T A Arcury
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1049 |
|---|---|
| NOME | T A Arcury |
| PRENOMES | T A |
| SOBRENOME | Arcury |
| ASSINATURA | ARCURY T A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Wake Forest University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9523-9492 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 140 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 306 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 140 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Pesticide Exposure among Latinx Children in Rural Farmworker and Urban Non-Farmworker Communities
This study uses repeated measures to document the pesticide exposure of rural and urban Latinx children (age eight at baseline), and to compare these children in terms of the frequency and concentration of their exposure to a large set of pesticides, accounting for season. We used silicone wristbands worn for one week up to ten times at quarterly intervals from 2018 to 2022 to assess pesticide exposure in children from rural farmworker ( n = 75) …
Developing Infographics to Present Research Findings from CBPR to Latinx Farmworker Community Members
Infographics provide a means to communicate CBPR findings to community members
Depressive Symptoms of Latinx Women in Rural Farmworker and Urban Non-Farmworker Families in North Carolina
Environmentalism Among Vulnerable Youth
These results indicate that Latinx child farmworker have a strong sense of environmental self-efficacy. Organizations supporting the development of Latinx youth should incorporate issues of environmental justice into their programs
The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families
The occupational health of immigrant workers in the United States is a major concern. This analysis describes two domains, organization of work and work safety culture, important to the occupational health of Latinx women in farmworker families. Sixty-seven Latinx women in North Carolina farmworker families completed a baseline and five follow-up questionnaires in 2019 through 2021. Fifty-nine of the women were employed in the year prior to the F…
Study of an Educational Telenovela to Teach Genomics among Latino Farmworkers and Nonfarmworkers
Increased attention to graphic design principles, presentation across multiple sessions, and supplemental activities may increase telenovelas' impact
Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers’ Reasons for Working
Agricultural labor is extremely hazardous, yet young children are legally permitted to work on farms. This paper contextualizes and describes Latinx hired child farmworkers’ stated reasons for working. We conducted a mixed-methods study using in-depth interviews ( n = 30) and survey interviews ( n = 202) with Latinx child farmworkers aged 10 to 17 in North Carolina. Our qualitative thematic analysis identified children’s salient reasons for worki…
Genetic Knowledge and Communication Among Mexican Farmworkers and Non-farmworkers in North Carolina
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Low-Income, Latinx Children in Immigrant Families
Older Adult Internet Use and eHealth Literacy
We examine Internet use and eHealth literacy among older adults (aged 55+ years) who were patients at clinics serving low-income populations. Participants included 200 minority and White adults who completed interviews based on a technology acceptance conceptual model. A total of 106 participants (53.0%) used the Internet; utilization was associated with personal characteristics (age, ethnicity, education, poverty), computer characteristics (numb…
Covid-19 Pandemic among Latinx Farmworker and Nonfarmworker Families in North Carolina
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic poses substantial threats to Latinx farmworkers and other immigrants in food production and processing. Classified as essential, such workers cannot shelter at home. Therefore, knowledge and preventive behaviors are important to reduce COVID-19 spread in the community. (2) Methods: Respondents for 67 families with at least one farmworker (FWF) and 38 comparable families with no farmworkers (nonFWF) in North C…
Respiratory Health and Suspected Asthma among Hired Latinx Child Farmworkers in Rural North Carolina
The aim of this study was to evaluate respiratory health problems, including suspected asthma, and healthcare provider utilization among a sample of Latinx hired child farmworkers in rural North Carolina (n = 140). In 2018, a respiratory health questionnaire and breathing tests were collected from Latinx child (11-19 years) farmworkers (35.0% girls and 65.0% boys). Overall, 21.4% of children reported having been told by a medical provider that th…
Using Life History Calendars to Estimate in Utero and Early Life Pesticide Exposure of Latinx Children in Farmworker Families
(1) Background: Early life exposure to neurotoxic chemicals can have later impacts on child health. Most research designs must assume that current exposure is similar to past. Life history calendar methods can help to provide data on early life exposure. (2) Methods: Life history calendars were completed by mothers of 8-year-old children from Latinx farmworker and non-farmworker families ( n = 73 and 65, respectively). Measures were created of mo…
It’s Worse to Breathe It Than to Smoke It”
This analysis describes beliefs about secondhand smoke and its health effects held by Mexican and Central American immigrants in North Carolina. Data from 60 semistructured, in-depth interviews were subjected to saliency analysis. Participant discussions of secondhand smoke centered on four domains: (1) familiarity and definition of secondhand smoke, (2) potency of secondhand smoke, (3) general health effects of secondhand smoke, and (4) child he…
Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA
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%…
Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina
The partnership between WFSM and Levante demonstrates the mutual benefit of CBPR and will continue during the upcoming study phases
Relationship between maternal depression symptoms and child weight outcomes in Latino farmworker families
This study sought to characterize depressive symptoms among mothers in Latino farmworker families, determine if maternal depression increases children's risk of obesity, and ascertain whether relevant risk factors such as physical activity, diet, and feeding style mediate this relationship. Mothers from 248 families completed the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 9 times over a 2-year period. Four distinct patterns were us…
Cancer Knowledge Among Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
“Aguantamos”
Each year, tens of thousands of Latino migrant farmworkers return to the hills and fields of North Carolina to live in employer-provided labor camps that often fail to meet regulatory and ethical standards. Little attention has been paid to how these workers and their families perceive and respond to substandard housing conditions. This paper analyzes how far and in what ways Latino migrant farmworkers living in eastern North Carolina labor camps…
Medical Pluralism in the Use of Sobadores among Mexican Immigrants to North Carolina
Using "Policy Briefs" to Present Scientific Results of CBPR
Disseminating CBPR results to address policy is needed. Collaborating with community partners to produce policy briefs ensures that information about concerns and struggles reflects their priorities
Stability of Household and Housing Characteristics Among Farmworker Families in North Carolina
Mexican Sobadores in North Carolina
Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families
Diet Quality among Preschool-Age Children of Latino Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the United States
Sex differences in environmental concern and knowledge
Evaluating Short-Form Versions of the CES-D for Measuring Depressive Symptoms Among Immigrants From Mexico
This article examines the feasibility of using a short-form version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D) in community mental health research with Mexican immigrants. Several features of three published short versions of the CES-D were examined using data combined from seven diverse Mexican immigrant samples from across the United States ( N= 685). Results indicate that published short-form versions of the CES-D are rel…
Predicting Mortality from Community Surveys of Older Adults
Using data from the 1990 baseline of the National Survey of Self-Care and Aging (NSSCA), and nearly three years of follow-up mortality data, we examined the association between self-rated functional ability, a global measure of perceived ability of function independently, and mortality among a national sample of older adults. The study included 3,485 subjects selected from the Medicare Beneficiary Files according to a stratified random sampling d…
Self-management of nutritional risk among older adults
Acculturation and Conflict in Mexican Immigrants’ Intimate Partnerships
This study explores women's workforce participation as a potential agent for acculturation, and how it shapes conflict dynamics within intimate partnerships among Mexican immigrants. Analysis of in-depth interview data from 20 immigrant Mexican women and men believed to be in violent relationships indicated that women's employment following migration created several sources of intracouple conflict by challenging gender-based norms and behaviors s…
Environmental Attitude and Environmental Knowledge
Increased knowledge about the environment is assumed to change environmental attitudes, and both environmental knowledge and attitudes are assumed to influence environmental policy. However, little research has focused on public environmental knowledge or the relationship between knowledge and environmental attitudes. This paper uses telephone survey data from 680 Kentucky residents to address this gap in the literature. Specifically, this analys…
Depressive symptoms among Latino farmworkers across the agricultural season
Immigrant Latino farmworkers confront multiple challenges that threaten their mental health. Previous farmworker mental health research has relied primarily on cross-sectional study designs, leaving little opportunity to describe how farmworker mental health changes or to identify factors that may contribute to these changes. This study used prospective data obtained at monthly intervals across one 4-month agricultural season from a large sample …
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use as Health Self-Management
The majority of respondents used some form of CAM for general purpose, whereas far fewer used CAM for diabetes care. The most widely used CAM categories were food home remedies, other home remedies, and vitamins. The following health self-management predictors were related to the use of different categories of CAM therapies: personal characteristics (ethnicity), health status (number of health conditions), personal resources (education), and fina…
Staying healthy
Mental health in immigrants from nontraditional receiving sites
The mental health of Latinos immigrating to nontraditional settlements may be compromised by limited contextual resources. Stressors and strengths related to anxiety and depression were examined among 150 Mexican adults (45.3% women) in nontraditional areas. Normative stress was associated with anxiety (beta = .24) after controlling for depression. Normative and acculturative stressors were associated with depression after controlling for anxiety…
The social and nutritional meaning of food sharing among older rural adults
Age, Race, and Ethnicity in the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Health Self-Management
Objectives: Determine if complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use for treating existing conditions and for health maintenance differs by age and ethnicity. Methods: Data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey were used to operationalize distinct types of CAM in terms of (a) no use, (b) use for treatment only, (c) use for prevention only, and (d) use for both treatment and prevention. Differences in CAM use by age and ethnicity wer…
Developing socio-spatial knowledge networks
Household Composition and Economic Change in a Rural Community, 1900-1980
Historical changes in the composition of households in Western society have largely been analyzed without reference to social theory. Two empirically-based theoretical models of changing household composition have recently been presented; the first predicts change as a result of class conflict in the development of a capitalist economy, and the other predicts change as the result of adaptation to changes in a community's level of economic diversi…
Work Safety Climate, Musculoskeletal Discomfort, Working While Injured, and Depression Among Migrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
Objectives. This analysis described Latino migrant farmworkers’ work safety climate and its association with musculoskeletal discomfort, working while injured or ill, and depressive symptoms. Methods. Data were from a cross-sectional survey of 300 farmworkers conducted in North Carolina in 2009. Generalized estimating equations models were used to investigate the association of work safety climate with health and safety outcomes. Results. Farmwor…
Herbal Remedy Use as Health Self-Management Among Older Adults
A complex set of factors is associated with the inclusion of herbs in the health self-management of older adults, with cultural and personal resources being extremely important
Awareness of community-oriented policing and neighborhood perceptions in five small to midsize cities
Faith and health self-management of rural older adults
Interpersonal and social correlates of depressive symptoms among Latinas in farmworker families living in North Carolina
Little research is available about the mental health of Latina women in farmworker families living in the southern United States, where Latino immigrants are relatively recent arrivals. This study examined interpersonal correlates (family conflict, family's outward orientation, and perceived discrimination) and social correlates (residential mobility and economic insecurity) of depressive symptoms and of meeting a threshold of depressive symptoms…
Variation in the interpretation of scientific integrity in community-based participatory health research
Work Organization and Health Among Immigrant Women
Objectives. We sought to describe work organization attributes for employed immigrant Latinas and determine associations of work organization with physical health, mental health, and health-related quality of life. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 319 employed Latinas in western North Carolina (2009–2011). Measures included job demands (heavy load, awkward posture, psychological demand), decision latitude (skill variety, job co…
Complementary Therapy Use and Health Self-Management Among Rural Older Adults
Understanding how older adults include sets of complementary therapies in their health self-management is important for improving their health care resources, expectations, awareness, and priorities
Diabetes meanings a mong those without diabetes
Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina, USA
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The characteristics of some populations make epidemiological measurement extremely difficult. The objective of this study is to identify risk factors that explain variation among incidence densities and proportions of one occupational illness, green tobacco sickness, within one such special population, Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: 37 farmworker residentia…
Tobacco Men and Factory Hands
John van Willigen is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky. Thomas A. Arcury is Research Associate, Center for Developmental Change, and member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Robert G. Cromley is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Connecticut. The research upon which this paper is based was supported by grant no. 1 POlAG01358-2 from the National Inst…
Telephone and Mail Surveys
This article concerns the use, and lack of use, of telephone and mail survey methods by anthropologists. My credentials are based on four years of involvement with the University of Kentucky Survey Research Center. At the Survey Research Center, I have had major responsibilities for six telephone surveys and three mail surveys, as well as participating in other Center activities such as proposal development and consulting on other survey projects…
Population and health in the developing world
Household Composition and Economic Change in a Rural Community, 1900-1980
Historical changes in the composition of households in Western society have largely been analyzed without reference to social theory. Two empirically-based theoretical models of changing household composition have recently been presented; the first predicts change as a result of class conflict in the development of a capitalist economy, and the other predicts change as the result of adaptation to changes in a community's level of economic diversi…
Class Conflict and Household Structural Change
"Class Conflict and Household Structural Change: A Test of Laslett’s Model: Response to Laslett." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 16(3), pp. 415–416
Household Composition in Appalachian Kentucky in 1900
Household and family have been acknowledged as particularly impor tant institutions in southern Appalachia, yet little research has examined this component of the region's social organization prior to industrialization. In this study, data from the 1900 U. S. population census are used to compare household composition in two Appalachian Kentucky communities: one rural, nonin dustrial; and the other urban, industrial. Significant differences are f…
Class Conflict and Household Structural Change
Tobacco Men and Factory Hands
John van Willigen is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky. Thomas A. Arcury is Research Associate, Center for Developmental Change, and member of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Robert G. Cromley is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Connecticut. The research upon which this paper is based was supported by grant no. 1 POlAG01358-2 from the National Inst…
Rural Elderly Household Life-Course Transitions, 1900 and 1980 Compared
The changing household status of the elderly has become an important policy and research question. Using the life-course approach this paper compares elderly household status and elderly household composition of a rural community in 1900 and 1980 better to elucidate historical change in a rural context. To show specific rural characteristics, the 1900 and 1980 data are further compared to available national and urban information. The rural elderl…
Minutes
Sex differences in environmental concern and knowledge
The Impact of Population Change on Business Activity in Rural America
Ecological dimensions of Appalachian agricultural diversity, 1880?1910
Birth seasonality in a Rural U.S. county, 1911–1979
This paper examines birth seasonality in a rural U.S. county over the period 1911-1979. Data were taken from the complete series of birth certificates for the county population during this period. Birth seasonality was expected to reflect seasonal variation in agricultural workload earlier in the century (pre-1940) but to disappear as this population became more integrated into the wage labor market from 1940 to 1979. The pattern of birth seasona…
Industrialization and Household and Family Life Course Characteristics
Using a life course approach, this analysis examines the effects of industrialization on household and family characteristics for the predominately rural population of Appalachian Kentucky in 1880 and 1910. The household and family characteristics of males and females aged 15–19, 20–24 and 25–29 are described, and variation in these characteristics is examined in terms of six contextual variables. While samples from the 1880 and 1910 general popu…
Environmental Attitude and Environmental Knowledge
Increased knowledge about the environment is assumed to change environmental attitudes, and both environmental knowledge and attitudes are assumed to influence environmental policy. However, little research has focused on public environmental knowledge or the relationship between knowledge and environmental attitudes. This paper uses telephone survey data from 680 Kentucky residents to address this gap in the literature. Specifically, this analys…
Regional Diversity in Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge, and Policy
The development of public policy for the use of natural resources continues to grow in importance. Severe drought conditions in 1988 intensified the efforts of many political leaders to develop policy to address this natural resource issue. This research describes efforts by political leaders to find in the Kentucky River Authority (KRA) a solution to problems of the availability, quantity, and quality of the waters of the Kentucky River Drainage…
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Risk Perceptions of Occupational Hazards Among Black Farmers in the Southeastern United States
Farming is one of the most hazardous occupations in the United States, and it is no less dangerous for black farmers than it is for farmers of other ethnic backgrounds. Yet very little research has addressed the epidemiology of occupational risks for black farmers, nor has research investigated the risk perceptions of black farmers. Occupational risk perception data are needed if culturally appropriate interventions are to be implemented. This ar…
Metropolitan Versus Nonmetropolitan Differences in Functional Status and Self‐care Practice
The objective of this study was to use a recent national probability survey of the noninstitutionalized older adult population to compare the functional status and self‐care practices of older adults residing in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan communities and to identify differences associated with residential location. The survey used in this study was the National Survey of Self‐care and Aging (NSSCA). A cross‐sectional design was employed usi…
Occupational Injury Prevention Knowledge and Behavior of African-American Farmers
This study uses data from in-depth and focus group interviews conducted with African-American farmers residing in four southern states (Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee) to discuss the occupational prevention knowledge and behaviors found among these farmers, and to identify the major occupational health risks of which they are not aware. These African-American farmers have substantial knowledge about occupational injury preventio…
Predicting Mortality from Community Surveys of Older Adults
Using data from the 1990 baseline of the National Survey of Self-Care and Aging (NSSCA), and nearly three years of follow-up mortality data, we examined the association between self-rated functional ability, a global measure of perceived ability of function independently, and mortality among a national sample of older adults. The study included 3,485 subjects selected from the Medicare Beneficiary Files according to a stratified random sampling d…
Occupational and Environmental Health Risks in Farm Labor
This essay provides an introduction and overview for this special thematic section. We discuss the general occupational and environmental health risks that those who provide farm labor - farmers, farm families, and farmworkers - experience as a result of commercial agriculture. We first briefly review some of the farm safety research literature, highlighting the important trend of listening to those who perform farm labor as they speak for themse…
Farmworker and Farmer Perceptions of Farmworker Agricultural Chemical Exposure in North Carolina
Agricultural chemicals pose health risks for farmworkers engaged in cultivating and harvesting crops. In a project to develop culturally appropriate interventions to reduce farmworker exposure to agricultural chemicals, formative research used in-depth interviews and focus groups to elicit beliefs and knowledge about exposure from farmers and migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina. Farmworkers were concerned about acute effects they a…
Chronic agricultural chemical exposure among migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Laboratory studies and case reports of accidental exposure to large amounts of chemicals indicate that there are immediate and long-term negative health consequences of exposure to agricultural chemicals. Logically, the consequences of chronic low-level exposure also should, be negative. Establishing a connection, however, between the more usual (chronic, low-level) exposure experienced by farmworkers and health outcomes using epidemiological met…
Self-management of nutritional risk among older adults
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