Immigrant Farmworkers’ Health-Related Quality of Life: An Application of the Job Demands-Control Model

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Grzywacz JG ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  This study tests basic predictions from the demands-control model of occupational stress in Latino immigrant farmworkers. Cross-sectional data were obtained from 151 farmworkers in eastern North Carolina via face-to-face interviews conducted in Spanish during the summer of 2005. Results suggest that farmwork is characterized by low psychological demand and low control, or that it is a "passive job." Multivariate analyses provided little support for predictions. Isometric load, an indicator of physical job demands reflecting how frequently workers maintain awkward postures for long periods, was associated with poorer physical health, and high worker control was associated with better mental health. However, pace of work, an indicator of psychological job demand, was unassociated with physical and mental health, and physical exertion, another indicator of physical job demand, was not robustly associated with health outcomes. The results suggest that core predictions from the demands-control model do not hold for immigrant farmworkers, and they foreshadow possible ways of refining the model. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Epidemiology Farmers Hazardous Substances Mental Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Demands-control Model Demographic-characteristics Farmworkers Health-hazards Health-related Quality Of Life Health-surveys Humans Immigrants Latinos Mental-health Mental-processes Occupational-health Organization Of Work Physical-reactions Racial-factors Statistical-analysis Work-environment Workplace Safety

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• 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:
  79-92
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033611
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2008 Feb; 14(1):79-92
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084
• Email:
  grzywacz@wfubmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e47b50ffd30a247772e0364b9f6e4683a876f249a4024a55c2e869be05d156611d007a9a7eadb054d575410d7a7257474526bd2b4daf78d7dab40b22f324b2a7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189108/cdc_189108_DS1.pdf
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