@article{ref1,
title="Workers' compensation and the working poor: occupational health experience among low wage workers in federally qualified health centers",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2018",
author="Topete, Liza and Forst, Linda and Zanoni, Joseph and Friedman, Lee",
volume="61",
number="3",
pages="189-197",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The working poor are at highest risk of work-related injuries and have limited access to occupational health care. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To explore community health centers (CHCs) as a venue for accessing at risk workers; and to examine the experience, knowledge, and perceptions of workers' compensation (WC) among the working poor. <br><br>METHODS: Key informant interviews were conducted among patients in waiting rooms of rural and urban CHCs. <br><br>RESULT: Fifty-one interviews of minority workers across sectors identified 23 prior work-related injuries and mixed experiences with the WC system. Barriers to reporting and ways to overcome these barriers were elucidated. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Patients in CHCs work in jobs that put them at risk for work-related injuries. CHCs are a good site for accessing at-risk workers. Improving occupational healthcare and appropriate billing of WC insurance should be explored, as should best practices for employers to communicate WC laws to low wage workers.<br><br>© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.22813",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22813"
}