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Maria Eugenia Fernández-Esquer1, Kathryn R Gallardo2, Pamela M Diamond2
1Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin St., Suite 2518, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Maria.E.Fernandez-Esquer@uth.tmc.edu.
Abstract:
Latino day laborers are a socially and economically marginalized immigrant population with a high risk of occupational injury. These workers confront multiple social, psychological, and environmental hardships that increase their risk for adverse health outcomes. How these stressors interact and influence work-related injuries in this population remains unclear. We conducted an exploratory study with 327 Latino day laborers who completed a community survey. We developed a structural equation model, using cross-sectional data to explore the relationships among socioeconomic status, situational and immigration stress, depression, work risk exposure, and occupational injury. The model revealed a statistically significant mediated effect from situational stress to injury through work risk exposure as well as a significant mediated effect from immigration stress through depression to injury. These initial findings suggest that situational and immigration-related stress have a detrimental impact on Latino day laborers' mental health and workplace safety and, ultimately, increase their risk of occupational injury.
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