Pesticide Exposure and Occupational Safety Training of Indigenous Farmworkers in Oregon

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• Personal Author:
  Bergstad EA ; Farquhar SA ; Samples J ; Sanchez V ; Shadbeh N ; Ventura S
• Description:
  This follow-up study assessed indigenous and Latino farmworkers' occupational health and safety needs and measured variables related to pesticide exposure and pesticide safety training among this population. Results yielded differences between indigenous workers and Latino workers related to language barriers, experiences of workplace discrimination, preferred modes of information dissemination, pesticide exposures, and sufficiency of pesticide training. Employing more people who speak indigenous languages as interpreters, community and organizational leaders, and health workers may remove some of the linguistic and cultural barriers to occupational safety training. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Environmental Monitoring Family Farmers Hypersensitivity Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Chemical-hypersensitivity Demographic-characteristics Exposure-assessment Exposure-methods Families Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Racial-factors Safety-measures Training Work-operations Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  99
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036282
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2009 Nov; 99(Suppl 3):S581-S584
• Contact Point Address:
  Stephanie A. Farquhar, PhD, School of Community Health, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751
• Email:
  farquhar@pdx.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Law Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Supplement:
  3
• End Date:
  20080731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fd0e944ca3cc3fc9dbf1639c0a22eba9a002c40118f376594ffb12251139e7cb8e2926b8ae55636224bb3bf19a1a8040382e94918b0661286c3d00a99698aacf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187766/cdc_187766_DS1.pdf
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