The Impact of Work Demand and Gender on Occupational and Psychosocial Stress in Hispanic Farmworkers

TePoel, Megan; Rohlman, Diane S.; Shaw, Meagan

doi:10.13031/jash.11753

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“…Our findings support and extend the limited research on Latina farmworker mental health. To our knowledge, most research has been conducted in migrant and seasonal Latina farmworkers in North Carolina, Colorado, and Oregon and all before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic [16][17][18][19]. In our study, we found nearly 40% of Latina farmworker respondents with stress scores indicative of significant mental health concerns.…”

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confidence: 53%

Work-Life Stress during the Coronavirus Pandemic among Latina Farmworkers in a Rural California Region

Keeney

Quandt

Flores

et al. 2022

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Objectives: To examine the type and severity of stressors experienced among Latina farmworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A survey containing the Migrant Farmworker Stress Inventory was administered to 77 female-identifying Latina farmworkers working in a US–Mexico border region. A sub-sample of five participants participated in key-informant interviews. Data collection occurred in Summer 2021. Results: Nearly 40% of Latina farmworkers reported high stress levels indicative of clinical mental health risks. Health and safety concerns and experienced stressors identified included visible substance abuse and poor bathroom conditions at the field site, language barriers, and balancing work and home life demands. Conclusions: Latina farmworkers have unique health and safety needs, and COVID-19 has contributed to the experienced stressors. Understanding the familial and working environment sources of stress specific to female agriculture workers is imperative to implementing culturally and gender-responsive strategies to better support the health and safety of farming populations in future pandemics.

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Work-Life Stress during the Coronavirus Pandemic among Latina Farmworkers in a Rural California Region

Keeney

Quandt

Flores

et al. 2022

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“…Even with exposures to occupational hazards and injury rates as high as 12.5%, farmworkers lack occupational health standards and fair labor laws [ 4 , 5 ]. Farmworkers face low socioeconomic factors, including high rates of poverty, low levels of educational attainment, and inadequate housing conditions [ 6 , 7 ]. Despite being an essential labor force, farmworkers encounter barriers to accessing health care in the U.S.…”

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confidence: 99%

Determining Regional Differences in Barriers to Accessing Health Care Among Farmworkers Using the National Agricultural Workers Survey

Soto

Yoder

Aceves

et al. 2022

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Farmworkers are an essential workforce in the U.S. We assessed the regions in the National Agricultural Workers Survey on the difficulty of accessing health care among farmworkers in the U.S. The study included 9577 farmworkers. Farmworkers in all regions were more likely to report having difficulty accessing health care because it was too expensive. The overall odds ratio for difficulty accessing health care was lower in the MW after adjusting. Farmworkers employed in the SE had greater difficulty accessing health care because of language barriers. Farmworkers employed in CA had difficulty accessing health care in the U.S. because it was too expensive or far away. Results follow previous studies on barriers to access health care among the farmworker population. Understanding regional disparities in the presence of barriers to accessing health care among farmworkers is an essential step to improving equitable health care access in the U.S.

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“…These analyses indicated that sexual harassment is commonly experienced by women working in agriculture. Another set of studies has focused more on the job characteristics of women agricultural workers [43,56,57]. These studies used diverse methods to examine different aspects of work organization and work safety culture.…”

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The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families

Arcury

Smith

Talton

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The occupational health of immigrant workers in the United States is a major concern. This analysis describes two domains, organization of work and work safety culture, important to the occupational health of Latinx women in farmworker families. Sixty-seven Latinx women in North Carolina farmworker families completed a baseline and five follow-up questionnaires in 2019 through 2021. Fifty-nine of the women were employed in the year prior to the Follow-Up 5 Questionnaire. These women experienced an abysmal organization of work and work safety culture. They experienced significant job churn, with most changing employment several times during the 18-month period. Most of their jobs were seasonal, paid less than $10.00 per hour, piece-rate, and almost all without benefits. The women’s jobs had little skill variety (mean 1.5) or decision latitude (mean 1.1), but had high psychological demands (mean 2.0). Work safety climate was very low (mean 13.7), with 76.3% of women noting that their supervisors were “only interested in doing the job fast and cheaply” rather than safely. Women employed as farmworkers versus those in other jobs had few differences. Further research and intervention are needed on the organization of work and work safety culture of Latinx women manual workers.

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The Impact of Work Demand and Gender on Occupational and Psychosocial Stress in Hispanic Farmworkers

Cited by 14 publications

References 67 publications

Work-Life Stress during the Coronavirus Pandemic among Latina Farmworkers in a Rural California Region

Work-Life Stress during the Coronavirus Pandemic among Latina Farmworkers in a Rural California Region

Determining Regional Differences in Barriers to Accessing Health Care Among Farmworkers Using the National Agricultural Workers Survey

The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families

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