Associations of Work-Related Injuries and Stress to Family and Youth Wellbeing Among U.S. Latino/a Immigrant Cattle Feedyard Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Carlo G ; Maiya S ; McGinley M ; Ramos AK
• Description:
  Based on the Ecological Stress-Based Model of Immigrant Worker Safety and Health, we hypothesized that occupational stress and physical safety would be negatively linked to workers' depression, which in turn, would increase family conflict and decrease youth prosocial behaviors. A total of 242 Latino immigrant cattle feedyard workers from Nebraska and Kansas (90.9% male; M age = 37.7 years) answered questions assessing depression, occupational stress, whether they had ever been injured at work, familial conflict, and youth prosocial behaviors. All four indirect relations among occupational stress and injury and the outcomes (family conflict and youth prosocial behaviors) via depressive symptomatology were significant. Additionally, ever injured was negatively related to youth prosocial behaviors and occupational stress was positively related to youth prosocial behaviors. The findings support our model and suggest that increased stress and work-related injuries on cattle feedyards are linked to mental health problems, which in turn, is linked to more conflict experienced at home and less youth prosocial behaviors. Feedyard employers should focus on improving safety culture including providing robust training in the workplace. Practical implications to improve availability and access to mental and behavioral health resources to mitigate negative family outcomes are provided. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Aging
  • Agriculture
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Family
  • Farmers
  • Health Promotion
  • Mental Health
  • Minority Health
  • Nervous System
  • Occupational Health
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Agricultural workers
  • Agriculture
  • Minority health
  • Immigrant workers
  • Models
  • Safety measures
  • Safety programs
  • Health programs
  More +
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Nebraska ; New Hampshire ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067003
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 Feb; 20(4):3361
• Contact Point Address:
  Gustavo Carlo, School of Education, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
• Email:
  gcarlo@uci.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20270831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231241/cdc_231241_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5b829acaef761db2c5290f134b16b39f5230f4607d287717c6cc185bff62c61d62c3c266bb05dfd04766b3f4a6de3bded1a523d0da78afd710c12b5c6f4dcc7f