Occupational conditions and well-being of indigenous farmworkers.
Increasing numbers of indigenous farmworkers from Mexico and Guatemala have been arriving in the Pacific Northwest (indigenous people are not of Hispanic or Latino descent and migrate from regions with unique cultural and linguistic traditions). Multilingual project outreach workers administered surveys to 150 farmworkers in Oregon to assess health, occupational safety, and general living conditions. This study confirms the increasing presence of indigenous peoples in Oregon and characterizes differences between indigenous and Latino farmworkers' occupational and health needs.
Farquhar
Stephanie
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School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA. farquhar@pdx.edu
Shadbeh
Nargess
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Samples
Julie
J
Ventura
Santiago
S
Goff
Nancy
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D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000383:Agriculture / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000193:education*; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009922:Oregon; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013995:Time; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education*; D000078329:Workforce
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