title: Acute occupational injury among adolescent farmworkers from South Texas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This combined cross-sectional/cohort study addressed research gaps by estimating the rate of non-fatal occupational injury and identifying potential determinants among a population of adolescent farmworkers who are largely Hispanic and migrant.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cohort included 410 farmworkers (aged 13-19 years) attending high school in South Texas along the border with Mexico. Data collection involved a self-administered, Web-based survey that solicited information on demographics, farm work variables including person-time at risk, occupational injury, health status and health risk behaviours. Cox regression was used to identify potential risk factors for non-fatal injury events experienced during a 9-month recall period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Depending on the definition of injury, the rate of non-fatal injury ranged from 27.0-73.6/100 full time equivalents. Variables with an increased and statistically significant HR in an adjusted Cox model included: age groups <15 years-old (5.82) and 16 years-old (4.47), usually sleeping <8 h during the week (2.10), feeling tense, stressed or anxious sometimes/often (2.25), not watching TV (2.65), working around ditches (2.01) and detasseling (2.70).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high observed rates of non-fatal injury combined with the potential negative consequences and cost of these injuries signifies a compelling need for injury prevention efforts targeting adolescent, Hispanic, farmworkers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843-1266, USA. eshipp@srph.tamhsc.edu
authors.forename: Eva M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Shipp
authors.forename: Sharon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: del Junco
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Ryan E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Whitworth
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult