Work organization and health among immigrant women: Latina manual workers in North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Chen H ; Grzywacz JG ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: We sought to describe work organization attributes for employed immigrant Latinas and determine associations of work organization with physical health, mental health, and health-related quality of life. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 319 employed Latinas in western North Carolina (2009-2011). Measures included job demands (heavy load, awkward posture, psychological demand), decision latitude (skill variety, job control), support (supervisor control, safety climate), musculoskeletal symptoms, mental health (depressive symptoms), and mental (MCS) and physical component score (PCS) health-related quality of life. RESULTS: Three fifths reported musculoskeletal symptoms. Mean scores for depression, MCS, and PCS were 6.2 (SE = 0.2), 38.3 (SE = 0.5), and 42.8 (SE = 0.3), respectively. Greater job demands (heavy load, awkward posture, greater psychological demand) were associated with more musculoskeletal and depressive symptoms and worse MCS. Less decision latitude (lower skill variety, job control) was associated with more musculoskeletal and depressive symptoms. Greater support (supervisor's power and safety climate) was associated with fewer depressive symptoms and better MCS. CONCLUSIONS: Work organization should be considered to improve occupational health of vulnerable women workers. Additional research should delineate the links between work organization and health among vulnerable workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Decision Making Mental Disorders Mental Health Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workload
• Keywords:
  Decision-making Health-surveys Job-analysis Mental-disorders Mental-health Musculoskeletal-system Physical-fitness Physiological-factors Psychological-factors Racial-factors Safety-climate Sociological-factors Task-performance Work-capability Work-capacity Work-organization Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  104
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045622
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2014 Dec; 104(12):2445-2452
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  tarcury@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20140929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:307616cec4128fe93a26e09048729e55618e1fd70b7a8822fba90e9ff0e2ac3a34a7ff67170351695ca1a1aa45b89545b7316fdbc466399305709790a6695922
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200975/cdc_200975_DS1.pdf
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