One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina

Background: Domestic workers around the world work and eventually live in private homes where control of working conditions is difficult. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare working conditions and its impact on general and mental health in live-in and live-out domestic workers in Argenti...

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Autores principales:	María Fernanda Bauleo, Frank van Dijk, Katja Radon
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2018
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6c922419e2294dbc8f714f2df698bddf2021-12-02T08:07:41ZOne’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina2214-999610.29024/aogh.2311https://doaj.org/article/6c922419e2294dbc8f714f2df698bddf2018-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2311https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Domestic workers around the world work and eventually live in private homes where control of working conditions is difficult. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare working conditions and its impact on general and mental health in live-in and live-out domestic workers in Argentina. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, the Spanish version of the European Workings Condition Survey and an ad hoc questionnaire were applied to 201 domestic workers (response 94%). Twelve months’ prevalence of verbal or physical workplace violence was assessed. Poor general health was defined by general health self-assessed as poor or fair. Symptoms of common mental disorders (CMD) were considered present if Goldberg’s general health score was above 4. Data were analyzed using Chi square’s test and logistic regression models. Findings: Live-in workers formed 66% of the participants. They were more likely to take care of the elderly, iron and cook than live-out workers. Workplace violence was reported by 17% of live-in and 24% of live-out workers (p = 0.25). Overall prevalence of poor general health was 23%; 53% reported CMD. After adjustment, violence remained a statistically significant predictor of poor general health (Odds Ratio 7.3; 95% Confidence Interval 2.8–19.1) and CMD (3.2; 1.1–9.3). Conclusions: Working conditions of live-in and live-out domestic workers are different. However, exposure to workplace violence is common in both groups and affects general and mental health.María Fernanda BauleoFrank van DijkKatja RadonUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 84, Iss 3, Pp 450-458 (2018)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 María Fernanda Bauleo Frank van Dijk Katja Radon One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina
description	Background: Domestic workers around the world work and eventually live in private homes where control of working conditions is difficult. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare working conditions and its impact on general and mental health in live-in and live-out domestic workers in Argentina. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, the Spanish version of the European Workings Condition Survey and an ad hoc questionnaire were applied to 201 domestic workers (response 94%). Twelve months’ prevalence of verbal or physical workplace violence was assessed. Poor general health was defined by general health self-assessed as poor or fair. Symptoms of common mental disorders (CMD) were considered present if Goldberg’s general health score was above 4. Data were analyzed using Chi square’s test and logistic regression models. Findings: Live-in workers formed 66% of the participants. They were more likely to take care of the elderly, iron and cook than live-out workers. Workplace violence was reported by 17% of live-in and 24% of live-out workers (p = 0.25). Overall prevalence of poor general health was 23%; 53% reported CMD. After adjustment, violence remained a statistically significant predictor of poor general health (Odds Ratio 7.3; 95% Confidence Interval 2.8–19.1) and CMD (3.2; 1.1–9.3). Conclusions: Working conditions of live-in and live-out domestic workers are different. However, exposure to workplace violence is common in both groups and affects general and mental health.
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title	One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina
title_short	One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina
title_full	One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina
title_fullStr	One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina
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publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2018
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One’s Workplace, Other’s Home? Work and Health of Domestic Workers in Argentina

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