title: Work organization and musculoskeletal health: clinical findings from immigrant Latino poultry processing and other manual workers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the potential role of differential exposure to work organization hazards in musculoskeletal disorders among immigrant Latino workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported work organization data were obtained from immigrant Latino workers in poultry processing and nonpoultry, manual occupations (N = 742). Clinical evaluations for epicondylitis, rotator cuff syndrome, and back pain were obtained from a subsample (n = 518).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Several work organization hazards (eg, low job control, high psychological demands) were elevated among poultry processing workers. Job control predicted epicondylitis (odds ratio [OR] = 0.77) and rotator cuff syndrome (OR = 0.79); psychological demand predicted rotator cuff syndrome (OR = 1.30) and back pain (OR = 1.24); awkward posture and repeated movements predicted all three outcomes; and management safety commitment predicted rotator cuff syndrome (OR = 1.65) and back pain (OR = 1.81).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Immigrant poultry processing workers are exposed to greater work organization hazards that may contribute to occupational health disparities.
authors: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. grzywacz@wakehealth.edu
authors: Joseph G
authors: JG
authors: Grzywacz
authors: Thomas A
authors: TA
authors: Arcury
authors: Dana
authors: D
authors: Mora
authors: Andrea M
authors: AM
authors: Anderson
authors: Haiying
authors: H
authors: Chen
authors: Daryl A
authors: DA
authors: Rosenbaum
authors: Mark R
authors: MR
authors: Schulz
authors: Sara A
authors: SA
authors: Quandt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005525:Food-Processing Industry / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D011202:Poultry Products; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013716:Tennis Elbow / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult