Using community-based participatory research to design and initiate a study on immigrant worker health and safety in San Francisco's Chinatown restaurants.
Am J Ind Med
; 53(4): 361-71, 2010 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-20066672
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Restaurant workers have among the highest rates of work-related illness and injury in the US, but little is known about the working conditions and occupational health status of Chinese immigrant restaurant workers.METHODS:
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) was employed to study restaurant working conditions and worker health in San Francisco's Chinatown. A community/academic/health department collaborative was formed and 23 restaurant workers trained on research techniques and worker health and safety. A worker survey instrument and a restaurant observational checklist were collaboratively developed. The checklist was piloted in 71 Chinatown restaurants, and the questionnaire administered to 433 restaurant workers.RESULTS:
Restaurant workers, together with other partners, made substantial contributions to construction of the survey and checklist tools and improved their cultural appropriateness. The utility of the checklist tool for restaurant-level data collection was demonstrated.CONCLUSIONS:
CBPR holds promise for both studying worker health and safety among immigrant Chinese restaurant workers and developing culturally appropriate research tools. A new observational checklist also has potential for restaurant-level data collection on worker health and safety conditions.
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Assunto principal:
Restaurantes
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Segurança
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Saúde Ocupacional
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Emigrantes e Imigrantes
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Pesquisa Participativa Baseada na Comunidade
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Lista de Checagem
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
America do norte
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article