title: Gender in occupational health research of farmworkers: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Farmwork is one of the most hazardous occupations for men and women. Research suggests sex/gender shapes hazardous workplace exposures and outcomes for farmworkers. This paper reviews the occupational health literature on farmworkers, assessing how gender is treated and interpreted in exposure-outcome studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  The paper evaluates peer-reviewed articles on men and women farmworkers' health published between 2000 and 2012 in PubMed or SCOPUS. Articles were identified and analyzed for approaches toward sampling, data analysis, and use of exposure indicators in relation to sex/gender.
  
  
  RESULTS
  18% of articles reported on and interpreted sex/gender differences in health outcomes and exposures. Sex/gender dynamics often shaped health outcomes, yet adequate data was not collected on established sex/gender risk factors relating to study outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Research can better incorporate sex/gender analysis into design, analytical and interpretive approaches to better explore its mediation of health outcomes in light of emerging calls to mainstream gender research.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O.Box: 11-0236 Riad El Solh, 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Rima R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Safa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hojeij
authors.forename: Kareem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elzein
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016272:Occupational Health
keywords: agriculture; farm; farmworker; gender; gender-sensitive research; men; sex; systematic review; women