title: Common skin disorders seen in the migrant farmworker health care clinic setting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Skin diseases are common occupational illnesses for farmworkers. Migrant farmworkers commonly access rural health clinics for diagnosis and treatment of skin disease.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess common skin conditions of migrant farmworkers treated in rural clinics and to describe effective and economic management of these conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-nine farmworkers with a skin condition were seen as patients at 4 clinics in eastern North Carolina. A list of the most common conditions encountered was compiled and treatment methods were found in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three common conditions were identified. The most common conditions were contact dermatitis, melasma, tinea, seborrheic keratoses, and impetigo. A table of treatment recommendations was composed that can be used by clinicians in this setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Generally, the most common skin conditions seen in the migrant farmworker population in eastern North Carolina are similar to conditions found in the general population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hinckley
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Alan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.forename: Quirina M
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Vallejos
authors.forename: Lara E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Whalley
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heck
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Thanh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000383:Agriculture; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012423:Rural Health; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce