Occupational health outcomes among self-identified immigrant workers living and working in Somerville, Massachusetts 2006-2009

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• Personal Author:
  Brugge D ; Desmarais AM ; Gute, David M. ; Hyatt R ; Panikkar B ; Woodin MA ; Brugge D ; Desmarais AM ; Gute, David M. ; Hyatt R ; Panikkar B ; Woodin MA
• Corporate Authors:
  Community Partners of the Somerville Community Immigrant Worker Project ; Community Partners of the Somerville Community Immigrant Worker Project
• Description:
  This study examines the burden of occupational health risks among a convenience sample of three immigrant worker populations (Brazilian, Haitian, and El Salvadoran) in Somerville, Massachusetts. In this community based research initiative (n = 346), logistic regression is used to analyze immigrant occupational health survey data collected from 2006 to 2009. In this study, injuries at work were significantly associated with lower English proficiency (OR = 1.8, 95 % CI 1.1-3.0), workers between the ages of 46 and 65 (OR = 2.7, 95 % CI 1.0-7.0), service workers (OR = 13.8, 95 % CI 1.8-105.2), production workers (OR = 10.8, 95 % CI 1.3-90.1), construction workers (OR: 21.7, 95 % CI 2.8-170.9) and immigrants with no health insurance (OR = 1.8, 95 % CI 1.0-3.1). Injuries were negatively associated with years in the US with more established immigrants in the US >15 years reporting more injuries at work. Older immigrants who have been in the US longer but are less proficient in English, and are still employed in low-wage occupations with no health insurance suffered more injuries than recent immigrants. Further validation of this result is required. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Construction Industry Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: Occupational Health Community Based Participatory Research Construction Construction-workers Health-care Health-services Health-surveys Health Access Immigrant Health Industrial-factory-workers Injuries Occupational-health Occupations Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Service-industries

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044404
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2013 Oct; 15(5):882-889
• Contact Point Address:
  Bindu Panikkar, Department of Sociology and Anthroplogy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
• Email:
  bpanikkar@hotmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20100731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aa5109a90e910ed7976d55db9b1ee16320b6384641049b2ef9bc03a467403265bc230aaa55f264065685ca7cc1da526f89c1be4774c806b2264a71122ce12c21
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200111/cdc_200111_DS1.pdf
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