-factors Safety-measures Work-environment
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  93
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024359
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2003 Apr; 93(4):593-598
• Contact Point Address:
  Lenore S. Azaroff, ScD, Work Environment Department, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854
• Email:
  lenore_azaroff@uml.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Lowell Research Foundation, Lowell, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6cd0fb5d2756b856e38b9fc1c1e3ac60592dff5c847e057759b4cf438d4d37e11b121d4b1788ff1c129822e95637850d4144cf672f897856bb17356c7aec2d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196204/cdc_196204_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 140.14 KB ]