Breaking the Silence: Sexual Harassment of Mexican Women Farmworkers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Karr C ; Kim NJ-E ; Nicola RMB ; Torres E ; Vásquez VB
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to understand Mexican women farmworkers' perceptions of workplace sexual harassment, its related factors and consequences, and potential points of intervention. This community-based participatory research study conducted focus groups with 20 women farmworkers in rural Washington. Four coders analyzed and gleaned interpretations from verbatim transcripts. Three main themes were identified. It was learned that women farmworkers: (1) frequently experienced both quid pro quo and hostile work environment forms of sexual harassment; (2) faced employment and health consequences due to the harassment; and (3) felt that both individual- and industry-level changes could prevent the harassment. Based on these findings, the authors identified three sets of risk factors contributing to workplace sexual harassment and recommend using a multilevel approach to prevent future harassment in the agriculture industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agricultural Safety Author Keywords: Community-based Participatory Research Community Based Farmworker Farm Workers Health Disparities Occupational Health Sexual Harassment Work Experience
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  154-162
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053391
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2016 Apr; 21(2):154-162
• Contact Point Address:
  Victoria Breckwich Vásquez, School of Nursing & Health Studies, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA 98011, USA
• Email:
  vbreck@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:43add2748ea42141262519fb457496e79ac9cecf4a9d6a80d4cd6af23fb7fa1814257f8b8ac4e06c634c109fe0dbb6cb8d441a299d6cf39328b292b06c89c3b8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216157/cdc_216157_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 175.91 KB ]