Immigrant and U.S.-born migrant farmworkers: dual paths to discrimination-related health outcomes.

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• Personal Author:
  Acosta LM ; Andrews AR III ; Domínguez V ; Ramos AK ; Reyes S
• Description:
  Research with immigrant Latino populations often point to findings that immigrants tend to evidence better health outcomes than nonimmigrants. When exploring differences based on nativity, comparisons often end with just comparing these two groups. Exploring these variables alone may oversimplify the shared and unique paths of risk and resilience between these groups. Experimental research shows that discrimination is often directed toward immigrants, but U.S.-born Latinos report more frequent exposure. We sought to address this by examining two distinct pathways by which discrimination leads to negative health. A sample of 240 Latino migrant farmworkers completed questionnaires regarding immigration-related fears, discrimination, physical and mental health, demographics, and other outcomes. While U.S.-born participants reported similar or worse outcomes across health measures, the pathways to these outcomes appeared to differ between the two groups, with immigration-related fears accounting for substantial portions of these health outcomes, especially in the dual paths with discrimination (p values < .05). Simply comparing Latino groups across U.S. nativity may paper over important differences in how they arrive at those health outcomes, including that immigration-related concerns may exacerbate exposure to and severity of discrimination, which in turn leads to negative health outcomes. On the other hand, discrimination itself may account for numerous negative health outcomes more directly for U.S.-born Latinos. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Farmers Healthcare Disparities Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Discrimination; Health disparities; Migrant workers; Immigrant workers; Farm workers; Mental health; Questionnaires; Agricultural workers
• ISSN:
  0002-9432
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  452-462
• Volume:
  92
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065523
• Citation:
  Am J Orthopsychiatry 2022 Aug; 92(4):452-462
• Contact Point Address:
  Arthur R. Andrews III, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 317 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE 68508, United States
• Email:
  arthur.andrews@unl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c2a29a0be4f45a3c0dff3983539e2f6fa06d82a9cffa0d66346a391cf30dd8de8180466d60d9671706bada1226af9c84cd9d6fec0e1a5244962d51dc392373c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249462/cdc_249462_DS1.pdf
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