Associations of Work Stress, Supervisor Unfairness, and Supervisor Inability to Speak Spanish with Occupational Injury Among Latino Farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Bush A ; Gan W ; Miller Clouser J ; Swanberg J
• Description:
  Little is known about how psychosocial work factors such as work stress, supervisor fairness, and language barriers affect risk of occupational injury among Latino farmworkers. This study attempts to address these questions. Surveys were administered via interviews to 225 Latino thoroughbred farmworkers. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of occupational injury in the past year in relation to occupational characteristics. Work stress (OR 6.70, 95% CI 1.84-24.31), supervisor unfairness (OR 3.34, 95% CI 1.14-9.73), longer tenure at farm (OR 2.67, 95% CI 1.13-6.34), and supervisor inability to speak Spanish (OR 2.29, 95% CI 1.05-5.00) were significantly associated with increased odds of occupational injury. Due to the associations between work stress, supervisor unfairness, supervisor inability to speak Spanish and injury, supervisor training to improve Spanish language ability and equitable management practices is merited. Future research is needed to understand the antecedents of work stress for Latino farmworkers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Farmers Healthcare Disparities Livestock Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Animal Husbandry Workers Author Keywords: Psychosocial Work Factors Farm Workers Health Disparities Injuries Job Stress Language Barrier Latino Farmworkers Livestock Industry Management Personnel Occupational Injury Psychosocial Factors Racial Factors Supervisory Personnel Work Environment Workplace Studies

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052971
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2018 Aug; 20(4):894-901
• Contact Point Address:
  Jessica Miller Clouser, Center for Health Services Research, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 740 South Limestone St, J522, Lexington, KY, USA
• Email:
  jess.clouser@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a3b42ddebb97aa8c43a77b2d104b4e39fdde6d1ee256df68d6f7c0f1f29fcd5d2068c669b27fd246b37b25c9a5388f7f2066d7e7d9df48ae5dab9998ad15e771
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215852/cdc_215852_DS1.pdf
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