title: "Una mujer trabaja doble aqui": Vignette-based focus groups on stress and work for Latina blue-collar women in eastern North Carolina.
abstract: Latina women are a growing percentage of the working population, and very little is known about their health needs and interests. The purpose of this article is to share qualitative research results gathered from Latina women with a particular focus on exploring stress and health. This project was a substudy of Health Works in the Community, a 5-year CDC-funded multiple risk-factor reduction trial using participatory action research approaches to address smoking, healthy eating, stress, and physical activity among blue-collar women from 12 manufacturing work sites in rural, eastern North Carolina. Five focus groups were conducted with trained, bilingual facilitators using a vignette-based moderator guide that appeared particularly effective with this population. Results from the focus groups are used to make recommendations for future research with Latinas and for developing effective work-site-based interventions to address issues of stress and health within this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Michele M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Easter
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Linnan
authors.forename: Margaret E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bentley
authors.forename: Brenda M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: DeVellis
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: Pamela Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Frasier
authors.forename: Kristine S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kelsey
authors.forename: Marci K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health; D014937:Work