Health Risk Behaviors and Work Injury Among Hispanic Adolescents and Farmworkers

Acosta, Martha Soledad Vela; Sanderson, Maureen; Cooper, Sharon P.; Perez, Alex; Roberts, Robert E.

doi:10.13031/2013.22614

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“…Prevention of HRI is hampered in Midwest farming because of the pressing needs to increase productivity and keep farmworkers in the fields. Hispanic young people sometimes engage in high risk jobs like working on farms because of poor employment opportunities near their home (Vela Acosta, Sanderson, Cooper, Perez, & Roberts, 2007). A farmer-focused training program for Midwest growers should be implemented on how to prevent HRI (i.e., understanding the heat index).…”

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Heat-Related Illness in Midwestern Hispanic Farmworkers: A Descriptive Analysis of Hydration Status and Reported Symptoms

Culp

Tonelli²

2019

Workplace Health Saf

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Heat-related illness (HRI) is a largely undocumented phenomenon in Midwestern Hispanic migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Frequently, the physiological burden of crop production is overlooked while workers are in the fields. We completed a mixed-methods study using a cross-sectional survey among migrant and seasonal farmworkers about their experience with HRI symptoms (N = 148) and conducted an intensive surveillance on a smaller group of workers (N = 20) in field trials (N = 57 trials) using a chest-strapped multi-parameter monitoring wearable sensor (MPMWS) that measured skin/ body temperature, heart and breathing rate, kilocalories burned per hour, and provided a physiological intensity (PI) score. The field trials were conducted across three classes of climate conditions and three PI score categories. We found that those in the uncomfortable category (PI score > 4.0) had a statistically significant (F ratio = 16.41, p < .001) higher body temperatures (M = 100.05°F) than those with a mild PI (range = 0-5) score ⩽ 2.5 (M = 99.56°F) or moderate PI score > 2.5-4 (99.84°F). We also found that those in the uncomfortable climate condition category had a higher mean heart rate and breathing rate than those working under mild and moderate field trials.

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Heat-Related Illness in Midwestern Hispanic Farmworkers: A Descriptive Analysis of Hydration Status and Reported Symptoms

Culp

Tonelli²

2019

Workplace Health Saf

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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.…”

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

Arcury

Arnold

Quandt

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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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“…18,19 The reasons for unsafe behavior that these studies identify can reasonably be seen as barriers to changing behaviors, but only two studies were found that show evidence of systematically researching specific behavioral change motivating factors. These are the Sorensen et al 8 study on ROPS retrofits for tractors mentioned earlier and the Luque et al 13 study on eye injury prevention for citrus workers.…”

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Using Social Marketing to Address Barriers and Motivators to Agricultural Safety and Health Best Practices

Yoder

Murphy

2012

Journal of Agromedicine

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Social marketing is an intervention development strategy that pays considerable attention to barriers to and motivators for behavioral change or adoption of recommended behaviors. Barriers are obstacles that prevent individuals from changing or adopting behaviors and are often referred to as the "cons" or "costs" of doing something. Motivators, on the other hand, are factors that encourage individuals to change or adopt behaviors and are often referred to as the "pros," "benefits," or "influencing factors" of doing something. Importantly, social marketing does not target education or knowledge change as an end point; rather, it targets behavior change. Studies across several types of desired behaviors (e.g., smoking cessation, weight control, more exercise, sunscreen use, radon testing) using the Stages of Change model have found systematic relationships between stages of change and pros and cons of changing behavior. A review of literature identifies numerous research and intervention studies that directly reference social marketing in agricultural safety and health, studies that identify reasons why parents allow their children to be exposed to hazardous situations on the farm, and reasons why youth engage in risky behaviors, but only two studies were found that show evidence of systematically researching specific behavioral change motivating factors. The authors offer several suggestions to help address issues relating to social marketing and agricultural safety and health.

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Health Risk Behaviors and Work Injury Among Hispanic Adolescents and Farmworkers

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Heat-Related Illness in Midwestern Hispanic Farmworkers: A Descriptive Analysis of Hydration Status and Reported Symptoms

Heat-Related Illness in Midwestern Hispanic Farmworkers: A Descriptive Analysis of Hydration Status and Reported Symptoms

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

Using Social Marketing to Address Barriers and Motivators to Agricultural Safety and Health Best Practices

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