When indigenous communities lead from within: opportunities for greater improvement in health and safety for indigenous farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Samples J
• Description:
  A significant number of Oregon's farmworkers in labor intensive crops speak one of the indigenous languages of Mexico (and not Spanish) as their primary language. Many of these languages are no longer written in commonly understood ways. Partners in Promotoing Occupational Safety and Health of Indigenous Farmworkers, recognize that language and cultural gaps are only two of the factors contributing to health and safety disparities. Equally important are the gaps in state and federal laws, including trainings that are inadequate or at times irrelevant to the reality of the lives of indigenous farmworkers. For example, when a trainer says shower promptly after returning home from work to minimize pesticide exposure to your family, the workers remind us that there are not enough showers or hot water at the labor camps. Similarly washing work clothes in a washing machine is unrealistic for many workers with no access to a washing machine. These barriers can lead to feelings of isolation and disrespect. The project partners have used a multitude of approaches that center on creating opportunities for leadership for indigenous farmworkers in bringing tangible change to the communities. Among the most successful is a promotores program in which the project's indigenous partners mentor other indigenous farmworkers as promotores. The promotores teamed with the partnership to raise the awareness of the state and federal regulators on occupational health and safety issues of indigenous farmworkers in one-on-one meetings and in a variety of public forums. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Behavior Demography Education Farmers Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Occupational Safety Behavior-patterns Demographic-characteristics Health-care Health-services Immigrants Injuries Injury-prevention Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Worker-motivation Workplace-monitoring

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• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039882
• Citation:
  APHA 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, California, October 25-29, 2008. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2008 Oct; :184634
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Law Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040801
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, California, October 25-29, 2008
• End Date:
  20080731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192945/cdc_192945_DS1.pdf
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