Using community-based methods and a social ecological framework to explore workplace health and safety of bloqueros on the olympic peninsula

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 438-449

  Campe, Joseph ^a   Hoare, Lesley ^a   Hagopian, Amy ^a   Keifer, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CBPR; Forestry; Latino immigrant; Occupational health; Safety; Social ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FORESTRY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WASHINGTON; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955667653     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20933     Document Type: Article

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