Child Healthcare in Two Farmworker Populations

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Davis SW ; Gentry K ; Grzywacz JG ; Hiott AE ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  Children in farmworker families are medically underserved. Little research has documented the healthcare of these children. This analysis uses data collected from two populations of Latino farmworker families, one located in western North Carolina and western Virginia, and the other located in eastern North Carolina, to describe and compare child healthcare utilization and mothers' satisfaction with their children's healthcare. Child, mother, household and health services characteristics are examined as causes of variation in child healthcare utilization and mothers' satisfaction for each farmworker population. Results highlight strengths in the provision of healthcare to farmworker children, including most receiving care at a consistent healthcare facility, age appropriate time since last visit, and satisfaction with the care received. Shortcomings in farmworker child healthcare include few having a consistent healthcare provider, and many not receiving visits with recommended frequency. Differences observed in child health services between the two populations include dissatisfaction with care received, perceptions that healthcare staff members are disrespectful, and difficulties with transportation. Further research is needed to determine the best means of providing care to this underserved population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Environmental Health Farmers Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Children Demographic-characteristics Environmental-health Occupational-health Racial-factors
• ISSN:
  0094-5145
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  419-431
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032987
• Citation:
  J Community Health 2007 Dec; 32(6):419-431
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Arcury, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  tarcury@wfubmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Community Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:553c6794848dcc417ca45a0ef8338d6adc15dde78fee96d803b64eac08c247f089020ce0d9fa00a4119cbbc8086426d3f0496298de5b71a2aca47905d061316b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188732/cdc_188732_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 156.26 KB ]