Health Status of Children of Migrant Farm Workers

Farm Worker Family Health Program, Moultrie, Georgia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11023554
AutoresMemorie Nichols (Memorie Nichols is with the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Aryeh D. Stein is with the Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Judith Lupo Wold is with the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University.), Aryeh D Stein (0000-0003-1138-6458, Memorie Nichols is with the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Aryeh D. Stein is with the Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Judith Lupo Wold is with the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University.), Judith Lupo Wold (0000-0002-6602-8597, Memorie Nichols is with the Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Aryeh D. Stein is with the Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Judith Lupo Wold is with the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University.)
Año2014
Volumen104
Número2
Páginas365-370
Fecha de publicación2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301511
PMID24328649
PMCIDPMC3935716
OpenAlexW2167993038
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

Objectives. We evaluated the health status of migrant farmworkers’ children served by the Farm Worker Family Health Program (FWFHP) in Moultrie, Georgia. Methods. We analyzed data from children aged 0 to 16 years examined through the FWFHP from 2003 to 2011 (n across years = 179–415). We compared their prevalence of overweight, obesity, elevated blood pressure, anemia, and stunting with that of children in the United States and Mexico. Results. Across study years, prevalence of overweight, obesity, elevated blood pressure, anemia, and stunting ranged from 13.5% to 21.8%, 24.0% to 37.4%, 4.1% to 20.2%, 10.1% to 23.9%, and 1% to 6.4%, respectively. Children in the FWFHP had a higher prevalence of obesity than children in all comparison groups, and FWFHP children aged 6 to 12 years had a higher prevalence of elevated blood pressure than all comparison groups. Older FWFHP children had a higher prevalence of anemia than US children and Mexican children. Children in FWFHP had a higher prevalence of stunting than US and Mexican American children. Conclusions. We observed an elevated prevalence of obesity, anemia among older age groups, and stunting in this sample of children of migrant workers

Anemia · Blood pressure · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity · Gerontology · Pediatrics