title: Aggression Among Male Migrant Farmworkers Living in Camps in Eastern North Carolina.
abstract: The living and working arrangements of migrant farmworkers in North Carolina are shaped by grower provided housing, codified by the US Department of Labor's H-2A temporary worker program. Growers typically dictate all facets about residences, living conditions, and even food acquirements. Farmworker camps likely contribute to aggression because of the forced relationships among a small group of people that live, work and recreate together for extended time periods. Participants in the study consisted of 371 farmworkers living in 183 camps. The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale was used to assess aggression among migrant farmworkers. Results indicated that aggressive acts were prevalent among the farmworkers, but the frequency of aggressive acts was low. The most common aggressive act was minor psychological aggression. Results also indicated that alcohol misuse was a common characteristic for both victims and perpetrators and the majority of aggressive acts occurred later in the agricultural season.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA. anne.e.kraemer@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kraemer Diaz
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isom
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000067565:Farmers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Aggression; Housing conditions; Migrant farmworker