Promoting the Occupational Health of Indigenous Farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Abernathy M ; Cuilwik N ; Davis S ; Farquhar S ; McCauley L ; Samples J ; Shadbeh N ; Ventura S
• Description:
  In the United States, approximately 78% of agricultural farmworkers are immigrants. In Oregon, a growing number of these farmworkers are indigenous and speak an indigenous language as their primary language. This group of farmworkers suffers from linguistic, cultural and geographic isolation and faces a unique set of challenges yet little has been done to identify their health needs. Using data from focus groups, partners from this community-based participatory research project examined indigenous farmworkers' concerns regarding occupational injury and illness, experiences of discrimination and disrespect, and language and cultural barriers. The data revealed examples of disrespect and discrimination based on the languages and cultures of indigenous farmworkers, and a lack of basic occupational health and safety information and equipment. For example, participants mentioned that occupational safety information was inaccessible because it was rarely provided in indigenous languages, and participants felt there were no legal means to protect farmworkers from occupational hazards. Community-based strategies designed to address the occupational health status of farmworkers must consider the unique circumstances of those farmworkers who do not speak Spanish or English. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Environmental Health Family Farmers Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Race Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Environmental-health Families Occupational-accidents Occupational-health Occupational-health-services Occupational-safety-programs Racial-factors Work-environment Work-operations

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  269-280
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033864
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2008 Jun; 10(3):269-280
• Contact Point Address:
  Stephanie Farquhar, School of Community Health, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207
• Email:
  farquhar@pdx.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Law Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20080731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2340e66eed4ac3ef4e721bb4bf5766582a06db40c0f620bcfb294fe03ff11fdfde9914f8e8d42dfd3865d1b1c0cc9664a5c1d385f5b288578c8d91abfd4ef76a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189280/cdc_189280_DS1.pdf
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