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Migrant Farm Workers' Perceptions of Support Persons in a Descriptive Community Survey
Author(s) -
Smith Linda Schoonover,
Gentry David
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1987.tb00507.x
Subject(s) - descriptive research , migrant workers , nursing , public health , perception , descriptive statistics , medicine , psychology , socioeconomics , gerontology , environmental health , sociology , economic growth , social science , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , economics
This descriptive study was designed to identify those people North American black migrant farmworkers in eastern North Carolina considered to be supportive. The sample included 96 black male and female migrant workers between 18 and 60 years of age. Face to face interviews were conducted by seven interviewers in migrant camps in three rural counties and one migrant health center. The questionnaire consisted of 23 multiple choice questions and described supportive persons sought out by farmworkers to consult about concerns over personal or health problems. The majority of the farmworkers perceived that the crewleader was the one person in the camp that farmworkers turned to for help. The nursing implications of this dependent relationship are discussed, and strategies to strengthen supportive relationships for farmworkers are described.