going beyond the injury: regulatory conditions contributing to latina/o immigrants’ occupational psychosocial stressors

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BACKGROUND: Utilizing a psychosocial stress approach, we report psychosocial stressors that Latina/o immigrant day laborers in Baltimore report as workplace hazards and the contextual factors that shape these stressors. METHODS: Through a community-academic partnership, we conducted focus groups (n=18) and key informant interviews (n=9) using instruments developed between academics and the community partner to inquire Latina/o immigrants’ jobs, hazard awareness, occupational illnesses and injuries, and reporting behaviors. We conducted a transcript-based thematic analysis.RESULTS: The psychosocial stressors that Latina/o day laborers report as dangers at work are anxiety beating the deadline and fear from wage theft, sudden termination and immigration enforcement.DISCUSSION: More attention needs to be given to Latina/o immigrant day laborers’ occupational psychosocial risks. Policies should be made to lower barriers for Latina/o immigrants to report grievances to state agencies.
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Authors ;Airin Denise Martinez;Abdel ePiedramartel;Jacqueline eAgnew
Journal Nanomaterials
Year 2015
DOI
10.3389/fpubh.2015.00240
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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00240/full
Keywords
occupational exposure stress health policy immigration policy emigrants and immigrants psychological

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