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- Title
Work organization and occupational health: Perspectives from Latinos employed on crop and horse breeding farms.
- Authors
Swanberg, Jennifer E.; Clouser, Jess Miller; Westneat, Susan
- Abstract
Background Agriculture is hazardous and increasingly dependent on Latino workers, a vulnerable population. However, little research has studied how work organization influences Latino farmworker health. Methods Using a work organization framework, this cross-sectional study describes and compares the work organization and occupational health characteristics of a sample of Latino crop (n = 49) and horse production (n = 54) workers in Kentucky. Results Crop workers experienced more physical demands, work-related and environmental stressors, and musculoskeletal and ill-health symptoms. Significantly more crop workers indicated work-related illness or missed work due to work-related illness/injury, though one-fourth of both groups reported work-related injury in the past year. A majority of both groups cited exposure to toxic chemicals, a minority of whom received training on their use. Conclusion Further surveillance is needed to understand the rate and precursors of illness/injury in these populations, as is research on the relationship between supervisory practices, psychosocial stressors, and occupational health. Am. J. Ind. Med. 55:714-728, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Subjects
KENTUCKY; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; AGRICULTURAL laborers; HORSE breeding; PLANT breeding; HISPANIC Americans; WORK structure
- Publication
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2012, Vol 55, Issue 8, p714
- ISSN
0271-3586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ajim.22032