Wage theft as a neglected public health problem: an overview and case study from San Francisco's Chinatown District.

Abstract:

:Wage theft, or nonpayment of wages to which workers are legally entitled, is a major contributor to low income, which in turn has adverse health effects. We describe a participatory research study of wage theft among immigrant Chinatown restaurant workers. We conducted surveys of 433 workers, and developed and used a health department observational tool in 106 restaurants. Close to 60% of workers reported 1 or more forms of wage theft (e.g., receiving less than minimum wage [50%], no overtime pay [> 65%], and pay deductions when sick [42%]). Almost two thirds of restaurants lacked required minimum wage law signage. We discuss the dissemination and use of findings to help secure and enforce a wage theft ordinance, along with implications for practice.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Minkler M,Salvatore AL,Chang C,Gaydos M,Liu SS,Lee PT,Tom A,Bhatia R,Krause N

doi

10.2105/AJPH.2013.301813

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-06-01 00:00:00

pages

1010-20

issue

6

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

104

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Health Behaviors and Outcomes Associated With Personal and Family History of Criminal Justice System Involvement, New York City, 2017.

    abstract::Objectives. To quantify the association between personal and family history of criminal justice system (CJS) involvement (PHJI and FHJI, respectively), health outcomes, and health-related behaviors.Methods. We examined 2017 New York City Community Health Survey data (n = 10 005) with multivariable logistic regression....

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305415

    authors: Baquero M,Zweig K,Angell SY,Meropol SB

    更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00

  • Relationship of lipoprotein(a) levels to physical activity and family history of coronary heart disease.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the association of physical activity with serum lipoprotein(a) [La(a)] levels in individuals according to whether they had a family history of coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS:Lp(a) levels in 332 healthy Spanish men aged 20 to 60 years were measured. Physical activity and family hi...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.89.3.383

    authors: Martín S,Elosua R,Covas MI,Pavesi M,Vila J,Marrugat J

    更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00

  • Minor women obtaining abortions: a study of parental notification in a metropolitan area.

    abstract::Data were collected from 141 women under age 18 attending an abortion clinic that did not require parental notification. Most of them informed their girl friend but not their parents of the plans for abortion. Younger minors and those who perceive their parents to hold positive attitudes toward abortion were more apt ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.72.3.283

    authors: Clary F

    更新日期:1982-03-01 00:00:00

  • The effect of school on overweight in childhood: gain in body mass index during the school year and during summer vacation.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:To determine whether school or nonschool environments contribute more to childhood overweight, we compared children's gains in body mass index (BMI) when school is in session (during the kindergarten and first-grade school years) with their gains in BMI when school is out (during summer vacation). METHODS:T...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.080754

    authors: von Hippel PT,Powell B,Downey DB,Rowland NJ

    更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00

  • Does switching from cigarettes to pipes or cigars reduce tobacco smoke exposure?

    abstract::Cigarette smoking histories, reported depth of inhalation, number of pipe and cigars (PC) smoked, serum thiocyanate (SCN) and expired air carbon monoxide (CO) levels were examined in PC male smokers enrolled in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). Serum SCN levels for all PC smokers were higher than fo...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.77.11.1412

    authors: Ockene JK,Pechacek TF,Vogt T,Svendsen K

    更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00

  • Ke 'Ano Ola: Moloka'i's community-based healthy lifestyle modification program.

    abstract::We evaluated a community-based 12-week healthy lifestyle program in Moloka'i, HI, called Ke 'Ano Ola, which was developed to decrease chronic disease risk through health education emphasizing weight loss, exercise, and risk factor reduction. Program leaders' strong commitment and positive role modeling, along with soc...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.176222

    authors: Gellert KS,Aubert RE,Mikami JS

    更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00

  • Standardization of State Definitions for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Surveillance and the Opioid Crisis.

    abstract::Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) have increased fivefold in the past decade. To address this expanding and complex issue, state public health agencies have addressed the opioid crisis affecting newborns in diverse ways, leading to a variety of methods to quantify the burden of NAS.In an effort to understand...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305170

    authors: Chiang KV,Okoroh EM,Kasehagen LJ,Garcia-Saavedra LF,Ko JY

    更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00

  • Sexual violence victimization history and sexual risk indicators in a community-based urban cohort of "mostly heterosexual" and heterosexual young women.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine sexual violence victimization in childhood and sexual risk indicators in young adulthood in a primarily Latina and Black cohort of "mostly heterosexual" and heterosexual women in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). METHODS:In 2000, a comprehensive survey t...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2006.099473

    authors: Austin SB,Roberts AL,Corliss HL,Molnar BE

    更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00

  • Voluntary participation and informed consent to international genetic research.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We compared voluntary participation and comprehension of informed consent among individuals of African ancestry enrolled in similarly designed genetic studies of hypertension in the United States and Nigeria. METHODS:Survey questionnaires were used to evaluate factors associated with voluntariness (the numb...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.076232

    authors: Marshall PA,Adebamowo CA,Adeyemo AA,Ogundiran TO,Vekich M,Strenski T,Zhou J,Prewitt TE,Cooper RS,Rotimi CN

    更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00

  • Milestones in the process of cessation among novice adolescent smokers.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to document the sequence and timing of milestones in the process of smoking cessation by prospectively studied cessation milestones among novice adolescent smokers. METHODS:Participants, aged 12 to 13 years in 1999 (n = 1293), completed self-report questionnaires every 3 months during the school y...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.128629

    authors: O'Loughlin J,Gervais A,Dugas E,Meshefedjian G

    更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00

  • 'Call fast, Call 911': a direct mail campaign to reduce patient delay in acute myocardial infarction.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:A 10-month direct mail campaign was implemented to increase use of emergency medical services via 911 calls and to reduce prehospital delay for individuals experiencing acute myocardial infarction symptoms. METHODS:This prospective, randomized, controlled trial involved three intervention groups (receiving ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.2105/ajph.87.10.1705

    authors: Meischke H,Dulberg EM,Schaeffer SS,Henwood DK,Larsen MP,Eisenberg MS

    更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00

  • Islands of hope: building local capacity to manage an outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Pacific.

    abstract::A single case of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) can overwhelm the technical and financial capacity of small TB programs. In May 2008, the island state of Chuuk requested assistance for their first cases of MDR-TB. Second-line drugs and isolation rooms were unavailable, lab capacity was limited, and clinicia...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.177170

    authors: Brostrom R,Fred D,Heetderks A,Desai M,Song R,Haddad M,Wada R,Bamrah S

    更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00

  • Impact of Connecticut legislation incentivizing elimination of unhealthy competitive foods on National School Lunch Program participation.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We analyzed the impact of Connecticut legislation incentivizing voluntary school district-level elimination of unhealthy competitive foods on National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation. METHODS:We analyzed data on free, reduced, and paid participation in the NSLP from 904 schools within 154 Connecti...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301331

    authors: Long MW,Luedicke J,Dorsey M,Fiore SS,Henderson KE

    更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00

  • Indigenous ways of knowing: implications for participatory research and community.

    abstract::Researchers have a responsibility to cause no harm, but research has been a source of distress for indigenous people because of inappropriate methods and practices. The way researchers acquire knowledge in indigenous communities may be as critical for eliminating health disparities as the actual knowledge that is gain...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2006.093641

    authors: Cochran PA,Marshall CA,Garcia-Downing C,Kendall E,Cook D,McCubbin L,Gover RM

    更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00

  • Integrating public health and personal care in a reformed US health care system.

    abstract::Compared with other developed countries, the United States has an inefficient and expensive health care system with poor outcomes and many citizens who are denied access. Inefficiency is increased by the lack of an integrated system that could promote an optimal mix of personal medical care and population health measu...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.156588

    authors: Chernichovsky D,Leibowitz AA

    更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00

  • Prevalence of gender identity disorder and suicide risk among transgender veterans utilizing veterans health administration care.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We estimated the prevalence and incidence of gender identity disorder (GID) diagnoses among veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care system and examined suicide risk among veterans with a GID diagnosis. METHODS:We examined VHA electronic medical records from 2000 through 2011 for 2 o...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301507

    authors: Blosnich JR,Brown GR,Shipherd Phd JC,Kauth M,Piegari RI,Bossarte RM

    更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00

  • Changing the child labor laws for agriculture: impact on injury.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:The child labor laws are intended to protect young workers from the most dangerous jobs. However, children who work on their parents' farms are exempt from these laws. We evaluated the potential for preventing the occurrence of farm injuries among children by changing the US Federal Child Labor Laws, Hazardou...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.078923

    authors: Marlenga B,Berg RL,Linneman JG,Brison RJ,Pickett W

    更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00

  • The impact of political violence on health and health services in Cape Town, South Africa, 1986: methodological problems and preliminary results.

    abstract::Cape Town, South Africa experienced an upsurge in the level of political violence from May to July of 1986. To determine the impact of the political violence on health and health services, selected routinely available information was analyzed, a community survey was conducted of 1,540 randomly selected households in h...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.78.7.772

    authors: Yach D

    更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00

  • Hospital religious affiliation and emergency contraceptive prescribing practices.

    abstract::With access to reproductive health care eroding, examination of prescribing of contraception, including emergency contraception (EC), is important. We examined whether working in a family practice affiliated with a religious institution changes the likelihood of a provider prescribing EC. Our survey asked about EC pre...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.061218

    authors: Rubin SE,Grumet S,Prine L

    更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00

  • The health care system under French national health insurance: lessons for health reform in the United States.

    abstract::The French health system combines universal coverage with a public-private mix of hospital and ambulatory care and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States. Although the system is far from perfect, its indicators of health status and consumer satisfaction are high; its expenditures, as a share of...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.93.1.31

    authors: Rodwin VG

    更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00

  • Promoting social inclusion in schools: a group-randomized trial of effects on student health risk behavior and well-being.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to test the efficacy of an intervention that was designed to promote social inclusion and commitment to education, in reducing among students health risk behaviors and improving emotional well-being. METHODS:The design was a cluster-randomized trial in 25 secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.047399

    authors: Patton GC,Bond L,Carlin JB,Thomas L,Butler H,Glover S,Catalano R,Bowes G

    更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00

  • The effect of a "maintain, don't gain" approach to weight management on depression among black women: results from a randomized controlled trial.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the effect of a weight gain prevention intervention (Shape Program) on depression among socioeconomically disadvantaged overweight and obese Black women. METHODS:Between 2009 and 2012, we conducted a randomized trial comparing a 12-month electronic health-based weight gain prevention interventi...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302004

    authors: Steinberg DM,Askew S,Lanpher MG,Foley PB,Levine EL,Bennett GG

    更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00

  • A pilot study of the impact of housing first-supported housing for intensive users of medical hospitalization and sobering services.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined changes in service use in a Housing First (HF) pilot program for adults who were homeless with medical illnesses and high prior acute-care use relative to a similar comparison group. METHODS:We used a 1-year pre-post comparison group design. The 29 participants and 31 comparison group members we...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300867

    authors: Srebnik D,Connor T,Sylla L

    更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00

  • Immigration and acculturation in relation to health and health-related risk factors among specific Asian subgroups in a health maintenance organization.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine how risk factors for disease vary among Asian subgroups. METHODS:Using data from a case-control study conducted at Northern California Kaiser Medical Centers (from 1996 to 2001), we compared prevalence of selected risk factors among Asian subgroups and evaluated the associations of th...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.94.11.1977

    authors: Gomez SL,Kelsey JL,Glaser SL,Lee MM,Sidney S

    更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00

  • Modern contraception use in Ethiopia: does involving husbands make a difference?

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study was undertaken to determine the relative efficacy of home visitation with and without husband participation on the use of modern contraception in Ethiopia. METHODS:A randomized field trial of a family planning education intervention using home visitation with and without husband participation was...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.2105/ajph.83.11.1567

    authors: Terefe A,Larson CP

    更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00

  • Ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in New York health care facilities, 1988. The New York MRSA Study Group.

    abstract::The emergence in 1988 of ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New York City was studied in nine hospitals and eight nursing homes. Of the 43 hospitalized patients studied, 21 were admitted from home, while nine of the 12 nursing home patients were transferred from a hospital. T...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.80.7.810

    authors: Budnick LD,Schaefler S

    更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00

  • Health beliefs and smoking behavior.

    abstract::Smoking histories and beliefs about smoking were obtained on 120 ex- and current smokers. Ex-smokers view smoking as a serious health problem, did not report having a physician recommend they stop, and feel personally susceptible to its adverse effects. Moderate smokers (0-10/day) also view smoking as serious, but do ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.71.11.1253

    authors: Weinberger M,Greene JY,Mamlin JJ,Jerin MJ

    更新日期:1981-11-01 00:00:00

  • Caregiving to children and grandchildren and risk of coronary heart disease in women.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationship between burden of providing care to non-ill children and grandchildren and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) among women. METHODS:A prospective cohort study was conducted as part of the Nurses' Health Study among 54,412 women aged 46 to 71 years who were registered nurse...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.93.11.1939

    authors: Lee S,Colditz G,Berkman L,Kawachi I

    更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00

  • The role of the built environment in the disablement process.

    abstract::The Disablement Process model explicates the transition from health conditions to disability and specifically emphasizes the role of intervening factors that speed up or slow down the pathway between pathology and disability. We used hierarchical Poisson regression analyses with data on older adults from central North...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.054494

    authors: Clarke P,George LK

    更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00

  • Development of the pediatric environmental health specialty unit network in North America.

    abstract::Training in environmental health in general, and pediatric environmental health in particular, is inadequate. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began to develop pediatric environmental health specialty units (PEHSUs) after noting the dearth of practitioners who could evaluate and manage children wit...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.154641

    authors: Paulson JA,Karr CJ,Seltzer JM,Cherry DC,Sheffield PE,Cifuentes E,Buka I,Amler RW

    更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00