Occupational Risks and Pregnancy and Infant Health Outcomes in Florida Farmworkers

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• Journal Article:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Runkle, Jennifer ; Flocks, Joan ; Economos, Jeannie ; Tovar-Aguilar, J. Antonio ; McCauley, Linda
• Description:
  The agricultural industry has some of the highest incidence rates and numbers of occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States. Injuries and illnesses in agriculture result from accidents, falls, excessive heat, repetitive motion and adverse pesticide exposure. Women working in agriculture are exposed to the same hazards and risks as their male counterparts, but can face additional adverse impacts on their reproductive health. Yet, few occupational risk assessment studies have considered the reproductive health of female farmworkers. The objective of this community-based participatory research study was to conduct a retrospective, cross-sectional survey to collect information on workplace conditions and behaviors and maternal, pregnancy and infant health outcomes among a sample of female nursery and fernery farmworkers in Central Florida. Survey results showed that nursery workers were more likely to report health symptoms during their pregnancy than fernery workers. We also observed a self-reported increased risk of respiratory illness in the first year of life for infants whose mothers worked in ferneries. Our findings confirm that agricultural work presents potential reproductive hazards for women of childbearing age.
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Community-Based Participatory Research Cross-Sectional Studies Health Status Infant Infant, Newborn Occupational Health Pregnancy Reproductive Health Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agriculture; Plants; Agricultural-workers; Agricultural-industry; Women; Pregnancy; Prenatal-exposure; Employee-exposure; Employee-health; Worker-health; Reproductive-hazards; Reproductive-effects; Farmers; Fetus; Health-surveys; Information-processing; Risk-analysis; Work-environment; Environmental-exposure; Work-practices; Respiratory-system-disorders; Author Keywords: Community-based Participatory Research; Agricultural; Occupational And Environmental Exposures; Maternal And Child Health Outcomes; Female Farmworkers
• Source:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014; 11(8):7820-7840.
• Pubmed ID:
  25101767
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4143835
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R21OH009830/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21 pdf pages
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045232
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b078956289d924414136ef98c3e2b2fb83b8c4021881d5f78f32e23ea570d0028f426f0c90a5808f152d740abc280a4d5c33d8fb7a4808aed6b53784a19f7629
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32274/cdc_32274_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 558.48 KB ]