Managing the Distress of Migrant Farmworkers
Lessons Learned From the Midwestern United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7419348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duška Knežević Hočevar (0000-0003-3472-6005, Sociomedical Institute), Sanja Cukut Krilić (0000-0002-4498-3809, Sociomedical Institute) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Issue | 60 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Two Homelands (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-6777 • E-ISSN: 1581-1212 |
| Publisher | The Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3986/2024.2.07 |
| OpenAlex | W4401210300 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
In a labor-intensive sector such as agriculture, safety and health-related risks are high. They are particularly pronounced for migrant farmworkers, and various health-related programs tailored to their particular needs have been developed. Twenty semi-structured interviews with health and safety professionals and researchers working on these issues in four US federal states show that the most important issues affecting this group are insecure or undocumented legal status, poor working and living conditions, and inadequate access to support services. The importance of building “communities of migrant farmworkers” and direct engagement with this group was emphasized
Agriculture · Business · Distress · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Migrant workers · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |