Exploration of work and health disparities among black women employed in poultry processing in the rural south.
Exploration of work and health disparities among black women employed in poultry processing in the rural south.
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DOI：
10.1289/ehp.7912
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发表时间：
2005-12
影响因子：
10.4
通讯作者：
Loomis D
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文献类型：
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作者：
Lipscomb HJ;Argue R;McDonald MA;Dement JM;Epling CA;James T;Wing S;Loomis D
我们描述了一个正在进行的合作，发展为学术研究人员回应了社区成员的具体要求，以记录在农村北卡罗来纳州家禽加工厂就业的黑人妇女的健康影响。关注的主要结局是上肢肌肉骨骼疾病和功能以及生活质量。由于社区妇女的关注和不良劳动关系的历史，我们决定进行这种纵向研究的方式，不需要雇主的参与。为了更详细地了解这种类型的就业的影响，流行病学分析补充人种学访谈。由此产生的方法需要社区合作。以社区为基础的工作人员作为研究小组的有偿成员，管理当地项目办公室，招募和留住参与者，进行访谈，协调身体评估，并参与外展。其他社区成员协助设计数据收集工具和招募纵向研究参与者，并参加了研究的人种学部分。本演示文稿提供了一个模型的例子，通过该模型，学术研究人员和社区成员可以在具有挑战性的情况下进行富有成效的合作。值得注意的成就包括招聘和留住了一批低收入农村黑人妇女，这些妇女在研究中往往被认为很难接触到。这一以社区为基础的项目包括与以社区为基础的参与性研究有关的若干要素。
We describe an ongoing collaboration that developed as academic investigators responded to a specific request from community members to document health effects on black women of employment in poultry-processing plants in rural North Carolina. Primary outcomes of interest are upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and function as well as quality of life. Because of concerns of community women and the history of poor labor relations, we decided to conduct this longitudinal study in a manner that did not require involvement of the employer. To provide more detailed insights into the effects of this type of employment, the epidemiologic analyses are supplemented by ethnographic interviews. The resulting approach requires community collaboration. Community-based staff, as paid members of the research team, manage the local project office, recruit and retain participants, conduct interviews, coordinate physical assessments, and participate in outreach. Other community members assisted in the design of the data collection tools and the recruitment of longitudinal study participants and took part in the ethnographic component of the study. This presentation provides an example of one model through which academic researchers and community members can work together productively under challenging circumstances. Notable accomplishments include the recruitment and retention of a cohort of low-income rural black women, often considered hard to reach in research studies. This community-based project includes a number of elements associated with community-based participatory research.
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影响因子：
10.4
作者：
Arcury, Thomas A.;Quandt, Sara A.;McCauley, Linda
通讯作者：
McCauley, Linda
影响因子：
3.5
作者：
Dement, JM;Welch, L;Ringen, K
通讯作者：
Ringen, K
影响因子：
2.3
作者：
Dennis, BP;Neese, JB
通讯作者：
Neese, JB
影响因子：
5.7
作者：
Corbie-Smith, G;Ammerman, AS;Switzer, B
通讯作者：
Switzer, B
影响因子：
2.7
作者：
Buchanan, DR
通讯作者：
Buchanan, DR