Risk Perception and Resource Security for Female Agricultural Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Snyder K
• Description:
  This paper extends the behavioral ecology framework to predict how individuals perceive and evaluate risks. The perceptions of health and safety hazards for females, and how those perceptions relate to resource security and resource acquisition are examined. Poverty and inequality affect the constraints and opportunities available for Hispanic women working in apple packing warehouses in Eastern Washington. Warehouse workers see the health and safety risks inherent in their work and view the hazards from their positions of relative vulnerability with respect to resources. They are active agents who evaluate their situations and work to provide secure resources for themselves and their offspring within the local political and socioeconomic context. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Food-Processing Industry Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Food-processing Food-processing-industry Food-processing-workers Hazards Health-standards Safety-practices Warehousing
• ISBN:
  9780762310821
• ISSN:
  0190-1281
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  271-292
• Volume:
  23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032293
• Citation:
  Res Econ Anthropol 2004 Dec; 23:271-292
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Neurotoxic Disorders ; Neurotoxic Effects
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Research in Economic Anthropology
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e2e840137f94433a2c8319df1d28f38350a462240c58e60ff709d56f853ff046ccf628f31ff42a543cef26462e63caa890a4f3a137eb1279010b2047c361f6e5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186320/cdc_186320_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.26 MB ]