A Multi-Sector Assessment of Community Organizational Capacity for Promotion of Chinese Immigrant Worker Health

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• Personal Author:
  Thompson EA ; Tsai JH-C
• Description:
  Background: Community-based collaborative approaches have received increased attention as a means for addressing occupational health disparities. Organizational capacity, highly relevant to engaging and sustaining community partnerships, however, is rarely considered in occupational health research. Methods: To characterize community organizational capacity specifically relevant to Chinese immigrant worker health, we used a cross-sectional, descriptive design with 36 agencies from six community sectors in King County, Washington. Joint interviews, conducted with two representatives from each agency, addressed three dimensions of organizational capacity: organizational commitment, resources, and flexibility. Descriptive statistics were used to capture the patterning of these dimensions by community sector. Results: Organizational capacity varied widely across and within sectors. Chinese and Pan-Asian service sectors indicated higher capacity for Chinese immigrant worker health than did Chinese faith-based, labor union, public, and Pan-ethnic nonprofit sectors. Conclusions: Variation in organizational capacity in community sectors can inform selection of collaborators for community-based, immigrant worker health interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Emigration And Immigration Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Workload Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Community Sectors Demographic Characteristics Immigrant Worker Health Immigrant Workers Occupational Health Disparities Organizational Capacity Racial Factors Sociological Factors Work Capacity Work Environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050297
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2017 Dec; 60(12):1066-1076
• Contact Point Address:
  Jenny H.-C. Tsai, PhD, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195-7263
• Email:
  jennyt@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c08fe44bb225f105b157b48b9979d29c18b0fdb895fdabbb2a13ead636c3f3638f2e911d18d48644b45603fe37f023dffbf4b9418da633c05d922e7fa4c2665
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210707/cdc_210707_DS1.pdf
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