Work-Related Injuries Among Immigrant Workers in Italy

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作者：
Michele Antonio Salvatore
Giovanni Baglio
Laura Cacciani
Amedeo Spagnolo
Aldo Rosano
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[1] National Institute of Statistics,
[2] Istituto per lo Sviluppo della Formazione Professionale dei Lavoratori (ISFOL)–ex Istituto per gli Affari Sociali,undefined
来源：
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | 2013年 / 15卷
关键词：
Immigrants; Workers; Work-related injuries; Italy;
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摘要：
In Italy, work-related injuries among immigrant workers are an emerging concern. In this study, we compared the occurrence of work-related injuries between legally residing immigrants from High Migration Pressure Countries and Italians and evaluated the associations with potential risk factors. Using data from the 2007 Labour Force Survey conducted by Italy’s National Institute of Statistics, we examined the relationship between the occurrence of work-related injuries in the previous 12 months and being an immigrant among a nationally representative sample. The occurrence of work-related injuries was significantly higher among immigrant males compared to Italian males (adjusted OR = 1.82; 95 % CI 1.53–2.16), particularly in the construction sector, for which the results showed a U-shaped trend of the odds ratios of injuries for immigrants compared to Italians with increasing number of years of work in the same job. No associations were found among women. The findings suggest that prevention programs need to be implemented to limit the burden of work-related injuries among immigrants.
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