title: Breaking the Silence: Sexual Harassment of Mexican Women Farmworkers.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to understand Mexican women farmworkers' perceptions of workplace sexual harassment, its related factors and consequences, and potential points of intervention. This community-based participatory research study conducted focus groups with 20 women farmworkers in rural Washington. Four coders analyzed and gleaned interpretations from verbatim transcripts. Three main themes were identified. It was learned that women farmworkers: (1) frequently experienced both quid pro quo and hostile work environment forms of sexual harassment; (2) faced employment and health consequences due to the harassment; and (3) felt that both individual- and industry-level changes could prevent the harassment. Based on these findings, the authors identified three sets of risk factors contributing to workplace sexual harassment and recommend using a multilevel approach to prevent future harassment in the agriculture industry.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Services , School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.|b School of Medicine, University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Nicole Jung-Eun
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: c Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences , School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.|d School of Nursing & Health Studies , University of Washington Bothell , Bothell , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Victoria Breckwich
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.affiliation: e Northwest Communities Education Center/Radio KDNA , Granger , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Services , School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: R M Bud
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nicola
authors.affiliation: c Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences , School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.|f Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karr
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D004651:Employment; D000067565:Farmers; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014861:Washington / Q000208:ethnology; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Community-based participatory research; farmworker; occupational health; sexual harassment; women