Open AccessOccupational Conditions and Well-Being of Indigenous Farmworkers
Author(s) -
Stephanie Farquhar,
Nargess Shadbeh,
Julie Samples,
Santiago Ventura,
Nancy Goff
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.124271
Subject(s) - indigenous , outreach , occupational safety and health , environmental health , geography , socioeconomics , gerontology , medicine , sociology , political science , ecology , pathology , law , biology
Increasing numbers of indigenous farmworkers from Mexico and Guatemala have been arriving in the Pacific Northwest (indigenous people are not of Hispanic or Latino descent and migrate from regions with unique cultural and linguistic traditions). Multilingual project outreach workers administered surveys to 150 farmworkers in Oregon to assess health, occupational safety, and general living conditions. This study confirms the increasing presence of indigenous peoples in Oregon and characterizes differences between indigenous and Latino farmworkers' occupational and health needs.