Occupational health research with immigrant workers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Eggerth DE ; Flynn MA
• Description:
  Labor migration to the United States and across the globe is a central characteristic and result of the global economy. In this chapter, we have argued that gaining a better understanding of the types and rates of injuries suffered by immigrants, contributing factors to these injuries, and improved prevention measures, will not only aid in protecting some of the most vulnerable workers in any society but will also reduce the economic burden for occupational injury and illness on society as a whole. However, in order to reach these goals most effectively, researchers will need to be flexible enough to collaborate with community partners on research design and goals, as well as enlisting their support with participant recruitment and data collection. Researchers also need to recognize their own cultural biases and recognize they may have cultural "blind spots." Finaliy, it is of the utmost importance that any interventions proposed and/or developed can be implemented and sustained by existing community resources, long after the artificial influx of grant dollars is gone. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Public Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Public-health Racial-factors Traumatic-injuries
• ISBN:
  9780520277946
• Publisher:
  University of California Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  377-395
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045650
• Citation:
  Migration and health: a research methods handbook. Schenker MB, Castaneda X, Rodriguez-Lainz A, eds. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2014 Oct; :377-395
• Editor(s):
  Schenker MB; Castaneda X; Rodriguez-Lainz A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Migration and health: a research methods handbook
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5bef3d2120491845ea5dd607f40b9b7deb76618d89cdcbfb1be5ba4b584970a83653c36e0fe34efa5572727593bc0795d5204192d393c0aa747567b1b6cba0ea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200996/cdc_200996_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.73 MB ]