GESEC Group, Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
Grup de Recerca en Cures de la Salut, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 9;17(21):8278. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218278.
In Spain, most jobs available for Latin American immigrant women are in intimate labour (caregiving and domestic work). This work is usually performed under informal employment conditions. The objective of this study was to explain how the colonial logic mediates the experiences of Latin American women working in intimate labour in Spain, and the effects of such occupation on their health and wellbeing, using a decolonial theoretical framework. A multi-site secondary data analysis of qualitative data from four previous studies was performed utilizing 101 interviews with Latin American immigrant women working as caregivers in Spain. Three interwoven categories show how the dominant colonial logic in Spain creates low social status and precarious jobs, and naturalizes intimate labour as their métier while producing detrimental physical and psychosocial health consequences for these immigrant caregivers. The caregivers displayed several strategies to resist and navigate intimate labour and manage its negative impact on health. Respect and integration into the family for whom they work had a buffering effect, mediating the effects of working conditions on health and wellbeing. Based on our analysis, we suggest that employment, social, and health protection laws and strategies are needed to promote a positive working environment, and to reduce the impact of caregiving work for Latin American caregivers.
在西班牙，大多数可供拉丁裔移民女性从事的工作都属于亲密劳动领域（护理和家政工作）。这些工作通常是在非正式的就业条件下进行的。本研究旨在使用去殖民化理论框架，解释殖民逻辑如何调节在西班牙从事亲密劳动的拉丁裔妇女的经历，以及这种职业对她们健康和福祉的影响。利用来自之前四项研究的定性数据的多地点二次数据分析，对 101 名在西班牙从事护理工作的拉丁裔移民妇女进行了访谈。三个交织的类别表明，西班牙占主导地位的殖民逻辑如何导致社会地位低下和工作不稳定，并将亲密劳动视为她们的专长，同时对这些移民护理人员的身心健康产生不利影响。护理人员展示了几种策略来抵制和驾驭亲密劳动，并管理其对健康的负面影响。她们对所服务家庭的尊重和融入具有缓冲作用，调节了工作条件对健康和福祉的影响。基于我们的分析，我们建议需要就业、社会和健康保护法律和战略，以促进积极的工作环境，并减少拉丁裔护理人员从事护理工作的影响。
