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"Una Mujer Trabaja Doble Aquí": Vignette-Based Focus Groups on Stress and Work for Latina Blue-Collar Women in Eastern North Carolina

Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Laura A. Linnan, ScD, CHES

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Margaret E. Bentley, PhD

Global Health in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Brenda M. DeVellis, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Andrea Meier, PhD

School of Social Work, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pamela Y. Frasier, PhD, MSPH, MA

School of Medicine, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Kristine S. Kelsey, PhD

Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Center for Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Marci K. Campbell, PhD, RD

Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Latina women are a growing percentage of the working population, and very little is known about their health needs and interests. The purpose of this article is to share qualitative research results gathered from Latina women with a particular focus on exploring stress and health. This project was a substudy of Health Works in the Community, a 5-year CDC-funded multiple risk-factor reduction trial using participatory action research approaches to address smoking, healthy eating, stress, and physical activity among blue-collar women from 12 manufacturing work sites in rural, eastern North Carolina. Five focus groups were conducted with trained, bilingual facilitators using a vignettebased moderator guide that appeared particularly effective with this population. Results from the focus groups are used to make recommendations for future research with Latinas and for developing effective work-site-based interventions to address issues of stress and health within this population.

Key Words: Latina health • women's health • immigrant health • work-site health • stress • vignette based focus group method

This version was published on January 1, 2007

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 8, No. 1, 41-49 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905278916


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