Determinants of Asian Immigrant Workers' Mental Health and Work Performance

亚洲移民工人心理健康和工作绩效的决定因素

• 批准号: 7643243
• 负责人: JENNY HSIN-CHUN TSAI
• 金额: $ 10.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7643243
• 关键词: Determinants; Asian; Immigrant; Workers; Mental

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for a K01 Mentored Career Development Award (PAR-04-105) for Dr. Tsai to develop expertise in theory-based multivariate model testing methods, population-based survey design, intervention research, and social determinants of occupational safety and health (OSH) disparities among Asian immigrant workers. Dr. Tsai is an Assistant Professor with well-honed qualitative research skills. Her immediate career goal is to facilitate her development as an independent researcher by acquiring new skills in advanced quantitative methods and refining her community-partnered research expertise in the area of Asian immigrant worker health and safety. Ultimately, this career development award will lead to a R01 proposal based on the research completed as the result of this proposed project. Dr. Tsai's longer-term career goals are to integrate these research findings into practice and policy for improved Asian immigrant worker health and to identify factors amenable to interventions that promote a healthier USAsian immigrant workforce. She will acquire new knowledge and skills through mentored research activities, selected coursework, participations in research seminars, and active participation in research dissemination through scientific presentations and publications. Traditionally, OSH research focuses on the effects of workplace physical, chemical, and biological hazards on workers' health and safety. To create a more comprehensive approach to promoting worker health and safety, social and workplace determinants of health need to be considered. The proposed research project includes two studies. Study 1 maximizes an opportunity to use the NIAAA/NIH Filipino American Community Epidemiological Study (fACES) to test the influence of social discrimination, job concerns, and social support on immigrant workers' mental health problems and substance use. Study 2 extends the investigation of these factors with a sample of Chinese immigrants. Importantly, Study 2 will investigate the added influence of workplace support, and work performance as a distal outcome mediated by mental health problems and substance use. The proposed project will generate knowledge for designing theory-driven preventive interventions for promoting health and safety among Chinese and Filipino immigrant workers, an underrepresented population in OSH research. Dr. Tsai will be mentored by Drs. Salazar and Thompson, two well-funded researchers at the University of Washington (UW), and she will have access to resources in this research-intenstive environment. Dr. Takeuchi, a US lead researcher in Asian immigrant and Asian American health and a Professor at the UW, will serve as consultant on Dr. Tsai's mentorship team. This award will secure sufficient research time for Dr. Tsai to expand her quantitative research skills and to build a solid base for launching her program of research.

简介(由申请人提供)：本建议申请资助K01辅导职业发展奖(PAR-04-105)，让蔡博士在基于理论的多元模型测试方法、基于人口的调查设计、干预研究以及亚洲移民工人职业安全与健康(OSH)差距的社会决定因素方面发展专业知识。蔡博士是一名助理教授，具有精湛的定性研究技能。她的直接职业目标是通过掌握先进量化方法的新技能，并完善她在亚洲移民工人健康和安全领域的社区合作研究专业知识，促进她作为一名独立研究人员的发展。最终，这一职业发展奖将导致基于作为该拟议项目的结果而完成的研究的R01提案。蔡崇信的长期职业目标是将这些研究成果整合到改善亚洲移民工人健康的实践和政策中，并确定有利于促进美国移民劳动力更健康的干预因素。她将通过有指导的研究活动、选定的课程作业、参加研究研讨会以及通过科学报告和出版物积极参与研究传播，获得新的知识和技能。传统上，职业安全卫生研究侧重于工作场所物理、化学和生物危害对工人健康和安全的影响。为了制定更全面的方法来促进工人的健康和安全，需要考虑健康的社会和工作场所决定因素。拟议的研究项目包括两项研究。研究1最大限度地利用NIAAA/NIH菲律宾裔美国社区流行病学研究(FACES)来测试社会歧视、工作担忧和社会支持对移民工人心理健康问题和药物使用的影响。研究二以中国移民为样本，扩展了对这些因素的调查。重要的是，研究2将调查工作场所支持和工作表现作为精神健康问题和物质使用中介的远端结果的额外影响。拟议的项目将产生知识，以设计理论驱动的预防干预措施，促进中国和菲律宾移民工人的健康和安全，在职业安全卫生研究中，中国和菲律宾移民工人的代表性不足。蔡博士将接受华盛顿大学(UW)两位资金充足的研究人员Salazar和Thompson博士的指导，她将可以在这个研究密集的环境中获得资源。竹内博士是美国亚裔移民和亚裔美国人健康方面的首席研究员，也是威斯康星州大学的教授，他将担任蔡博士导师团队的顾问。这一奖项将确保蔡博士有足够的研究时间来扩展她的定量研究技能，并为启动她的研究计划奠定坚实的基础。