Farmworkers and Covid-19

Prevention and working conditions in Sonora, Mexico

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ID21184653
AuthorsJosé Eduardo Calvario Parra (0000-0003-3735-4593, El Colegio de Sonora), María Del Carmen Arellano Gálvez (0000-0001-9951-6960, El Colegio de Sonora)
Year2022
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1659-0201 • E-ISSN: 1659-0201
PublisherUniversidad de Costa Rica (PUBLISHER • CR)
DOI10.15517/psm.v20i1.48645
OpenAlexW4289655002
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

Objective: To analyze the relationship between socio-labor conditions and health care in the face of COVID-19 among the farmworkers in two municipalities of Sonora, Mexico. Method: . Through semi-structured interviews and field observations, the care practices and health provisions implemented by the agricultural work centers were analyzed. Twenty-two interviews were conducted, 18 in the municipality of Hermosillo and 4 in San Miguel de Horcasitas. Results: Agricultural activities in Mexico did not cease and farmworkers continued their work in a diverse context of prevention measures. We found a disparity between the different productive units, which carried out protocols oriented to the care of the harvest to the detriment of human health. The means of agricultural transport lacked sufficient attention in terms of contagion prevention. The practice of payments in the localities without a sanitary protocol was evident. Conclusion: The intervention of the health authorities is necessary to homogenize the prevention protocols in the face of COVID-19. Socio-labor conditions are an obstacle to pandemic mitigation

Art · Geography · Humanities · Political science · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine

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