A Campus–Community Partnership for Farmworkers’ Health: Interventions for Tomato Workers in Tennessee

Silver, Ken; Hoffman, Karin; Loury, Sharon D.; Fethke, Nathan B.; Liebman, Amy K.; Manz, Nicole; Manock, Steve; Andino, Alexis; Bradfield, Michael; Morrissette, David; Florence, Joseph A.

doi:10.1353/cpr.2014.0056

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“…Thirty‐two articles (30%) mentioned culture in relation to health and safety training, education, outreach or intervention. Most of these articles noted the challenges stemming from cultural differences and the need for or examples of culturally appropriate programs, with language and culture often mentioned together in this regard. In some cases, researchers advocated modifying workers’ attitudes and behaviors such as enhancing workers’ cultural skills, establishing and communicating proper conduct for employees, putting in place “An intervention for assertive communication skills such as disagreeing or refusing requests,” (p211) and deconstructing the “hardworking Latino” stereotype for day labourers and employers .…”

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Discourse on culture in research on immigrant and migrant workers’ health

Premji

2019

American J Industrial Med

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Background Health and safety researchers and practitioners have proposed that cultural differences help explain inequalities between foreign and native‐born workers. While cultural explanations for inequalities have long been debated in other fields, there exists little critique of cultural discourses in occupational health. Methods This article examines and discusses the discourse on culture in 107 articles on immigrant or migrant workers’ health published between 2011 and 2015. For each article, passages on culture were identified and analysed for both the context and the manner in which culture was discussed. Results The discourse on culture was found to be generally simplistic, individualistic, and uncritical, intentionally or unintentionally supporting the worldview that workers’ “otherness” is both cause of inequalities and target for interventions. Conclusion The article argues that empirical, theoretical and interdisciplinary work is needed to document the mechanisms and pathways that underlie health and safety inequalities by foreign‐born status.

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Discourse on culture in research on immigrant and migrant workers’ health

Premji

2019

American J Industrial Med

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“…The same was stated by Das et al [49] who applied it in the same crop type, but in this case studying children. The method has also been used in the study of crops such as tomato [59,61], pepper [59], rice [58], oil palm [51] and apples [53], as well as in the collection of ornamental plants [45] and seeds [48]. Table 5 lists studies that used the REBA method in different areas of manufacturing.…”

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An Overview of REBA Method Applications in the World

Hita-Gutiérrez

Gómez-Galán

Díaz-Pérez

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The objective of this work is to review literature, worldwide, in which the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) ergonomic assessment method was applied and count the number of times that REBA was applied together with other methods and subsequent incidence. The database used was the “Web of Science—Core Collection”. Only scientific articles and bibliographic reviews were included, analysing a total of 314 documents and selecting only 91. The use of the REBA method is indicated in terms of knowledge, country, year and journal sectors. It was most used in the knowledge areas of “Manufacturing” (24.18%), “Agriculture, forestry and fishing” (21.98%) and in “Other activities” (19.78%). One of the benefits of REBA is that it evaluates different body parts: upper limbs (arm, forearm and wrist), lower extremities, trunk and neck. It is a useful method to identify the forced postures adopted by workers to thus develop improvement measures if necessary. It is concluded that REBA method use has increased over the last decade, probably due to the digitization of knowledge. It is almost always applied in combination with other methods, and its use can be a positive indicator of company sustainability.

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“…Clinicians should screen for occupational hazards and structural vulnerabilities when taking farmworker patients' histories; promote patients' control over their occupational health by connecting them to "know your rights" trainings and workers' organizations in addition to standard health education materials; and help secure support for workers' organizations and multi-disciplinary occupational health improvement efforts, such as universityclinic partnerships. 11,23,43,78,79 Federal and state regulatory agencies should be equipped with the resources and interagency relationships necessary to enforce existing agricultural health and safety regulations to the full extent of the law. When empowered with appropriate resources, state occupational health and safety agencies should act within their mandate to promote farmworkers' occupational health by adopting state-specific regulations in addition to the minimum requirements set by federal regulatory requirements, e.g.…”

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“…Producing "fresh market" tomatoes, those destined for produce aisles and restaurant kitchens, currently requires exertion in extreme heat, prolonged stooping, heavy lifting, repetitive movements, and frequent applications of agricultural chemicals. [8][9][10][11][12][13] A robust body of literature links these hazards with adverse health impacts. 4,[14][15][16][17][18] Workers produce fresh tomatoes in approximately 20 states, though 80% of total production happens in California and Florida.…”

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“If We Don’t Produce, Bring Another:” Work Organization and Tomato Worker Health

Kelley

Ivey

Silver

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Journal of Agromedicine

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Objectives: Specific work processes and management structures that contribute to high rates of occupational illness and injury in agricultural industries are not well described in academic literature. This qualitative study of work organization in the U.S. fresh tomato industry investigates how work processes and management structures impact tomato workers' occupational health. Methods: After conducting literature review and key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 36 individuals with experience working in the U.S. fresh tomato industry. Interviews and focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach. Results: These data indicate that participants endured income insecurity and hazardous supervisory practices, including wage theft, retaliation, intimidation, and humiliation, that put them at risk of preventable illness and injury. Support from workers' organizations and health-conscious supervisory practices helped mitigate some of these occupational hazards. Conclusion: Participants' adverse work experiences may be considered sequelae of workers' lack of job control and positions of socioeconomic structural vulnerability. Other aspects of tomato work organization, including health-conscious supervisory practices and the involvement of workers' organizations, indicate that modifying work organization to better safeguard health is possible. Such modifications present compelling opportunities for employers, employees, organizations, community and government leaders, and health care professionals to help create healthier occupational environments for tomato workers.

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A Campus–Community Partnership for Farmworkers’ Health: Interventions for Tomato Workers in Tennessee

Abstract: Interprofessional service learning about migrant occupational health issues may have its greatest impact as participating students enter the regional workforce, caring for patients employed in slow-to-change agricultural operations.

Cited by 9 publications

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Discourse on culture in research on immigrant and migrant workers’ health

Discourse on culture in research on immigrant and migrant workers’ health

An Overview of REBA Method Applications in the World

“If We Don’t Produce, Bring Another:” Work Organization and Tomato Worker Health

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