Integrating Worker Health Education in Community Agencies to Address Immigrant Worker Health: A Pilot Implementation Trial

J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Dec 23. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003304. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Objective: This pilot trial aimed to determine implementation processes and outcomes to integrate Basic Worker Health Education (WHEB) in co-ethnic, not directly worker-focused, community agencies that function as cultural-linguistic brokers and service providers to immigrants.

Methods: A Chinese WHEB prototype was developed and implemented at Chinese, Pan-Asian, and nonprofit community-based and Chinese faith-based organizations (N = 8). The implementation process (delivery model choice and areas for change) and outcomes (suitability and adoption sustainability) were evaluated qualitatively.

Results: The agencies selected four delivery models. Five agencies reached ≥70% of their target goal. Respondents described the chosen delivery models as suitable for the varying agency contexts. Three agencies continued WHEB; reasons for continuing or not continuing were identified.

Conclusions: Findings highlight strategies to enhance the uptake and diffusion of worker health educational interventions in community settings.