Using community-based participatory research to design and initiate a study on immigrant worker health and safety in San Francisco's Chinatown restaurants

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-371

  Minkler, Meredith ^a   Lee, Pam Tau ^a   Tom, Alex ^b   Chang, Charlotte ^a   Morales, Alvaro ^c   Liu, Shaw San ^b   Salvatore, Alicia ^a   Baker, Robin ^a   Chen, Feiyi ^b   Bhatia, Rajiv ^c   Krause, Niklas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chinese Progressive Association   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Community based participatory research; Immigrant; Occupational health and safety; Restaurant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATERING SERVICE; CHECKLIST; CHINA; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHECKLIST; CHINA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESTAURANTS; SAFETY; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 77949806032     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20791     Document Type: Article

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