Agricultural Worker Housing: a Review and a New Framework For Action.

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• Alternative Title:
  New Solutions : A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy : NS, 2026, v. 35, no. 4: Agricultural Worker Housing: a Review and a New Framework For Action.
• Journal Article:
  New Solutions : A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy : NS
• Personal Author:
  Forst, L ; Martin, A ; Madigan, D ; Jacobs, DE
• Description:
  Housing is a social determinant of health, acting as both a driver and indicator of social inequity. For migrant and seasonal farmworkers, it is difficult to tease apart the interaction between the environmental and social factors related to their housing, in conjunction with extreme poverty, immigration, precarious employment, and linguistic, cultural, and educational factors. The relationship of housing with employment and the transient nature of farmworkers' occupancy add to the complexity. To assess the strengths, weaknesses, and research gaps and to identify areas requiring further investigation, we performed a critical review of the scientific and gray literature on farmworker housing and health. We propose a framework to focus research and suggest housing policy interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of this essential workforce.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Farmers
  • Housing
  • Transients and Migrants
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Agriculture
• Keywords:
  • housing and health
  • housing and health and well-being
  • farm worker housing
  • rural housing and health
  • migrant housing camps
• Source:
  New Solutions : A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy : NS, 2026, v. 35, no. 4
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/10482911251399795
• ISSN:
  1048-2911 ; 1541-3772
• Pubmed ID:
  41379587
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12950108
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  U54 OH012503/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  450-467 (28 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260909/cdc_260909_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 853.48 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c230d5110991128a9081ae203721e481b6e75d28a540f7f2a8cf45207eba428cdc7f2b936edd99a8dec4942fc740604949359ba7d24e32d175eabd062861e79