Health Outcomes in Adolescent Minority Farmworkers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Anger KW ; Bryan C ; McCauley LA
• Description:
  This study was designed to assess neurobehavioral function in Hispanic adolescents exposed to agricultural pesticides, biomarkers of pesticide exposure in this adolescent population and factors contributing to exposure risk including knowledge of pesticides and associated health hazards, work attitude and practices, and cultural and/or developmental factors that contribute to risk. This was an interdisciplinary community-based research project in which the Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET) joined with the Oregon Migrant Education Program to develop and implement culturally appropriate research methods to study the migrant minority population. Pre- and post-season health assessments of cholinesterase activity and neurobehavioral function were conducted. Results indicate that the migrant adolescents are engaged in various agricultural activities, including mixing or applying pesticides. Few youth report the use of protective clothing or equipment. Health hazards are associated with pesticide exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Cholinesterase Inhibitors Demography Farmers Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Children Cholinesterase-inhibitors Demographic-characteristics Health-hazards
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-95
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000927
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2001-101408
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1998 Dec; :1-95
• Contact Point Address:
  Oregon Health Sciences University, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health Sciences University, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Portland, Oregon
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19980929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:32d3aff0a6a452a79305a7c6bc0c2142dca345c234e7c13b2ebc83a88aa7a981abcb5060d055a01fbaea74f56752f8ff0b67b211d7cace97c035467a49c0c19a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217961/cdc_217961_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.93 MB ]