Social isolation among Latino workers in rural North Carolina: exposure and health implications

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson AM ; Arcury TA ; Chen H ; Grzywacz JG ; Marín AJ ; Mora DC ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  Immigrant Latinos frequently experience social isolation in their receiving communities. This paper investigates the prevalence of social isolation among immigrant workers in a new settlement area and delineates the association between social isolation and physical and mental health outcomes. Interviews were conducted in Spanish with immigrant Latino manual workers (N = 743) in western North Carolina. The CES-D and the SF-12 questionnaires assessed health outcomes. A social isolation scale was used to assess degree of social isolation. Nearly 1 in 5 workers (19.5 %) reported the highest level of social isolation. Social isolation was associated with higher depressive symptoms and poorer physical and mental health, related to quality of life. Social isolation is a common experience among immigrant Latinos that may have negative implications for physical and mental health. Community outreach efforts to minimize experiences of isolation may be useful in protecting immigrant physical and mental health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workload
• Keywords:
  Adaptation Author Keywords: Latino Immigrant Workers Families Health Health-surveys Job-analysis Mental-disorders Mental-health Physical-fitness Physiological-factors Psychological-factors Questionnaires Racial-factors Social Isolation Sociological-factors Work-capability Work-capacity Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• 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:
  16
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046960
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2014 Oct; 16(5):822-830
• Contact Point Address:
  D. C. Mora, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
• Email:
  dmora@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:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20140929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8eb8e4335c4e50c661eac0b3d9072b32382c43b5eeb7a81a236c95372f5ce5d5e6be0efcf8b6fbe521cba944a8074c8e04634611f52d9d7d7dec5e7e354d7056
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202212/cdc_202212_DS1.pdf
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