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Nontraditional work factors in farmworker adolescent populations: implications for health research and interventions
Eva Shipp
Agriculture has been documented to be one of the most hazardous work environments for both adults and children. Adolescents may be especially vulnerable to adverse health effects from agricultural exposures due to the rapid growth and development experienced during those years. Separating the occupational, economic, and social issues in this population is difficult. Weak regulatory protection, lack of compliance with existing regulations, and gaps in service provision characterize the working conditions of adolescent farmworkers. Although there is increasing research on the impact of work organization on mental and physical health in adult working populations, there is a scarcity of research focused on this concept in young workers--and it remains virtually unaddressed in young farmworkers. Work characteristics of the informal work sector, better delineated in international literature, should be considered when planning research or interventions in this at-risk population. Further, ...
Safe Farm: Know laws about youth farm workers
2008 •
Charles Schwab
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Acute occupational injury among adolescent farmworkers from South Texas
2012 •
Eva Shipp
The Journal of Rural Health
Farm Work is Dangerous for Teens: Agricultural Hazards and Injuries Among North Carolina Teens
1997 •
Kathleen Dunn
Children who work in agriculture suffer more than 23,000 injuries and 300 fatalities on American farms every year. Using survey data collected from a random sample of working teens (ages 14 to 17) in North Carolina, the authors analyze the farm-based hazard exposure and injury experiences of teens who work on farms. The group of farmworking teens (N = 141) is 72 percent male, has a mean age of 16.6 years, and is, on average, in the 10th grade. The data show that teens working on farms in North Carolina are exposed to significant safety hazards throughout their farmworking careers. A majority of the respondents in this group of farmworkers reported exposure to tractors, large animals, all-terrain vehicles, farm trucks, and rotary mowers, and more than one-third reported exposure to pesticides and tobacco harvesters. Common reported injuries include insect stings, cuts, burns, and falls. The researchers find that gender, age, and farmwork experiences are related to variations in types of hazards to which teens are exposed and in the types of injuries they suffer. These variables also are related to the overall complexity of the teens' farmwork experiences and the burden of injury endured by teens.
Cultivating Health: An Agenda for Adolescent Farmworkers
1994 •
Aurora Camacho de Schmidt
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina
2019 •
JOSE LUIS IBARRA G
Journal of Agromedicine
Fatal Work-Related Injuries in the Agriculture Production Sector Among Youth in the United States, 1992–2002
2006 •
David Hard
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA
Taylor Arnold
Children as young as 10 years old are hired to work on farms in the United States (U.S.). These children are largely Latinx. Using interview data collected from 202 North Carolina Latinx child farmworkers in 2017, this analysis documents the heath characteristics and occupational injuries of Latinx child farmworkers and delineates characteristics associated with their health and occupational injuries. Latinx child farmworkers include girls (37.6%) and boys (62.4%), aged 10 to 17 years, with 17.8% being migrant farmworkers. Three-quarters reported receiving medical and dental care in the past year. Respiratory (15.8%) and vision (20.3%) problems were prevalent. Girls more than boys, and younger more than older children had greater health service utilization. Occupational injuries were common, with 26.2% reporting a traumatic injury, 44.1% a dermatological injury, 42.6% a musculoskeletal injury, and 45.5% heat-related illness in the past year. Age increased the odds of reporting work ...
Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Characterization of Agricultural Tasks Performed by Youth in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study
2003 •
Kevin M. Kelly
Reducing Health Risks Arising From Child and Adolescent Labor
Wojciech Hanke
