Occupational health and safety experiences among self-identified immigrant workers living or working in Somerville, MA by ethnicity, years in the US, and English proficiency.
Occupational health and safety experiences among self-identified immigrant workers living or working in Somerville, MA by ethnicity, years in the US, and English proficiency.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph9124452
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发表时间：
2012-12-06
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通讯作者：
Gute DM
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作者：
Panikkar B;Woodin MA;Brugge D;Desmarais AM;Hyatt R;Goldman R;Pirie A;Goldstein-Gelb M;Galvão H;Chianelli M;Vasquez I;McWhinney M;Dalembert F;Gute DM
在这个社区为基础的研究计划，我们采用了调查工具，主要是开发和管理的青少年教育工作者，以评估职业健康风险的海地，萨尔瓦多和巴西移民（n = 405）在萨默维尔，MA，美国。我们证明，种族，在美国的年，英语水平的综合分析更好地表征了移民工人的职业经验，而不是单独考虑这些变量。虽然在美国的年数（负面）和英语水平（正面）解释了健康风险的发生，但原籍国确定了社区中最脆弱的人群。巴西人，萨尔瓦多人和其他西班牙裔人，所有这些人在美国的时间长短不一，英语熟练程度不同，与其他移民相比，报告工伤的几率是其他移民的两倍。尽管这一观察结果并不显著，但它表明，仅在美国的时间和英语水平并不能预测这一人群的健康风险。我们建议开展更大规模的研究，采用社区参与式研究方法，以确认这些差异，并进一步探讨移民人口的工作和健康问题。这项研究是少数的研究工作之一，利用同期评估的职业健康问题在三个不同的移民群体在社区一级的特定环境正义的背景和社会环境。
In this community based research initiative, we employed a survey instrument predominately developed and administered by Teen Educators to assess occupational health risks for Haitian, Salvadoran, and Brazilian immigrants (n = 405) in Somerville, MA, USA. We demonstrate that a combined analysis of ethnicity, years in the US, and English proficiency better characterized the occupational experience of immigrant workers than considering these variables individually. While years in the US (negatively) and English proficiency (positively) explained the occurrence of health risks, the country of origin identified the most vulnerable populations in the community. Brazilians, Salvadorans, and other Hispanic, all of whom who have been in the US varying length of time, with varying proficiency in English language had twice the odds of reporting injuries due to work compared to other immigrants. Although this observation was not significant it indicates that years in the US and English proficiency alone do not predict health risks among this population. We recommend the initiation of larger studies employing c community based participatory research methods to confirm these differences and to further explore work and health issues of immigrant populations. This study is one of the small number of research efforts to utilize a contemporaneous assessment of occupational health problems in three distinct immigrant populations at the community level within a specific Environmental Justice context and social milieu.
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