Occupational Health Research Beyond the Work Setting: Inclusive Inquiry with Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Boutain DM ; Rosemberg M-AS ; Tsai JH-C
• Description:
  Ethnic minority and immigrant workers comprise a sizable proportion of the low-wage workforce. They are surprisingly understudied despite their workplace prominence. Factors such as workplace policies, structures, worker-related characteristics, and research designs preclude their comprehensive research participation when studies are conducted in work settings. Consequently, ethnic minority and immigrant workers continue to be under-represented in inquiry and simultaneously over-represented with compromising occupational health risks. The purpose of this paper is to provide strategies to promote the inclusion of ethnic minority and immigrant workers in occupational health research. Using three different research-based examples, we illustrate the benefit of conducting occupational health research in non-workplace settings as a way to ensure research representation of ethnic minority and immigrant workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carbon Monoxide Hydrogen Sulfide Occupational Health Oxygen Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Ethnic Minority Workers Immigrant Workers Low-wage Workers Methodological Approaches Minority Health Occupational Health Occupational Health Research Policy Research Participation Work Analysis Worker Health

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• ISSN:
  1355-7858
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063868
• Citation:
  Ethn Health 2021 Nov; 26(8):1242-1260
• Contact Point Address:
  Marie-Anne S. Rosemberg, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Email:
  sanon@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Ethhnicity and Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0c78a5c78cc609662f681ddbdcc314208dac746e3461883fbd38940501bdbd02a1c2982c0fe84f681cb3a8c08ddc2f61652a7d748695140b89ccf97e78e5ba0c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222411/cdc_222411_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.67 MB ]