“We All Have a Job to Do in This World, It’s Up to Us”: Farmworker and Farmer Mental Health in a Rural US-Mexico Border Region

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• Personal Author:
  Flores D ; Garratt R ; Hernandez P ; J Flores L Jr. ; Keeney AJ ; Meng Y ; Quandt A ; Villaseñor M
• Description:
  Improving mental health outcomes for agricultural populations is dependent on understanding the unique farming related stressors in context of the local culture and community. This study was designed to assess the prevalence of stressors and mental health risks among farmers and farmworkers in a rural, medically underserved US-Mexico border region. Of 135 study respondents, 55.6% (n = 18) farmers had clinical depression symptomatology based on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies depression screening scale (CES-D) and 40.2% (n = 117) farmworkers had stress levels that pose significant mental health risks based on the Migrant Farmworker Stress Inventory. Farmworker females were 2.3 times more likely to have a score of clinical concern. Results provide an understanding of the distinct sources of stress for both farmers and farm-workers and the mental health challenges across the industry. With an understanding that suicide is the third leading cause of injury death in Imperial County and depression associated with an increased risk of suicidality, the agricultural workforce in Imperial County is particularly vulnerable. Local farm organizations, employers, and community organizations can help increase mental health access, acceptability, and availability to achieve greater safety and health in the region's largest workforce. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Farmers Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Suicide

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Occupational Stress Farm Workers Hispanic/Latino Farmworkers Job Stress Mental Health Migrant Workers Risk Factors US-Mexico Border
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  365-377
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067673
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2023 Jul; 28(3):365-377
• Contact Point Address:
  Annie J. Keeney, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4119
• Email:
  akeeney@sdsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• 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:b7c017bd59376d427d68eb8f6ecf8f9d2eafdb41758506fbe37a66cdfa6aa4546e2b397439d43829af5dfef0f71cefaf625ef2db0b76d85054e2065a31a12a71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229941/cdc_229941_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB ]