Reducing Health Disparities: Implementing Worker Health Education with Ethnic Community Agencies

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• Personal Author:
  Herting JR ; Thompson EA ; Tsai JH-C
• Description:
  Background/Objective: Conventional worksite prevention approaches, intended to improve worker health and safety, are relatively ineffective in reaching low-wage immigrant workers. Community agencies-which serve as resources, cultural/linguistic brokers and advocates for immigrants-are alternative avenues to reach immigrant workers and build community norms for promoting worker health. This study was designed to uncover the type and range of influences that shape decisions made by community agencies regarding whether to adopt worker health education as part of routine community service. Methods: This qualitative study uses key informant interviews conducted in multiple community agencies (9 Chinese community agencies, 12 Chinese faith-based organizations, 6 Pan-Asian community agencies, and 17 nonprofits), all of which have existing programs relevant to Chinese immigrant workers. Domain and taxonomic analysis will be used to identify intra- and extra-organizational factors that influence agency openness to adopt innovative approaches for basic worker health education (WHEB). Results: The analysis is designed to uncover patterns and relations among identified factors and to capture agency responses when provided an opportunity to adopt WHEB projects. The results will identify robust strategies for selecting and developing community partnerships to facilitate WHEB adoption, and will form the basis for assessment of WHEB uptake processes in actual agency settings. Conclusion: Effective community-based collaborative approaches are needed to reduce health disparities among immigrant workers, yet innovation in practice involves complex, iterative processes. This study's creative approach, which focuses on community organizations rather than specific worksites, will generate knowledge essential to advancing the implementation of evidence-based worker health interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emigration And Immigration Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health And Safety Community Based Health Promotion Immigrant Workers Information Dissemination Occupational Health Disparities Worker Health
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055648
• Citation:
  Health in All Policies, APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 31-November 4, 2015, Chicago, Illinois. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2015 Nov; :330760
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20140701
• Source Full Name:
  Health in All Policies, APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 31-November 4, 2015, Chicago, Illinois
• End Date:
  20171231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe5bd4c09d4a38bf734bc8526ef5262c4291509a81fe2ba28a689a47ffb9a006ea032e43b366a712dc6e59130595651a9b613ff93c3d5174ce7a30ef600c1336
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213445/cdc_213445_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 34.47 KB ]