title: Hotel housekeeping work influences on hypertension management.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Characteristics of hotel housekeeping work increase the risk for hypertension development. Little is known about the influences of such work on hypertension management.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this qualitative study, 27 Haitian immigrant hotel housekeepers from Miami-Dade County, FL were interviewed. Interview transcripts were analyzed with the assistance of the Atlas.ti software for code and theme identification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Influences of hotel housekeeping work on hypertension management arose both at the individual and system levels. Factors at the individual level included co-worker dynamics and maintenance of transmigrant life. Factors at the system level included supervisory support, workload, work pace, and work hiring practices. No positive influences were reported for workload and hiring practices.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Workplace interventions may be beneficial for effective hypertension management among hotel housekeepers. These work influences must be considered when determining effective methods for hypertension management among hotel housekeepers.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Marie-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sanon
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010560:Personnel Selection; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Haitian immigrants; hospitality; hotel housekeeping; hypertension management; work influences