Navigating the waters of the US healthcare system: improving the biopsychosocial health of fishing industry workers.
Project Overview
This study examines the link between and mechanisms underlying occupational injuries and substance misuse to inform clinical needs by conducting semi-structured interviews and participant observation. In addition, it studies the feasibility of healthcare navigators by identifying and addressing biopsychosocial factors that lead to increased injury and substance misuse.
The study will evaluate whether and how commercial fishermen use and access the healthcare navigators to reduce injury and substance use. The project brings together worker health equity and structural/social dimensions of health models to understand the bidirectional relationship between injury and substance misuse, and to address these interlinked issues by improving biopsychosocial factors among low SES and im/migrant workers.
Shannon Guillot-Wright (Principal Investigator)
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health is part of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health