Acute occupational injury among adolescent farmworkers from South Texas

Shipp, Eva M.; Cooper, Sharon P.; Junco, Deborah J. del; Cooper, Charles J.; Whitworth, Ryan

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040538

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“…Vela Acosta et al [27] found that 9% of ninth-grade students enrolled in south Texas high schools and engaged in farm work reported a farm work-related injury. Shipp et al [19] reported acute occupational injuries experienced by adolescent farmworkers, including those aged 18 and 19 years, who were attending Texas high schools. They found that 61 of 371 (16%) of their participants experienced an "acute injury" over a 9-month recall period, with seven (1.9%) of these adolescent farmworker receiving care from a medical care provider, and 40 (10.8%) receiving medical care from someone else (self, employer, friend).…”

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Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

Arcury

Arnold

Quandt

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Children as young as 10 years old are hired to work on farms in the United States (U.S.). These children are largely Latinx. Using interview data collected from 202 North Carolina Latinx child farmworkers in 2017, this analysis documents the heath characteristics and occupational injuries of Latinx child farmworkers and delineates characteristics associated with their health and occupational injuries. Latinx child farmworkers include girls (37.6%) and boys (62.4%), aged 10 to 17 years, with 17.8% being migrant farmworkers. Three-quarters reported receiving medical and dental care in the past year. Respiratory (15.8%) and vision (20.3%) problems were prevalent. Girls more than boys, and younger more than older children had greater health service utilization. Occupational injuries were common, with 26.2% reporting a traumatic injury, 44.1% a dermatological injury, 42.6% a musculoskeletal injury, and 45.5% heat-related illness in the past year. Age increased the odds of reporting work injuries and heat-related illness, and being a non-migrant reduced the odds of reporting work injuries. These results emphasize the need for greater documentation of child farmworker occupational health and safety. They underscore the need to change occupational safety policy to ensure that children working in agriculture have the same protections as those working in all other U.S. industries.

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Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

Arcury

Arnold

Quandt

et al. 2019

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“…Several studies focused on students attending high school in Texas provide information on the occupational safety and health of youth farmworkers. These studies report that few (19%) adolescent farmworkers received pesticide safety training, 26 they experienced high rates (27.0-73.6/100 full-time equivalents) of nonfatal injury, 27 and they had substantial prevalence of severe back pain (15.7%-19.1%). 28 Adolescent farmworkers reported high levels of neurotoxicity symptoms, which had positive associations with injury.…”

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Safety and Injury Characteristics of Youth Farmworkers in North Carolina: A Pilot Study

Arcury¹,

López-Rodríguez²,

Kearney³

et al. 2014

Journal of Agromedicine

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Agriculture is a unique US industry in how youth are involved. Youth employed in agriculture experience high rates of injury, and youth migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be extremely vulnerable. The primary aim for this analysis is to describe the personal characteristics, work characteristics, occupational safety behaviors, and occupational injuries of North Carolina youth farmworkers. This pilot study uses data from interviewer-administered questionnaires with 87 youth farmworkers. Participants included males (62.1%) and females (37.9%), with 26.4% aged 10-13 years, 39.1% 14-15 years, and 34.5% 16-17 years. The majority (78.2%) were born in the United States. Most worked in tobacco (46.0%), sweet potatoes (28.7%), and berries (28.7%). They were paid by the hour (54.0%) and piece rate (55.2%); 21.8% reported a problem getting paid the amount earned. Three quarters wore a hat, and 63.2% wore gloves while working. Five (5.7%) had received pesticide use training in the past year. Over half reported a musculoskeletal injury (54.0%), a traumatic injury (60.9%), or a dermatological injury (72.4%) in the last year. Six of the injuries led to medical treatment, and 10 resulted in missed school or work. Farmworker youth in North Carolina are at times not treated fairly when they work, occupational safety behaviors are limited (increasing exposure to pesticides and other environmental hazards), and they commonly experience injuries. Research on the occupational exposures and health experienced by youth farmworkers is needed to inform policy. Changes in policy are warranted to improve the safety of youth farmworkers.

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“…Shipp, et al reported that non-fatal occupational injury was associated with not watching TV among adolescent farmworkers in South Texas. The reason behind this finding is unclear; however, the authors suggested that not watching TV may be an indication of lower socioeconomic status [Shipp, et al 2013]. …”

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Cohort study of physical activity and injury among Latino farm workers

Xiao

Stoecklin-Marois

et al. 2015

American J Industrial Med

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Introduction This study characterized physical activity and its association with injury among Latino farm workers. Methods An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect baseline and follow-up data on 843 and 640 Latino farm workers, respectively. Participants were 18–55 years old, engaged in farm work and residing in Mendota, CA at baseline interview. The questionnaire assessed self-reported physical activity and risk of injury. Results The 12 month prevalence of injury decreased from 9.0% at baseline to 6.9% at follow up interview. In GEE models adjusted for age, follow-up time, gender, smoking, income and years working in agriculture, poor/fair self-assessed health status (OR=1.82, 95% CI: 1.18, 2.82) and 2–3 hours per day of sitting/watching TV/using a computer (OR=0.50, 95% CI: 0.30–0.83) were significantly associated with injury. Conclusions Physical activity was not associated with injury in this population. Efforts to reduce injuries should focus on known risk factors such as poor health status.

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Acute occupational injury among adolescent farmworkers from South Texas

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

Safety and Injury Characteristics of Youth Farmworkers in North Carolina: A Pilot Study

Cohort study of physical activity and injury among Latino farm workers

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