title: Occupational hazards and risks faced by Chinese immigrant restaurant workers.
abstract: Historically, Chinese immigrants to the United States have worked in restaurants to support their families. Hazards and risks associated with this population's work in restaurants are underrepresented in the literature. This ethnographic study used interviews, participant-observations, and follow-up focus sessions with 18 immigrants from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to identify potential physical, biological, enviromechanical, chemical, and psychosocial hazards that they face. Psychosocial hazards were most often mentioned by the participants; biological hazards were not identified in the data. Practice and research implications for addressing health disparities in this population are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. jennyt@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Jenny Hsin-Chun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Salazar
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000379:methods; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012147:Restaurants; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology; D014504:Urban Health; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*