"当账单不断到来时:"海鲜加工商在COVID-19大流行期间的经验
Shannon Guillot-Wright1, Laura Porterfield2, Brenda Wilson3
1Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Journal of agromedicine
|October 27, 2024
概括
海鲜加工商,包括必要的H-2B签证工作者,在COVID-19期间面临着增加的财务和健康风险. 这项研究强调了经济压力如何迫使他们在疾病期间工作,加剧了职业危险.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康和疾病的社会学
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,基本工作人员,特别是海鲜加工商,面临着更高的风险.
- 许多海鲜加工商是低收入或持有H-2B签证的移民工人,在公共卫生讨论中经常被忽视.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间检查海鲜加工商的职业健康和安全问题.
- 了解疫情相关的财务风险如何影响这些工人的健康和安全决策.
主要方法:
- 定性研究方法.
- 采访了44名海鲜加工工人.
主要成果:
- 之前存在的职业危险因COVID-19而加剧.
- 工人经历了增加的财务风险,导致危险的健康和安全妥协.
- 关键主题包括缺乏带薪病假,心理健康挑战,经济压力和有限的初级保健服务.
结论:
- 在H-2B签证工作者计划中,需要提出建议来缓解健康差异.
- 拟议的变化旨在改善移民和海鲜工人群体的健康公平.
- 解决金融风险对于提高工人的安全和福利至关重要.
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