AUTHOR=Martínez Airín D. , Piedramartel Abdel , Agnew Jacqueline
TITLE=Going Beyond the Injury: Regulatory Conditions Contributing to Latina/o Immigrants’ Occupational Psychosocial Stressors
JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health
VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2015
YEAR=2015
URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00240
DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2015.00240
ISSN=2296-2565
ABSTRACT=BackgroundUtilizing 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.
MethodsThrough 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.
ResultsThe 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.
DiscussionMore 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.