Occupational Health Disparities

Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD, is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Michigan State University, and director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research. He has authored or coauthored over 290 journal articles and book chapters and either edited or coedited 20 books. He is editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Counseling (Sage Publications) and the APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology (APA Books). He is the founding editor of the Asian American Journal of Psychology and the associate editor of the Archives of Scientific Psychology. Dr. Leong served as associate editor of the American Psychologist, and the lead editor of the Handbook of Asian American Psychology, 2nd Edition (Sage Publications). His major research interests center on culture and mental health, cross-cultural psychotherapy (especially with Asians and Asian Americans), cultural and personality factors related to career choice, adaptability, and work stress. He is the recipient of the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology from APA’s Division 12, APA Division 45 Distinguished Contributions to Research Award, APA Minority Fellowship Program’s Dalmas Taylor Distinguished Contributions Award, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Psychological Association, and the APA Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science. Donald E. Eggerth, PhD, is a senior researcher with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He received his degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Eggerth is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 17 and 45) and a recipient of the Dorothy Booz Black Award for outstanding achievement in health psychology. He currently manages a portfolio of projects concerning Latino immigrant worker safety and health. Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of psychology at Michigan State University. She received her PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Akron. Her research interests focus on occupational health and safety, leadership, and motivation. Specifically, she studies issues related to occupational stress, workplace violence, and how employee motivation and organizational leadership intersect with issues concerning employee health and wellbeing. Her work has been published in Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Psychological Bulletin, and Work & Stress. She has served as an associate editor at Applied Psychology: An International Review and Journal of Organizational Behavior, and is currently serving as an associate editor with the Journal of Applied Psychology. Michael A. Flynn, MA, is a social scientist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) where he serves as the project officer for a program of research to better understand and improve the occupational health of immigrant workers. He also serves NIOSH as the coordinator for the Occupational Health Equity Program. He is an applied anthropologist whose research interests include social determinates of health, organizational culture, and intervention effectiveness as they relate to occupational health. Mr. Flynn has a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Cincinnati, and is a research fellow of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research at Michigan State University. J. Kevin Ford, PhD, is a professor and associate chair of psychology at Michigan State University. His major research interests involve improving learning and retention in the workplace through training and other learning activities. Dr. Ford also concentrates on organizational change and how to build continuous learning and improvement orientations within organizations. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He received his BS in psychology from the University of Maryland and both his MA and PhD in psychology from The Ohio State University. Rubén O. Martinez, PhD, is a professor of sociology and director of the Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State University. He is the editor of the Latinos in the United States book series with the Michigan State University Press. He has co-authored several books, including Chicanos in Higher Education (1993), Diversity Leadership in Higher Education (2007), and A Brief History of Cristo Rey Church in Lansing, MI (2012); edited volumes include Latinos in the Midwest (2011) and co-edited a volume titled Latino College Presidents: In Their Own Words (2013). His research interests include neoliberalism and Latinos, diversity leadership in higher education, education and ethnic minorities, Latino labor and entrepreneurship, and environmental justice issues.  

Contributors
Series Foreword
Frederick T. L. Leong
Preface
Frederick T. L. Leong, Donald E. Eggerth, and Michael A. Flynn
Introduction
Frederick T. L. Leong, Donald E. Eggerth, Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang, Michael A. Flynn, J. Kevin Ford, and Rubén O. Martinez
Part I: Policy
Chapter 1: Latino Occupational Health and the Changing Regulatory Context of Work
Rubén O. Martinez
Chapter 2: Employment Conditions as a Social Determinant of Health in Latino Populations: Policy Interventions Using the WHO Social Determinants Model
Rafael Moure-Eraso and Maria Julia Brunette
Part II: Research
Chapter 3: Current Thinking on Occupational Health Disparities in the Global Economy
Lois E. Tetrick
Chapter 4: Community-Based Participatory Research and Occupational Health Disparities: Pesticide Exposure Among Immigrant Farmworkers
Thomas A. Arcury and Sara A. Quandt
Chapter 5: Addressing Occupational Stress Among African Americans
Rashaun Roberts
Chapter 6: Occupational Health Disparities Among Asian Americans: Review and Recommendations
Frederick T. L. Leong, Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang, and Stanton Mak
Part III: Interventions
Chapter 7: Developing Occupational Safety and Health Training Programs for Immigrant Workers: Translating Research to Practice
Sara A. Quandt and Thomas A. Arcury
Chapter 8: The Work, Family, and Health Network Organizational Intervention: Core Elements and Customization for Diverse Occupational Health Contexts
Ellen Ernst Kossek, Brad Wipfli, Rebecca Thompson, Krista Brockwood, and members of the Work Family Health Network Writing Team
Afterword: Research and Policy Implications to Addressing Health Disparities
Chu-Hsiang (Daisy) Chang, J. Kevin Ford, and Rubén O. Martinez
Index
About the Editors