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

¹ a research associate in the Department of Social Medicine and a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
² an assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
³ a professor of nutrition and associate dean for Global Health in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
⁴ a professor of health behavior and health education and research professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
⁵ a research assistant professor in the School of Social Work, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
⁶ an associate professor in the School of Medicine, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁷ a research assistant professor with the Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina and clinical scientist at the Center for Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁸ an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

	Abstract

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 vignette-based 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

First published on August 2, 2006, doi:10.1177/1524839905278916

Health Promotion Practice 2007;8:41.

A more recent version of this article appeared on January 1, 2007


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