Occupational health research beyond the work setting: inclusive inquiry with ethnic minority and immigrant workers.
Ethn Health
; 26(8): 1242-1260, 2021 11.
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| ID: mdl-31074288
ABSTRACT
Ethnic minority and immigrant workers comprise a sizable proportion of the low-wage workforce. They are surprisingly understudied despite their workplace prominence. Factors such as workplace policies, structures, worker-related characteristics, and research designs preclude their comprehensive research participation when studies are conducted in work settings. Consequently, ethnic minority and immigrant workers continue to be under-represented in inquiry and simultaneously over-represented with compromising occupational health risks. The purpose of this paper is to provide strategies to promote the inclusion of ethnic minority and immigrant workers in occupational health research. Using three different research-based examples, we illustrate the benefit of conducting occupational health research in non-workplace settings as a way to ensure research representation of ethnic minority and immigrant workers.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Occupational Health
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Emigrants and Immigrants
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Ethn Health
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States