title: "They Talk Like That, But We Keep Working": Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Experiences Among Mexican Indigenous Farmworker Women in Oregon.
abstract: In order to examine the experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault among indigenous and non-indigenous Mexican immigrant farmworkers in Oregon's Willamette Valley, a community-academic participatory research partnership initiated a study, which included focus groups, conducted and analyzed by skilled practitioners and researchers. The themes that emerged from the focus groups included direct and indirect effects of sexual harassment and sexual assault on women and risk factors associated with the farmworker workplace environment, and the increased vulnerability of non-Spanish-speaking indigenous women due to low social status, poverty, cultural and linguistic issues, and isolation. Recommendations for prevention and improved services for vulnerable women will be discussed as well as limitations and future research directions.
authors: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. jmurph60@jhu.edu.
authors: Jeanne
authors: J
authors: Murphy
authors: Oregon Law Center, 230 N.E. 2nd Ave., Suite D, Hillsboro, OR, 97123, USA. jsamples@oregonlawcenter.org.
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Samples
authors: Oregon Law Center, 230 N.E. 2nd Ave., Suite D, Hillsboro, OR, 97123, USA. mmorales@oregonlawcenter.org.
authors: Mavel
authors: M
authors: Morales
authors: Oregon Law Center, 921 SW Washington, Suite 516, Portland, OR, 97205, USA. nshadbeh@oregonlawcenter.org.
authors: Nargess
authors: N
authors: Shadbeh
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D009922:Oregon; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000523:psychology*; D012934:Social Isolation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Farmworker; Indigenous; Mexican; Sexual assault; Sexual harassment; Women