Job control, psychological demand, and farmworker health: evidence from the National Agricultural Workers Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Alterman, Toni ; Carroll DJ ; Gabbard S ; Grzywacz JG ; Muntaner C ; Nakamoto J ; Shen R
• Description:
  Objective: Improve understanding of the potential occupational health impact of how agricultural jobs are organized. Exposure to low job control, high psychological demands, and high job strain were hypothesized to have greater risk for poor self-rated physical health and elevated depressive symptoms. Methods: Cross-sectional data (N = 3691) obtained using the Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors module of the US National Agricultural Workers Survey fielded in 2009-2010. Results: More than one fifth (22.4%) of farmworkers reported fair/poor health, and 8.7% reported elevated depressive symptoms. High psychological demand was associated with increased risk of fair/poor health (odds ratio, 1.73; 95% confidence interval, 1.4 to 2.2) and elevated depressive symptoms (odds ratio, 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.9 to 3.8). Conclusions: The organization of work in field agriculture may pose risks for poor occupational health outcomes among a vulnerable worker population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Analytical-models Analytical-processes Health-surveys Job-analysis Job-stress Mental-health Psychological-effects Risk-analysis Risk-factors Surveillance-programs Work-organization Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Ohio ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  66-71
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043575
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2014 Jan; 56(1):66-71
• Contact Point Address:
  Joseph G. Grzywacz, PhD, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, 700 N Greenwood Ave, Main Hall #2120, Tulsa, OK 74106
• Email:
  joseph.grzywacz@okstate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195443/cdc_195443_DS1.pdf
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