Migration and work in postwar Australia: mortality profile comparisons between Australian and Italian workers exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom

Reid, Alison; Merler, Enzo; Peters, Susan; Jayasinghe, Nimashi; Bressan, Vittoria; Franklin, Peter; Brims, Fraser; Klerk, Nicholas de; Musk, Arthur W.

doi:10.1136/oemed-2017-104322

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“…Many of the industries where migrant workers are employed, have hazards, such as extreme temperatures, noise, vibrations, heavy loads, or fast work speeds (Ronda Pérez et al 2012 ). Within an industry or job, migrants may be more highly exposed than native workers (Reid et al 2018 ).…”

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“…Physical and chemical exposures can affect the health of migrant workers and lead to respiratory and occupational skin diseases (Arici et al 2019 ; Moyce and Schenker 2018 ). More work-related disease was found among migrant farmworkers, hairdressers, nail salon workers, domestic and healthcare workers and asbestos miners, suggesting perhaps more exposure than for native workers in the same industry (González and Irastorza 2007 ; Moyce and Schenker 2018 ; Reid et al 2018 ). Ergonomic risks factors, low back pain and work-related musculoskeletal disorders have also been associated with ethnicity and country of origin (Aung et al 2019 ; Hoppe et al 2014 ; Sterud et al 2018 ).…”

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Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper

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Bergbom

Godderis

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Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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Objective The aims of the study were: (1) to clarify the definitions of “migrant” used in occupational health research; (2) to summarize migrant workers’ industry sectors, occupations and employment conditions; (3) to identify the occupational health and safety services available to migrant workers; (4) to summarize work-related health problems found among migrant workers; (5) to identify the methodological challenges to research into occupational health of migrant workers; and (6) to recommend improvements in migrant occupational health research. Methods This position paper was prepared by researchers from several European countries and Australia, working within the EU COST Action OMEGA-NET. The paper drew on two recent systematic reviews on the occupational health of international migrant workers and other literature, and also identified uncertainties and gaps in the research literature. Migrants may, for example, be temporary or permanent, moving for specific jobs migrants or other reasons. Their ethnicity and language capabilities will affect their work opportunities. Results The occupational health literature seldom adequately identifies the heterogeneity or characteristics of the migrant group being studied. Migrants tend to work in more physically and mentally demanding environments with higher exposures than native workers. Migrants tend to have an increased risk of physical and mental ill health, but less access to health care services. This has been demonstrated recently by high rates of COVID-19 and less access to health care. There have been a number of cross-sectional studies of migrant health but few long-term cohort studies were identified. Other study designs, such as registry-based studies, surveys and qualitative studies may complement cross-sectional studies. Mixed-methodology studies would be valuable in research on migrants’ occupational health. Language and lack of trust are barriers to migrant research participation. Conclusion Targeted research, especially longitudinal, identifying how these economically important but often-vulnerable workers can be best assisted is needed. Researchers should identify the characteristics of the migrant workers that they are studying including visa/migration circumstances (temporary, permanent, undocumented), racial and ethnic characteristics, existing skills and language abilities.

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Section: Occupational Health Outcomes For Migrant Workersmentioning

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Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper

Aktaş

Bergbom

Godderis

et al. 2021

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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“…Data from 30 years ago showed that foreign-born workers, from non-English speaking backgrounds, had a higher risk of work-related fatality in the rural and mining industries than Australian-born, particularly in their first 5 years of residence in Australia [12]. Results from the few studies conducted in this area in Australia suggests that their job experience may differ from their Australian counterparts, both in terms of risks related to exposure to carcinogens [13][14][15] and exposure to workplace psychosocial stressors [16].…”

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Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: how sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards

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Reid

2020

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Objectives One third of the Australian work force are immigrants. Relatively little is known about working conditions for specific migrant groups. The objectives of this paper are to describe and compare the sampling strategies used to recruit migrant workers from specific migrant groups working in Australia into a cross-sectional study designed to produce population estimates of workplace hazards and self-reported health. Results Two cross sectional telephone surveys were conducted with immigrants currently working in Australia. Survey 1 used quota sampling from lists provided by a sample broker. Survey 2 used a combination of probability and non-probability sampling, including random sampling from telephone lists. Data from the surveys were weighted and comparisons made with unweighted data. While weighting adjusted for most differences across the sample sources, the likelihood of exposure to workplace hazards depended on exposure types and sampling strategies. We concluded that by using a combination of sampling strategies it is possible to recruit immigrants from specific migrant groups and provide a balanced view of working conditions, although no one strategy was best for all types of measures. Access to a robust sample source for migrants would enable a better perspective to migrant populations’ working conditions.

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“…For these reasons, migrant workers are at a higher risk of safety accidents, even when performing the same job as ordinary workers [21]. For example, they were found to have higher job-related illnesses [22], injuries [23] and deaths [24] than non-migrant workers. Ronda (2012) analyzed migrant workers in 31 European countries through a survey, and found that there were more harmful job exposures compared with local workers.…”

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Analyzing the Risk of Safety Accidents: The Relative Risks of Migrant Workers in Construction Industry

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This study analyzed the relative risks of migrant workers, and identified risk factors based on quantitative data for the systematic safety management of migrant workers. Many studies have found that migrant workers are more vulnerable to safety accidents than non-migrant workers. Nevertheless, there are few quantitative studies of migrant workers’ accident-risk in the construction industry, where safety accidents are most frequent. In addition, safety management for the identified accident risk factors has not been implemented systematically. To fill the gap, this study uses safety accident data from construction sites, from the +, for the methodical safety management of migrant workers. The t-test and multiple regression analysis methods are used to define the variance in non-migrant and migrant workers, and the risk indicators, respectively. The two analyses show that the results for migrant construction workers were 2.2% higher in safety accident severity than non-migrant workers, and significant factors are also different. This study’s results will provide critical guidance for the safety management of migrant construction workers.

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Migration and work in postwar Australia: mortality profile comparisons between Australian and Italian workers exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom

Abstract: Poor working conditions and disparities between native and foreign-born workers has had a detrimental and differential impact on the long-term health of the workforce.

Cited by 12 publications

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Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper

Migrant workers occupational health research: an OMEGA-NET working group position paper

Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: how sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards

Analyzing the Risk of Safety Accidents: The Relative Risks of Migrant Workers in Construction Industry

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