Studying and addressing urban immigrant restaurant worker health and safety in San Francisco's chinatown district: A CBPR case study

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1026-1040

  Chang, Charlotte ^a   Minkler, Meredith ^a   Salvatore, Alicia L ^b   Lee, Pamela Tau ^c   Gaydos, Megan ^d   San Liu, Shaw ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chinese Progressive Association   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community capacity; Community partnerships; Community based participatory research; Transdisciplinary partnerships; Urban immigrant worker health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIGRANT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; TRUST; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESTAURANTS; SAN FRANCISCO; TRUST; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84892851069     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9804-0     Document Type: Review

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