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ID (ISN) del documento111519
Número CIS 11-0207
ISSN - Título de la serie 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Año 2010
Número de serie
Autor(es) Ahonen E.Q., López-Jacob M.J., Vázquez M.L., Porthé V., Gil-González D., García A.M., Ruiz-Frutos C., Benach J., Benavides F.G.
Título Invisible work, unseen hazards: The health of women immigrant household service workers in Spain
Información bibliográfica 2010, Vol.53, p.405-416. 48 ref.
Resumen This study examines the occupational hazards and health effects identified by immigrant women household service workers. It involved 46 documented and undocumented immigrant women in household services in Spain. Data were collected between September 2006 and May 2007 through focus groups and semi-structured individual interviews. In a second phase of analysis, data on psychosocial hazards were organized using the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire as a guide. Participants reported a number of environmental, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards and corresponding health effects. Psychosocial hazards were especially strongly present in data. Data on reported hazards were similar by documentation status and varied by several emerging categories: whether participants were primarily cleaners or household helpers and whether they lived in or outside of the homes of their employers. Documentation status was relevant in terms of empowerment and bargaining, but did not appear to influence work tasks or exposure to hazards directly. Other findings are discussed.
Descriptores (primarios) España; condiciones de trabajo; mujeres; personal domestico y afines, limpiadores; trabajadores emigrantes; riesgos para la salud; aspectos sociales
Descriptores (secundarios) nivel de salud; psicología y organización del trabajo; encuesta por cuestionario
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Generalidades sobre prevención
Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
Broad subject area(s) Industrias y ocupaciones
Navegación por categoria(s) Empleo precario
Cleaning work
Domestic workers