Immigrant women’s occupational struggles during the socioeconomic crisis in Spain: Broadening occupational justice conceptualization

Abstract

Occupational scientists claim that further development of the concept of occupational justice is needed to enact the discipline's commitment to social transformation. We argue that immigrant women's experiences of occupations in Spain can contribute to this dialogue. Although research on occupations after migration has expanded internationally, limited studies have adopted a critical stance towards health and occupation simultaneously. Thus, we propose that advancing

The Health Consequences of Neocolonialism for Latin American Immigrant Women Working as Caregivers in Spain: A Multisite Qualitative Analysis

“…This is a multisite qualitative study based on secondary data analysis from four critical qualitative health studies [46,47,50,51] aimed to better understand diverse aspects of the health and wellbeing of Latin American immigrant domestic workers living in six Spanish regions (Table 1).…”

“…Research shows that these women have the highest risk of unfavorable factors for health at work, such as countless work demands, little social support or low esteem [7,10,32,41]; they have greater levels of stress [42]; worst self-perceived health [43]; report higher levels of self-perceived discrimination [44] and are the group with the highest prevalence of mental health problems [45]. Consistently, immigrant female workers score very low in the SF-36 questionnaire dimensions of physical and emotional roles (used to measure the perceived quality of life) [38], and their narratives illustrate the concurrent negative impact on their physical (e.g., muscle aches), mental (e.g., desperation) and social (e.g., isolation) wellbeing [46]. Additionally, their low SES as immigrant women working in IL has been associated with difficulties in accessing and using social and health care services in Spain [47].…”

Análisis Ocupacional Y De Género en La Infancia: Aplicación De Los Mapas Corporales Narrados Desde Un Grupo De Discusión

“…Existe un creciente interés dentro del campo de la Terapia Ocupacional (TO) y Ciencia de la Ocupación (CO) en relación al género y sus implicaciones en diferentes dimensiones, identificándolo como un ámbito de investigación prioritario (Angell, 2014;Carra, 2014), ya que en relación a otras disciplinas próximas como la psicología o sociología, es un campo poco explorado y con escasa literatura reciente dentro de la TO/CO. Se han realizado investigaciones en TO/CO que abordan cómo el género impacta en diferentes dimensiones de la vida diaria (Goodman, Knotts, & Jackson, 2007;Huff, Rudman, Magalhães, & Lawson, 2018;Liedberg, Björk, & Hensing, 2010;Mansilla-Rivera, Astete-Valdebenito, Garrido-Salazar, & Maldonado-Molina, 2017;Rivas-Quarneti, Movilla-Fernández, & Magalhães, 2017;Wada, Backman, & Forwell, 2010). Sin embargo, son pocas las investigaciones en TO/CO que profundicen en la relación del género y la infancia, pese a lo que se infiere de la evidencia existente: en el estudio realizado por Stagnitti et al (2010) encontraron que las niñas y los niños de 4-5 años optaban por jugar de forma segregada y escoger material de juego acorde a los roles de género hegemónicos.…”

Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science

“…Focusing on inhabited spaces, Gonçalves and Malfitano (2020) and Pizarro et al (2018aPizarro et al ( , 2018b propose that Brazilian 'favelas' and Chilean 'campamentos' can serve as social markers of poverty that hinder residents from accessing social life. Rivas-Quarneti et al (2018) show how women's experience of immigration in Spain can contribute to discussions about occupational justice in occupational science.…”