Pandemic Influenza and Farmworkers: The Effects of Employment, Social, and Economic Factors

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Davis S ; Steege, Andrea L. ; Sweeney, Marie H. ; Torres-Kilgore J
• Description:
  Employment, social, and economic factors have the potential to affect the magnitude of an influenza pandemic among farmworkers. Prevention efforts targeted toward livestock farmworkers, including increased access to seasonal influenza vaccine, risk reduction training, various forms of personal protection, and workplace sanitation, are needed. Crop and livestock farmworkers are at increased risk of exposure to influenza A viruses because of limited resources, substandard housing, immigration status, communication and cultural barriers, and discrimination. Recommendations were gathered from migrant clinicians, farmworker advocates, state and federal government agencies, industry stakeholders, and researchers to overcome these barriers, including surveillance of livestock farmworkers, inclusion of farmworker service organizations in planning efforts, and separation of immigration enforcement from emergency assistance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animal Husbandry Animals Biological Factors Environmental Monitoring Farmers Hazardous Substances Immune System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Viral Diseases Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Animal-husbandry-workers Animal-products-workers Biohazards Biological-effects Biological-factors Biological-monitoring Biostatistics Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Immune-system Immunology Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Sociological-factors Surveillance-programs Training Vaccines Viral-diseases Viral-infections Work-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  99
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035970
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2009 Oct; 99(S2):S308-S315
• Contact Point Address:
  Andrea L. Steege, PhD, MPH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS R18, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  asteege@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Supplement:
  S2
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:25b88a9b335d148b8891810fe29243c4d065961de6c32759e3ae535cecffa1212eec821bfcb8d2d8cb764ae68186d30ffeda3abd5e7270bdecaf2e5a226b3f63
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187613/cdc_187613_DS1.pdf
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