Impact of social discrimination, job concerns, and social support on filipino immigrant worker mental health and substance use

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1082-1094

  Tsai, Jenny Hsin Chun ^a   Thompson, Elaine Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Filipino immigrant workers; Mental health; SEM; Social determinants; Substance use; Theory driven multivariate model building

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILIPINO IMMIGRANT WORKERS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE USE; THEORY-DRIVEN MULTIVARIATE MODEL BUILDING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

FILIPINO IMMIGRANT WORKERS; MENTAL HEALTH; SEM; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; SUBSTANCE USE; THEORY-DRIVEN MULTIVARIATE MODEL BUILDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881653367     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22223     Document Type: Article

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