Hispanic Adolescent Farmworkers’ Perceptions Associated with Pesticide Exposure

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• Personal Author:
  McCauley LA ; Napolitano M ; Salazar MK ; Scherer JA
• Description:
  The migrant farmworker population in the United States is a vulnerable and understudied population whose characteristics are constantly shifting. The number of youth involved in agriculture work is increasing, and they, in particular, may be at increased risk for occupational hazards, such as pesticide exposure. The present study utilized an ecological framework for focus group discussions with 33 adolescent migrant farmworkers in Oregon. Adolescents' risk perception and health beliefs associated with pesticide exposure are examined on four levels of environmental influence: microenvironment, organizational environment, social/community environment, and macroenvironment. Adolescents provided insight on such topics as perceived vulnerability of illness due to pesticide exposure, attitudes toward farmwork, influence of their boss, knowledge of occupational hazards, safety training, and barriers to occupational choice. Cultural influences on occupational safety and health are discussed and increased attention to safety training is recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Environmental Exposure Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-workers Agriculture Author Keywords: Farmworker Children Ecological Model Environmental-exposure Occupational Hazard Pesticide Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Risk Perception Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0193-9459
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  146-166
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029378
• Citation:
  West J Nurs Res 2004 Mar; 26(2):146-166
• Contact Point Address:
  Occupational Health Nursing Program, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Western Journal of Nursing Research
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:11a239f05af761d4762c37232ec04387e0aa7cd13cf147eb7a7c3fbd89ecd37c2359cd50d1b9516e1bca3e8a4774540cf2dfc00fbef128fb68898040cc576c80
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190368/cdc_190368_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 107.33 KB ]