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=3

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=<sec id="ST1"><title>Background</title><p>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.</p></sec><sec id="ST2"><title>Methods</title><p>Through a community–academic partnership, we conducted focus groups (<italic>n</italic> = 18) and key informant interviews (<italic>n</italic> = 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.</p></sec><sec id="ST3"><title>Results</title><p>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.</p></sec><sec id="ST4"><title>Discussion</title><p>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.</p></sec>