Co-creating research methods with indigenous farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Cuilwik N ; Farquhar S ; Samples J ; Shadbeh N ; Ventura S
• Description:
  To identify the occupational health and safety priorities of indigenous farmworkers from Mexico working in labor intensive crops in Oregon, indigenous and non-indigenous farmworkers participated in six focus groups and 150 baseline surveys. This community based participatory project funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the first concentrated effort in the Pacific Northwest to gather in-depth information on occupational related health and safety conditions from indigenous farmworkers. Project partners include representatives and indigenous-speaking staff from the Oregon Law Center, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Salud Medical Center, Portland State University, and Farmworker Justice. Through leadership of indigenous project partners who were formerly farmworkers, project partners worked collaboratively to co-create the data collection instruments and protocol, including recruitment efforts, to co-analyze the data, and report results back to the farmworker communities. The presentation is an overview of processes used to engage indigenous communities in identifying the priorities for improvement in safety and living conditions for a growing but underserved community in Oregon. The preliminary results reveal significant differences between indigenous and non-indigenous farmworkers' self reported occupational health and safety needs and current policy and practices. We will also offer suggestions for strengthening current policies and practices to protect the occupational health and safety of all farmworkers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Demography Education Farmers Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Occupational Safety Behavior-patterns Demographic-characteristics Injuries Injury-prevention Native And Indigenous Populations Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-practices Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039880
• Citation:
  APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC, November 3-7, 2007. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2007 Nov; :154543
• Contact Point Address:
  Nargess Shadbeh, JD, Farmworker Program, Oregon Law Center, 921 SW Washington Street, Suite 516, Portland, OR 97205
• Email:
  nshadbeh@yahoo.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Law Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC, November 3-7, 2007
• End Date:
  20080731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ae0e7bfac6f9e93cffed2d5780b4ccd324ddfd320cb1baa40088b94c8cf04a7ca58254555ad368ef52c8b0e141e2a2c184825b1922eff17c6c0618508820d4a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192943/cdc_192943_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 608.47 KB ]