Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 687-696

Latina Workers in North Carolina: Work Organization, Domestic Responsibilities, Health, and Family Life (Review)

Rodriguez G. , Trejo G. , Schiemann E. , Quandt S.A. , Daniel S.S. , Sandberg J.C. , Arcury T.A.*
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • b Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • c El Buen Pastor Latino Community Services, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • d Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • e Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, United States
  • f Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • g Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Abstract

This analysis describes the work organization and domestic work experienced by migrant Latinas, and explores the linkage between work and health. Twenty Latina workers in North Carolina with at least one child under age 12 completed in-depth interviews focused on their work organization, domestic responsibilities, work-family conflict, health, and family health. Using a systematic qualitative analysis, these women described a demanding work organization that is contingent and exploitative, with little control or support. They also described demanding domestic roles, with gendered and unequal division of household work. The resulting work-family conflict affects their mental and physical health, and has negative effects on the care and health of their families. The findings from this study highlight that work stressors from an unfavorable work organization create work-family conflict, and that work-family conflict in this population has a negative influence on workers’ health and health behaviors. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

minority health Women’s health family health Immigrant health health disparities occupational health organization of work

Index Keywords

human epidemiology North Carolina statistics and numerical data Internal-External Control control gender identity Hispanic Americans interview Humans workplace Hispanic psychology Interviews as Topic female work-life balance Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics Family Relations adult migration family relation occupational health Transients and Migrants employment Housekeeping Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84947709214&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-015-0314-x&partnerID=40&md5=fec36140cb4635500832cb5feeb32ab5
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0314-x
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English