abstract: 'Background International migration has emerged as a global issue that

  has transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of persons. Migrant

  workers contribute to the economic growth of high-income countries often

  serving as the labour force, performing dangerous, dirty and degrading

  work that nationals are reluctant to perform.

  Methods Critical examination of the scientific and ``grey{''''}

  literatures on immigration, employment relations and health.

  Results Both lay and scientific literatures indicate that public health

  researchers should be concerned about the health consequences of

  migration processes. Migrant workers are more represented in dangerous

  industries and in hazardous jobs, occupations and tasks. They are often

  hired as labourers in precarious jobs with poverty wages and experience

  more serious abuse and exploitation at the workplace. Also, analyses

  document migrant workers'' problems of social exclusion, lack of health

  and safety training, fear of reprisals for demanding better working

  conditions, linguistic and cultural barriers that minimize the

  effectiveness of training, incomplete OHS surveillance of foreign

  workers and difficulty accessing care and compensation when injured.

  Therefore migrant status can be an important source of occupational

  health inequalities.

  Conclusions Available evidence shows that the employment conditions and

  associated work organization of most migrant workers are dangerous to

  their health. The overall impact of immigration on population health,

  however; still is poorly understood and many mechanisms, pathways and

  overall health impact are poorly documented. Current limitations

  highlight the need to engage in explicit analytical, intervention and

  policy research Am. J. Ind. Med. 53:338-343,2010. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss,

  Inc.'
affiliation: 'Benach, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Pompeu Fabra, Occupat Hlth Res
  Ctr, Hlth Inequal Res Grp, Dept Expt \& Hlth Sci, Barcelona Biomed Res Pk,C Dr Aiguader
  88, Barcelona 08003, Spain.

  Benach, Joan, Univ Pompeu Fabra, Occupat Hlth Res Ctr, Hlth Inequal Res Grp, Dept
  Expt \& Hlth Sci, Barcelona 08003, Spain.

  Benach, Joan; Benavides, Fernando G., CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain.

  Benach, Joan; Muntaner, Carles, Employment Condit Knowledge Network Emconet, Hlth
  Inequal Res Grp, Barcelona, Spain.

  Muntaner, Carles, Univ Toronto, Inst Work \& Hlth, Ctr Addict \& Mental Hlth, Social
  Equ \& Hlth Sect, Toronto, ON, Canada.

  Chung, Haejoo, Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.'
author: Benach, Joan and Muntaner, Carles and Chung, Haejoo and Benavides, Fernando
  G.
author-email: joan.benach@upf.edu
author_list:
- family: Benach
  given: Joan
- family: Muntaner
  given: Carles
- family: Chung
  given: Haejoo
- family: Benavides
  given: Fernando G.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/ajim.20717
eissn: 1097-0274
files: []
issn: 0271-3586
journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
keywords: 'immigration; employment relations; public health research; working

  conditions; health inequalities'
keywords-plus: UNITED-STATES; GENDER; WORK
language: English
month: APR
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '26'
orcid-numbers: 'Benavides, Fernando G./0000-0003-0747-2660

  Benach, Joan/0000-0003-2285-742X

  Chung, Haejoo/0000-0002-2661-4161'
pages: 338-343
papis_id: 94fe14bf95ef3d57a4618f4ba2d559a5
ref: Benach2010immigrationemploymen
researcherid-numbers: 'Benavides, Fernando G./A-5137-2008

  Benach, Joan/H-2519-2013

  '
times-cited: '66'
title: 'Immigration, Employment Relations, and Health: Developing a Research Agenda'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000276252200004
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volume: '53'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2010'