Latino Day Research Articles

Self-rated health of Latino day laborers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

This study assesses the relationship between trust in sources of information in regard to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and self-rated health (SRH) in a sample of Latino Day Laborers (LDLs) and explores whether these associations were mediated by mental health measures. A rapid needs assessment survey was conducted with 300 LDLs, recruited at randomly selected hiring locations in Houston, Texas, during November and December 2021. Two measures of trust were developed, and SRH was measured by a single item. Depression, anxiety, and stress were measured by previously validated scales. We applied the product of coefficients approach to assess our mediation model. Using Hayes' PROCESS version 4.2 in SPSS, linear regression models were generated simultaneously to assess the total effect of trust on SRH, effect of trust on the mental health mediator, and effect of the mediator on SRH, controlling for trust. Demographic characteristics were entered as covariates. Greater trust in formal sources of information (such as Spanish-speaking television networks) as well as greater levels of anxiety and depression were associated with lower SRH. There were no significant associations between formal trust and mental health measures. As such, the association between formal trust and decreased SRH was not mediated by mental health. Trust in informal sources of information (conversations with friends, family, and coworkers) was not significantly associated with SRH or mental health. Higher levels of depression and anxiety, however, were associated with lower SRH. LDLs' perception of their health was inversely associated with their level of trust in formal sources of information and with greater levels of depression and anxiety. Nevertheless, these pathways were independent of each other. The results indicate the direct impact of COVID-19 public information on subjective well-being, a relationship that merits further exploration.

Hazard and Injury Experiences of Latino Day Laborers in Houston, Texas.

Latino day laborers in the United States provide skilled labor to businesses and homeowners through informal work arrangements. We conducted exploratory qualitative research with Latino day laborers in Houston, Texas, to investigate their perceptions of safety risks and circumstances related to work-related injuries. We conducted focus groups with 34 participants and used risk mapping and body mapping activities to elicit greater engagement by the Latino day laborers in the conversations. Participants described physical, occupational, and psychosocial hazards that affected their risk for workplace injuries. They indicated a significant risk for injury was employers failing to provide proper tools or equipment for the job being done. The themes that emerged from the analysis were lack of control over employment conditions and the risk of performing unsafe work in order to meet financial needs. This formative qualitative research informed a pilot test and subsequent clinical trial of injury risk reduction strategies for Latino day laborers. Interventions to protect day laborers from work-related injuries should be informed by recognizing the employment and social dilemmas they confront.

At-Risk Drinking and Workplace Conditions among Latino Day Laborers

Background : Latino Day Laborers (LDL) face a variety of factors which have been associated with at-risk drinking. The objective of this study was to assess the association of at-risk drinking with measures of work site conditions. Methods : Data from surveys conducted with 307 LDL in Houston, TX in 2015 were analyzed. Sociodemographic information and measures of exposures to hazardous products at the worksite, adverse working conditions, and work stressors were collected. Measures of positive working climate at the jobsite and a climate that promoted jobsite safety were also included. Participants were administered the Hazardous Use items from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test of Consumption (AUDIT-C). Participants were classified as low-risk or at-risk drinkers based on AUDIT-C score. Logistic regression models were run to assess the associations of the sociodemographic and worksite related variables with drinking status. Results : One-hundred-five (34.2%) participants were classified as at-risk drinkers. At-risk drinking was associated with past-month income, being formerly married (compared to having never married), and lack of housing. At-risk drinking was also associated with measures of a positive working climate and a climate that promoted jobsite safety. Conclusions : One-third of our participants were classified as at-risk drinkers. At-risk drinking was associated with stressors in the form of lack of housing and no longer having a spouse but was also associated with increased income and with positive workplace factors. At-risk drinking was thus a function of both stressors and positive factors, including a positive work site.

Development and refinement of a corner-based injury prevention programme for Latino day labourers.

Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being evaluated as part of a cluster randomised trial in which health promotion is taken directly to the 'corners' (e.g. street corners, home improvement store parking lots, and public parks) where workers gather to seek employment. Vales+Tú comprises two corner-based intervention approaches, group problem-solving (small group discussions) and brief motivational interviewing (one-on-one dialogue), that aim to activate LDL agency to control their safety and that of their peers. Corners in Houston, Texas, where LDLs seek employment. Intervention Mapping informed the refinement of Vales+Tú for the current trial. We provide a narrative review of the development process based on needs assessment and formative development activities (surveys, focus group discussions and pilot tests). In addition to documenting the need for LDL injury prevention, with 20.2%-41.6% of Houston-based LDLs surveyed between 2013-2014 and 2019 reporting a severe work-related injury in the past year, we describe key facets of the Vales+Tú corner-based intervention approaches - including their theoretical basis and LDL-centred activities, as well as enhancements made informed by formative evaluation. The community-engaged development process of Vales+Tú resulted in two practical intervention approaches that can be adopted by worker centres and other organisations to promote LDL worker safety.

0284 Sleep Health in Latino Day Laborers: Occupational Health and Wellbeing

Abstract Introduction Little is known about the sleep health of Latin(x) day laborers. Existing research demonstrates that they experience precarious employment, low wages, and hazardous working conditions. Recent studies also show that periods of unemployment and psychosocial stressors, such as financial insecurity, have been associated with worsened mental health outcomes and poor sleep health. Our investigation brings these insights together in order to understand how sleep health impacts well-being in the workplace and how precarious work, such as day labor, impacts sleep, contributing to health disparities. Methods This was a mixed-methods study in which twenty participants were recruited using purposive sampling from a worker center run by the Austin Public Health Department and an informal hiring site. Participants were male, over 18 years of age, of Latin(x) ethnicity, who reported problems with sleep. All completed a semi-structured interview with validated sleep questionnaires. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and thematically coded. Results Most workers were between 30 - 44 years of age, of Mexican ethnicity, and worked in construction. Workers reported poor sleep quality with an average of 5.6 hours of sleep at night. Eighty-five percent (n=17) had problems with either clinically significant insomnia (Insomnia Severity Index ≥ 15), daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale ≥ 10), or both. In addition, 50% reported either moderate or severe anxiety or depression. Most agreed (80%) that poor sleep affected their quality of life. Regarding work performance, 50% found themselves not concentrating enough on their work two or more times a week. Common themes included: (1) lack of routine and unpredictability of work schedule (2) poor sleep habits and coping mechanisms (3) negative impact of fatigue on work routine and relationships (4) belief that sleep would improve unaided and (5) willingness to seek behavioral health interventions for sleep concerns. Conclusion Our results indicate that study participants experience short sleep duration and insomnia in conjunction with high levels of anxiety and/or depression. Participants linked these with unpredictable work schedules, stress, and financial difficulties. However, many were interested in receiving a clinical behavioral intervention to improve their sleep. Support (if any) This work was supported in part by BSM PRIDE Institute SRP funding from NHLBI (R25HL105444).

"I Use Sunglasses . . . the Sun Can Ruin the Eyes": Latino Day Laborers' Lay Strategies to Reduce Dangers at Work.

Latino day laborers (LDLs) are at a high risk for injury and accidents at work and have limited socioeconomic resources to deal with their consequences. While little is known about LDLs' perceptions of their own vulnerability at the workplace, less is known about the strategies they adopt to confront these risks. The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess LDLs' perceptions of their workplace dangers and to document the strategies they adopt and endorse to confront them. Guided by a participatory research approach, four focus groups stratified by age were conducted with 34 LDLs in Houston, Texas. Main focus group themes were identified using a combination of qualitative analysis methods involving a thematic analysis conducted by the interview team, LDL advisors, and bilingual Latino researchers. All participants were Latino males (mean age = 40), the majority reported having completed sixth grade or less (64.2%) and having lived in the United States for an average of 12.7 years. We described three categories of strategies to reduce risk for workplace injury generated by local LDLs (practical knowledge and job experience, interpersonal, and personal). These strategies should be explored and encouraged to assist in planning risk-reduction programs, presented in the voice and language of Latino "inside experts" with firsthand experience. The findings of the focus group suggest that LDLs already possess a broad repertoire of strategies to cope with risks at work that can be incorporated in safety programs for LDLs and other immigrant Latino workers.

Unsung Heroes or Exploited Workers? Latino Migrant Day Laborers in Post-Harvey Houston and Critical Environmental Justice

Unsung Heroes or Exploited Workers? Latino Migrant Day Laborers in Post-Harvey Houston and Critical Environmental Justice Daniel Olmos (bio) In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston metropolitan area and caused approximately $125 billion in property damage, becoming one of the most costly storms in US history. Media outlets and observers attended to the serious socioeconomic plight of homeowners by highlighting the flooding of 150,000 homes and over 60,000 displaced people living in shelters and hotels, as well as featuring the historic role that social media played in connecting first responders to victims when emergency call systems overloaded.1 The storm acutely devastated lowlying areas of Houston, which is home to many disinvested and disadvantaged communities of color—the flooding and the lackluster state response led many to evoke the dramatic scenes of racialized abandonment during Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005.2 As global warming increasingly intensifies tropical storm systems along coastal regions in the US, climate justice movements insist that the most vulnerable and marginalized communities—also the least responsible for deeply-rooted systemic inequities—are also the most negatively impacted by the effects of global warming.3 While much scholarship has emphasized post-hurricane recovery efforts from the vantage point of Houston residents and businesses, little attention has been paid to the incorporation of Latino migrant day laborers as veritable “second responders” and, even less, as subjects of climate injustice and agents of environmentalism.4 Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm, dumped fifty inches of rainfall and thirty-three trillion gallons of water into major commercial, [End Page 46] industrial, and residential corridors of the Houston region. The spectacles of evacuation and rescue that dominated media representation of the storm during the four-day news cycle obscured the eventual arduous process of recovery, in particular the prevailing mode of disaster recovery based on the exploitation of precarious racialized migrant labor. In the aftermath, unregulated small contractors and individual homeowners recruited mostly Latino day laborers to clear out moldy dry walls, replace rotted flooring, demolish dilapidated structures, and clean hazardous facilities, often with little or sometimes no pay and frequently without proper workplace safety equipment and conditions. “People don’t analyze it. They don’t see the consequences,” Martin Mares, a Mexican immigrant day laborer who has lived in Houston since 1995, noted during the recovery efforts. “They go to work without knowing whether the business will even pay them.”5 The erasure of day labor exploitation was extended by the mass-mediated appeals to resilience and grit in the face of a non-responsive state, namely through hashtag campaigns like #houstonstrong that promoted a neoliberal “rebuild above all else” model of recovery.6 In this context, this essay posits that the devastation wrought on the greater Houston area in the wake of Hurricane Harvey revealed not only the increasing vulnerability of US coastal regions to catastrophic weather patterns as a result of accelerated climate change, but also the socioeconomic relations and structures of racialized exploitation necessary for post-disaster reconstruction. I focus on the role of Latino migrant day laborers in greater Houston’s post-Hurricane Harvey rebuilding efforts and the environmental injustice implications, including the situatedness of day laborers in the face of ecological devastation. In the spirit of what Sarah Wald, David Vazquez, Priscilla Solis Ybarra, and Sarah Jaquette articulate as emerging “Latinx environmentalisms,”7 and drawing on a critical environmental justice framework through a qualitative sociological approach, I examine the conditions under which Latino migrant day laborers experienced racialized, economic, and ecological injustice following Hurricane Harvey, and finally how their subjection and struggle for dignity embodies a critical environmental justice politics in a moment of profound ecological crisis. [End Page 47] From the Anthropocene to Critical Environmental Justice The recruitment and exploitation of Latino day laborers in post-Harvey Houston was structured within the anthropocene era. In 2000, Paul Crutzen and Eugene Strermer introduced the concept of the anthropocene to explain a new stage of geohistorical development characterized by human activity as a “major geological force” and influence on climate patterns.8 While the anthropocene has become a buzzword with many different meanings, the category has fundamentally identified humanity as...

Perceived Discrimination and Injury at Work: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Latino Day Laborers.

Given the stigma of their undocumented status and their high prevalence of workplace injury, understanding the impact of discrimination on Latino day laborers (LDLs) is a criticalpublic health issue. We surveyed LDLs (N = 149) and assessed their sociodemographics, experiences of and perceived reasons for discrimination, and work-related injury. A logistic regression examined the association between discrimination and injury, adjusting for sociodemographics. Next, Chi-square tests identified perceived reasons for discrimination associated with injury which were then included in a second logistic regression to test their association with injury, adjusting for discrimination and sociodemographics. Participants reported a work-related injury (42%) and experiences of discrimination (81%). Discrimination was associated with injury in the first model (aOR = 2.25, p = 0.049), and discrimination attributed to immigration status was associated with injury in the second model (aOR = 5.04, p = 0.019). Injury prevention programs should account for perceived mistreatment to reduce LDL risk for injury at work.

Immigration Policy Vulnerability Linked to Adverse Mental Health Among Latino Day Laborers

Latino day laborers in the United States are socially and economically vulnerable due to exclusionary immigration policies. Using data from a multi-mode survey, we examine the relationship between immigration policy legal vulnerability and mental health outcomes among 138 Latino, male day laborers (mean age = 45.65, SD = 12.05). Multivariable linear and logistic regression models separately estimated the effect of legal vulnerability, as measured by the Perceived Immigration Policy Effects Scale, on anxiety and depression symptoms and a positive depression and anxiety screening, respectively. Approximately 26.1% and 27.9% of day laborers reported depression and anxiety symptoms, respectively. In each adjusted model, we find a positive relationship between legal vulnerability and adverse mental health. Immigration policy legal vulnerability is associated with more depression and anxiety symptoms among Latino day laborers. Policies to reduce legal vulnerability, such as pathways to citizenship and employment authorization, may support Latino day laborers' mental health outcomes.

Examining intentions to engage in sun protective behaviors among Latino day laborers: An application of the theory of planned behavior.

Background: The past two decades has revealed an unprecedented increasing incidence of skin cancer within the Latinx population. Although Latino day laborers (LDLs) are at heightened risk for developing skin cancer because of the outdoor work in which they engage, there is limited research examining their intentions to engage in sun protective behaviors (SPBs). Therefore, this study sought to assess the explanatory power of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to identify attitudinal, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control factors associated with intentions to engage in SPB among LDLs. Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective study consists of a non-random convenience,community-based, sample of 137 LDLs residing in Mississippi and Illinois. Data were collected using a self-report survey centered on health practices and sun-protective behaviors. Results: Findings revealed that five significant factors shaped intentions to engage in SPBs, including barriers to engaging in SPBs (β =.30, P<0.001), benefits of engaging in SPBs (β =.27,P<0.001), education (β=0.20, P<0.01), and acculturation (β=0.18, P≤0.05). The independent variables tested in the model accounted for 42% of the change in intentions to engage in SPBs. Conclusion: This study demonstrates TPB’s usefulness for predicting future intentions to engage in SPBs among LDLs. Moreover, the strongest factor associated with predicting intentions to engage in SPBs among LDLs was perceived behavioral control. Thus, since SPBs are malleable, emphasis is placed on implementing interventions for this population that promote intentions and address perceived behavioral control.

Structural Racism and Immigrant Health: Exploring the Association Between Wage Theft, Mental Health, and Injury among Latino Day Laborers.

Although wage theft has been discussed primarily as a labor and human rights issue, it can be conceptualized as an issue of structural racism with important consequences for immigrant health. The objectives of this study were to: 1) identify sociodemographic, employment, and stress-related characteristics that increase Latino day laborers' odds of experiencing wage theft; 2) assess the association between wage theft and serious work-related injury; 3) assess the association between wage theft and three indicators of mental health-depression, social isolation, and alcohol use-as a function of wage theft; and 4) assess serious work-related injury as a function of wage theft controlling for mental health. Secondary data analyses were based on survey data collected from 331 Latino day laborers between November 2013 and July 2014. Regression analyses were conducted to test the relationships described above. Approximately 25% of participants reported experiencing wage theft and 20% reported serious work-related injury. Wage theft was associated with working in construction and was initially associated with work-related injury. Wage theft was not significantly associated with mental health indicators. The association between wage theft and injury became non-significant when controlling for the mental health variables. The hardship and stress associated with wage theft incidents may ultimately lead to more frequent injury. Although we expected an association of wage theft with mental health, we found vulnerability to physical health as indicated by injury incidents. Thus, our basic premise was partially supported: wage theft may act as a stressor that stems from conditions, in part, reflecting structural racism, making workers vulnerable to poorer health.

Documenting and Understanding Workplace Injuries Among Latino Day Laborers.

Latino day laborers face substantial injuries at work. We present a comprehensive assessment of their injury experience and explore the predictors of selfreported injuries. Worker and injury characteristics were collected from 331 day laborers using an innnovative injury assessment tool. The odds of injury were estimated using a logistic regression. Participants were foreign-born, Spanish monolingual, and employed in construction. Sixty-seven individuals reported 88 past-year injuries, mostly involving the upper or lower extremities. Injuries were caused by moving heavy objects, falling, or being struck an object. Of the documented injuries, 24% were not reported at work due to fear of being fired; 64.4% resulted in missed workdays, 54.0% in temporary incapacitation, and 34.5% in permanent incapacitation. Being married significantly reduced the odds of reporting an injury. Better documentation can inform the development of better policy protections that ameliorate injuries experienced by Latino day laborers at the workplace.

"They Dumped Me Like Trash": The Social and Psychological Toll of Victimization on Latino Day Laborers' Lives.

Although recent rhetoric links undocumented immigrants to criminality, reports indicate undocumented immigrants commit less crime than their native-born counterparts and that this vulnerable group may be at increased risk for criminal victimization. Immigrants living in new immigrant settlement cities may be particularly at risk for exposure to criminal victimization due to the vulnerabilities associated with a lack of an established Latino community and limited availability of culturally appropriate social services to provide support. This ethnographic study examines the experiences of victimization and its social and psychological toll of a street-recruited sample of Latino day laborers (LDLs) (N=25) living and working in Baltimore, a new immigrant settlement city. Findings elucidate and describe the specific types of victimization experienced by LDLs, including workplace victimization (wage theft, abandonment at the jobsite, poor working conditions, verbal abuse) and street-level victimization (assault and robbery), as well as reveal the social and psychological toll of victimization (sociocultural alienation, despair or desesperación, and problem drinking) on their lives. Findings have implications for community psychology, through research and practice, as they provide insights for prevention and intervention within the intersection of structural vulnerability (i.e., undocumented immigration status), violence, and mental health.

Exposures at day labor corners: using existing georeferenced data to describe features of urban environments

PurposeLatino day laborers are male immigrants from mainly Mexico and Central America who congregate at corners, that is, informal hiring sites, to solicit short-term employment. Studies describing the occupational environment of Latino day laborers traditionally measure jobsite exposures, not corner exposures. We sought to elucidate exposures at corners by describing their demographic, socioeconomic, occupational, business, built, and physical environmental characteristics and by comparing corner characteristics with other locations in a large urban county in Texas. MethodsWe used multiple publicly available data sets from the U.S. Census, local tax authority, Google's Nearby Places Application Programming Interface, and Environmental Protection Agency at fine spatial scale to measure 34 characteristics of corners with matched comparison locations. ResultsCorners were located close to highways, high-traffic intersections, hardware and moving stores, and gas stations. Corners were in neighborhoods with large foreign-born and Latino populations, high rates of limited English proficiency, and high construction-sector employment. ConclusionsPublicly available data sources describe demographic, socioeconomic, occupational, business, built, and physical environment characteristics of urban environments at fine spatial scale. Using these data, we identified unique corner-based exposures experienced by day laborers. Future research is needed to understand how corner environments may influence health for this uniquely vulnerable population.

Vida PURA: results from a pilot randomized trial of a culturally adapted screening and brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino day laborers.

Latino immigrant men are at increased risk for unhealthy alcohol use. Vida PURA is a culturally adapted evidence-based intervention that consists of promotores providing screening and brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino immigrant men. The purpose was to assess the efficacy of Vida PURA in a pilot randomized control trial. Participants were screened for eligibility at a day labor worker center using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Those with an AUDIT score ≥ 6 (N = 121) were randomized into an intervention (N = 77) or control group (N = 44). Participants in the intervention group received a brief intervention from a promotor including personalized feedback, motivational interviewing to assess their readiness to change, and referral to services. Participants in the control group received information about local substance use treatment services. We assessed changes in AUDIT scores, drinks per drinking day, drinking days, and frequency of heavy episodic drinking at 2 and 8 weeks following the baseline survey using a mixed-effects regression model. Many men had high AUDIT scores, indicating dependence. Both the intervention and control groups reduced their alcohol-related behaviors over time, but there were no significant differences between the groups. A culturally adapted brief intervention may not be enough to significantly reduce alcohol use among Latino day laborers, especially among those that are dependent. We discuss lessons learned from this trial, including the value of community-based approaches to reaching high-risk and underserved populations.

Help Wanted: Mental Health and Social Stressors Among Latino Day Laborers.

Latino day laborers may be especially vulnerable to poor mental health due to stressful life experiences, yet few studies have described patterns of mental health outcomes and their correlates in this population. Patterns of depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7), and associations with demographic characteristics, social stressors, and substance use in a recruited sample of male Latino day laborers (n = 101) are described. High rates of depression and anxiety were identified. Specifically, 39% screened positive for moderate or severe depression and 25% for moderate or severe anxiety. Higher levels of depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with being single, being homeless or in temporary housing, experiencing discrimination, acculturation stress, and marijuana use. While tobacco and unhealthy alcohol use were common in this sample (39% and 66%, respectively), they were not associated with depression and anxiety. These findings suggest that depression and anxiety are common among Latino day laborers and associated with stressful life experiences. Future research should further assess ways to ameliorate social stressors and reduce risk for poor mental health.

Predicting the Influence of Situational and Immigration Stress on Latino Day Laborers' Workplace Injuries: An Exploratory Structural Equation Model.

Latino day laborers are a socially and economically marginalized immigrant population with a high risk of occupational injury. These workers confront multiple social, psychological, and environmental hardships that increase their risk for adverse health outcomes. How these stressors interact and influencework-related injuries in this population remains unclear. We conducted an exploratory study with 327 Latino day laborers who completed a community survey. We developed a structural equation model, using cross-sectional data to explore the relationships among socioeconomic status, situational and immigration stress, depression, work risk exposure, and occupational injury. The model revealed a statistically significant mediated effect from situational stress to injury through work risk exposure as well as a significant mediated effect from immigration stress through depression to injury. These initial findings suggest that situational and immigration-related stress have a detrimental impact on Latino day laborers' mental health and workplace safety and, ultimately, increase their risk of occupational injury.

Predictors of Sun Protective Behaviors among Latino Day Laborers.

Objectives Despite the substantial solar ultraviolet radiation experienced by Latino day laborers, little attention has been given to factors that are associated with sun protective behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine psychological and nonpsychological predictors of sun protective behaviors among Latino day laborers. Methods This cross-sectional study included a nonrandom sample of 137 Latino day laborers recruited from Mississippi and Illinois. Participants completed a self-report survey instrument, available in English and Spanish, on sun protective behaviors. Results Multivariate regression results showed that sun protective behaviors were significantly greater among Latino day laborers: (a) who had greater perceptions that their supervisor also engaged in sun protective behaviors (β = 0.25, p ≤ 0.01); (b) who reported higher levels of health literacy (β = 0.23, p ≤ 0.001); (c) who have greater knowledge of skin cancer risk factors (β = 0.21, p ≤ 0.01); and (d) who have skin tone that was self-perceived to be more prone to sunburns (β = 0.19, p ≤ 0.01). Conclusions Latino day laborers possess marginal levels of skin cancer knowledge and engage minimally in sun protective behaviors. Skin cancer prevention interventions are warranted for this high-risk group, particularly in the locations in which Latino day laborers work.

Subjective well-being among Latino day laborers: Examining the role of religiosity, social networks, and cigarette use.

Background: Latino day laborers (LDLs) experience chronic stressors, that adversely affects their subjective well-being (SWB). The purpose of the study was to determine whether LDLs’ sociodemographic characteristics, religiosity, social networks, and cigarette use were significantly associated with SWB.Methods: AApproximately 150 LDLs from 4 informal day laborer sites in Dallas and Arlington, Texas, participated in the cross-sectional survey. Informed consent was obtained from all participants and data on SWB were collected face-to-face from April 2013 through July 2013.Results: Most respondents were of Mexican ancestry, (n = 112; 75%), were foreign-born (n = 140; 93%), and undocumented (n = 108; 72%). LDLs reported a mean satisfaction with life score of 19.07 (SD=8.52). Thirty percent of LDLs reported not smoking any cigarettes in the past 30 days. However, 20% reported smoking 20–39 cigarettes, while another 20% reported smoking 40 or more cigarettes in the past 30 days. Hierarchical multiple regression results indicated that marital status (β = 0.13, P ≤ 0.05), connectedness to friends (β = 0.21, P ≤ 0.001), the influence of religion on life (β = 0.57, P ≤ 0.01), frequency of attendance to religious institution (β = 0.11, P ≤ 0.005), and cigarette use (β = -0.15, P ≤ 0.05) were significantly associated with the SWB appraisals of LDLs.Conclusion: These findings show that LDLs are resilient and rely on noneconomic factors to enhance their perceived quality of life. The results underscore the need to identify pathways to improve SWB among LDLs. Doing so may address the broader mental health and occupational health disparities gaps that affect LDLs.

Vida PURA: An assessment of the fidelity of promotor-delivered screening and brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino day laborers

ABSTRACTWe assessed the fidelity of promotores conducting screening and brief intervention (SBI) to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino immigrant day laborers in the Vida PURA study. We reviewed 32 audio-recorded brief interventions to assess promotor adherence to the intervention protocol and to evaluate their motivational interviewing (MI) technique with the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) 4.2.1 tool. Promotores delivered three core intervention steps in 78% of recordings and achieved basic MI competence across all domains and proficiency in 50% of measures. Our results suggest that promotores can be trained to deliver SBI in community settings with fidelity.