Non-Standard Work Arrangements, Health and Wellbeing Among Hotel Housekeepers

抽象的。 通过非标准工作安排(NSWA)聘用的酒店管家的健康状况为 未得到充分研究。在酒店业180万工人中，酒店管家占了大多数 (HHS)可能面临替代工作安排，原因有几个，包括季节性需求，如 以及过分强调成本和劳动力控制。卫生和公众服务部已经经历了工作压力(例如，高工作压力) 和工作之外，以及糟糕的健康状况。因此，通过NSWA雇用的HHS很可能会遇到 工作经验欠佳，与经济和健康相关的结果不佳。然而，这方面的研究还很缺乏。 探索通过NSWA雇用的酒店管家的健康和生活经历。通过健康的 国家职业安全与健康研究所(NIOSH)工作设计与福祉项目 将NSWA确定为研究优先事项。NIOSH注意到通过NSWA雇用的工人的脆弱性 具有暂时性、不稳定性、不规则性，缺乏法律保护和社会利益的特点 对于工人“，所有这些都可能对工人的健康和福祉产生负面影响。为了解决联邦政府认定的这个问题 GAP和回应PAR-18-797-我们建议进行一项混合方法序贯设计研究 定量(N=140)了解通过NSWA雇佣的HHS与通过NSWA雇佣的HHS的健康状况 标准工作(Sw)和定性工作(n=40)探讨两者的生活经历和健康状况 组(NSWA与SW)不同。该项目将从三个方面为NIOSH的使命做出贡献。(1)研究 响应NIOSH的健康工作设计和福祉计划，该计划将NSWA确定为其优先事项之一 并呼吁了解与职业病有关的风险和条件以及 受伤。(2)这第一项描述性探索性研究是必要的，以便为今后的研究奠定基础 将有助于促进我们对NSWA与HHS和其他健康之间关系的科学认识 工人团体。(3)研究结果将为NSWA的指导方针和政策以及未来提供参考 可以促进组织变革和支持员工个人的干预措施。这项研究有几个 创新的方面。首先，它关注的是一个脆弱且未得到充分研究的人群--HHS。第二，这将是 第一项通过NSWA雇佣的HHS的健康状况和生活体验的研究。第三，这项研究 融合了身份、研究和健康对话开放式(I-REH-DO)访谈方法， 允许叙事性话语来理解影响健康的社会结构的动态。混合的- 方法方法带来了科学的严谨性，使这项研究成为此类研究中第一个同时包括定量和 用定性的方法来理解NSWA现象与工人健康相关的复杂性。 我们的教育经验、研究技能、以前的研究、跨学科团队和基于社区的 与当地组织的联系确保了这一项目的成功。

ABSTRACT. The health status of hotel housekeepers hired through Non-Standard Work Arrangement (NSWA) is understudied. Making up the majority of the 1.8 million workers in the hospitality industry, hotel housekeepers (HHs) are likely to face alternative work arrangements because of several factors, including seasonal demands as well as the overemphasis on cost and labor control. HHs already experience stress at work (e.g., high job strain) and outside of work, and poor health. Thus, HHs hired through NSWA are likely to encounter heightened suboptimal work experiences and poor economic and health-related outcomes. Yet there is a dearth of studies exploring the health and lived experiences of hotel housekeepers employed through NSWA. Through the Healthy Work Design and Well-Being program, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) identified NSWA as a research priority. NIOSH noted the vulnerability of workers hired through NSWA given that it is characterized by “temporariness, instability, irregularity, and lack of legal protections and social benefits for workers” all of which may negatively affect workers’ health and wellbeing. To address this federally identified gap and in response to PAR-18-797-we propose to conduct a mixed-method sequential design study to quantitatively (N=140) explore the health status of HHs hired through NSWA compared to HHs hired through standard work (SW) and qualitatively (n=40) explore how the lived experiences and health status of the two groups (NSWA vs. SW) differ. This project will contribute to NIOSH’s mission in three ways. (1) The study responds to NIOSH’s Healthy Work Design and Well-Being program which identified NSWA as one of its priority areas and the call for an understanding of risks and conditions associated with occupational diseases and injuries. (2) This first descriptive exploratory study is necessary in laying the groundwork for future studies that will help further our scientific knowledge of the relationship between NSWA and the health of HHs and other worker groups. (3) The study findings will inform guidelines and policies on NSWA as well as future interventions that can facilitate organizational change and support the individual worker. This study has several innovative facets. First, it focuses on a vulnerable and understudied population, HHs. Second, this will be the first study to explore the health status and lived experience of HHs hired through NSWA. Third, this study incorporates the Identity, Research, and Health Dialogic Open-Ended (I-ReH-DO) interviewing approach which allows for narrative discourse for understanding dynamics of social constructs influencing health. The mixed- method approach brings scientific rigor making the study the first of its kind to include both quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of NSWA in relation to workers’ health. Our educational experiences, research skills, previous studies, interdisciplinary team, and community-based connections with local organizations ensure the success of this project.