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April 2003, Vol 93, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 593-598
© 2003 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Occupational Health of Southeast Asian Immigrants in a US City: A Comparison of Data Sources

Lenore S. Azaroff, ScD, Charles Levenstein, PhD, MOH and David H. Wegman, MD, MPH

The authors are with the Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lenore S. Azaroff, ScD, Work Environment Department, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854 (e-mail: lenore_azaroff{at}uml.edu).

Objectives. This study sought to characterize occupational injury and illness cases identified through 3 different sources of data on a population of immigrant workers.

Methods. Participants were Cambodian and Lao workers living in Lowell, Mass. A household survey allowed comparisons between characteristics of work-related cases documented in workers’ compensation wage replacement records and hospital records and characteristics of self-reported cases.

Results. The household survey captured types of cases missing from existing data, particularly illnesses self-reported to be associated with chemical exposures. Injuries and illnesses affecting the study population appeared to be significantly underrepresented in workers’ compensation wage replacement data.

Conclusions. Community-based methods can supplement available occupational health data sources.






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