Determinants of Asian Immigrant Workers' Mental Health and Work Performance

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请K01职业发展导师奖（par04 -105），以支持蔡博士在基于理论的多元模型检验方法、基于人群的调查设计、干预研究以及亚洲移民工人职业安全与健康（OSH）差异的社会决定因素方面的专业知识。蔡博士是一位具有良好质性研究技巧的助理教授。她的近期职业目标是通过掌握先进定量方法的新技能和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长，促进她作为一名独立研究人员的发展。最终，该职业发展奖将导致R01提案，该提案基于该提案项目所完成的研究。蔡博士的长期职业目标是将这些研究结果整合到改善亚洲移民工人健康的实践和政策中，并确定适合干预的因素，以促进更健康的美国亚洲移民劳动力。她将通过指导的研究活动、选定的课程、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，职业安全与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。为了建立一种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菲律宾裔美国人社区流行病学研究（fACES）的机会来测试社会歧视、工作关注和社会支持对移民工人心理健康问题和物质使用的影响。研究2以中国移民为样本扩展了这些因素的调查。重要的是，研究2将调查工作场所支持的附加影响，以及工作绩效作为心理健康问题和物质使用介导的远端结果。拟议的项目将为设计理论驱动的预防干预措施提供知识，以促进中国和菲律宾移民工人的健康和安全，这是职业安全卫生研究中代表性不足的人群。蔡博士将由李博士指导。Salazar和Thompson是华盛顿大学（UW）的两位资金充足的研究人员，她将获得这个研究密集型环境中的资源。竹内博士是美国亚洲移民和亚裔美国人健康研究的首席研究员，也是华盛顿大学的教授，他将担任蔡博士导师团队的顾问。该奖项将为蔡博士提供充足的研究时间，以扩展她的定量研究技能，并为开展她的研究计划奠定坚实的基础。

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.