Hand Problems in Migrant Farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Cooper SP ; del Junco DJ ; Huber JC ; Moore, J. Steven ; Rene AA ; Shah DJ ; Shipp EM
• Description:
  Purpose: We estimated the self-reported prevalence of hand problems and identified factors associated with them in this cross-sectional study including 390 farmworkers representing 180 migrant farmworker families from Starr County, Texas. Methods: A two-year cohort study (1999-2001), "Injury and Illness Surveillance in Migrant Farmworkers (MANOS)," provided the data for this study. We calculated the prevalence for the two-year follow-up period, stratified by family member and survey year. The associated work and non-work factors were identified for the entire sample using multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis. Results: Prevalence for hand problems was 29.0% and 17.8% for the first and second study years, respectively. Significant factors (associated odds ratios) included increasing age (1.07), female gender (3.49), duration of sleep while migrating (0.68), participation group working in both study years 1 and 2 (0.21) or year 2 only (0.14), working on average more than 11 hours per day (8.23), moving heavy objects at work (3.97), working with hand-held vibrating tools/machinery (5.16), and working in meat processing (40.48). Conclusions: The prevalence of hand problems in migrant farmworkers reported by this study was notable for mothers, fathers, and children. Further research with refined ergonomic exposure and outcome assessments for investigating hand injuries in migrant farmworkers is indicated, specifically among youth. The role of sleep in preventing symptoms should also be explored. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Family Farmworkers Hand-injuries Hand Pain Hand Symptoms Hispanics Injuries Injury-prevention Migrants Multilevel Mixed Effects Regression Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Musculoskeletal Disorders Power-tools Starr County Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Texas Upper Extremity Disorders

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  157-169
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035249
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2009 Apr; 15(2):157-169
• Contact Point Address:
  Eva M. Shipp, UTHSC-SPH SARC, 7703 Floyd Curl, MC7976, San Antonio, TX 78229
• Email:
  eva.m.shipp@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas, Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b2ba75f369ff4ef980ad37b476030fe87df7759d593bc002bc6bb7b6d3ff849e0373cc2d3b50617c4655ffe9bd29af4aee9b4aabba8567cb0c873a44ea843717
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187164/cdc_187164_DS1.pdf
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