Asthma Among Household Youth on Racial Minority Operated Farms – United States, 2008

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• Personal Author:
  Hendricks K ; Mazurek JM ; Syamlal G
• Description:
  Objectives: Youth on farms are at risk for injuries and illnesses, including asthma, which continues to disproportionately affect minority groups. Methods: For this study, the 2008 Minority Farm Operator Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey (M-CAIS) data were used to estimate the prevalence of asthma among youth aged 0-19 years living on racial minority-operated farms. Youth were considered to have a lifetime diagnosis of asthma based on an affirmative response to the question "Has he/she ever been diagnosed as having asthma by a health professional?" Results: In 2008, of the estimated 37,400 youth (0-19 years) who lived on racial minority operated farms, 11% had asthma. Asthma prevalence was highest among males (13%) and youth 10-19 years of age (12%). Asthma prevalence among youth varied by race, ranging from 13% among household youth living on Black/African American operated farms to 7% among youth living on Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander operated farms. In 2008, nearly half (46%) of household youth (0-19 years) worked on the farm. The odds of having asthma were higher among working youth compared with non-working youth (POR, 1.5; 95% CI: 1.3-1.8). Conclusion: Disparities in asthma among youth living or working on racial minority-operated farms were observed. These findings may assist agricultural safety and health researchers, practitioners, and educators in identifying and designing targeted interventions to reduce asthma burden among youth on racial minority-operated farms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Asthma Asthma, Occupational Epidemiology Farmers Minority Health Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Asthma Attack Author Keywords: Agriculture Workers Minority Health Minority Youth Occupational Health Disparities Surveillance Young Workers
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  144-153
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051317
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2018 Apr; 23(2):144-153
• Contact Point Address:
  Girija Syamlal, Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Respiratory Health Division, 1095 Willowdale Road Mail Box HG 900.2, Morgantown, WV, USA
• Email:
  gsyamlal@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a36c0185f753b939b561d49d8df3fd4657cedd0f2994f7c271322755dc1946e36682f72a6e622627ad4876ba66fb6272b00d82f7447884c3e307a6e64120183
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211346/cdc_211346_DS1.pdf
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