“The only thing I wish I could change is that they treat us like people and not like animals”: Injury and Discrimination among Latino Farmworkers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Agromedicine
• Personal Author:
  Snipes, Shedra A. ; Cooper, Sharon P. ; Shipp, Eva M.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  This paper describes how perceived discrimination shapes the way Latino farmworkers encounter injuries and seek out treatment.
  
  Methods
  
  After 5 months of ethnographic fieldwork, 89 open-ended, semi-structured interviews were analyzed. NVivo was used to code and qualitatively organize the interviews and field notes. Finally, codes, notes, and co-occurring dynamics were used to iteratively assess the data for major themes.
  
  Results
  
  The primary source of perceived discrimination was the “boss” or farm owner. Immigrant status was also a significant influence on how farmworkers perceived the discrimination. Specifically, the ability to speak English and length of stay in the United States were related to stronger perceptions of discrimination. Finally, farm owners compelled their Latino employees to work through their injuries without treatment.
  
  Conclusions
  
  This ethnographic account brings attention to how discrimination and lack of worksite protections are implicated in farmworkers' injury experiences, and suggests the need for policies that better safeguards vulnerable workers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Agriculture Emigrants And Immigrants Farmers Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Middle Aged Occupational Health Transients And Migrants Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Agromedicine. 22(1):36-46.
• Pubmed ID:
  27749157
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5555594
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  L60 MD003115/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; P60 MD000503/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U50 OH007541/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9cbc875e55683be97693c032bdf440ab56509cd447c110a12a2902beea3dc623
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47541/cdc_47541_DS1.pdf
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