title: The US/Mexico border: a binational approach to framing challenges and constructing solutions for improving farmworkers' lives.
abstract: Mexican migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the US-Mexico border region face health hazards and occupational risks and are becoming commonly known in the public health literature. According to several studies, farmworkers have high levels of chronic diseases such as diabetes and respiratory problems, are at risk for infectious diseases, and experience among the highest incidences of work-related injuries of any profession. The findings from two studies are considered and presented with the objective of contributing to an overall understanding of migrant farmworkers as a workforce moving across national boundaries and affected by the work environments and health stressors both shared and unique to each context. We propose a binational approach to comprehensively address the health problems and socioeconomic challenges faced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers. In this paper we present the results of two distinct but complementary studies of farmworker health on the Arizona-Sonora border.
authors: Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 714 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA. crosales@email.arizona.edu
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: Rosales
authors: Maria Isabel
authors: MI
authors: Ortega
authors: Jill Guernsey
authors: JG
authors: De Zapien
authors: Alma Delia Contreras
authors: AD
authors: Paniagua
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Zapien
authors: Maia
authors: M
authors: Ingram
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Aranda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D001130:Arizona; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D055815:Young Adult